CREATING YOUNG MINDS

What they do

VISION: OUR VISION is for THE YOUNG MEN LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITIES to GAIN A BROADER APPRECIATION for SELF and OTHERS, EDUCATION, and ATHLETICS THROUGH BASKETBALL, SCHOOL, SUPPORT and GUIDANCE. OUR MISSION is to TEACH YOUNG MEN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE of EDUCATION, HARD WORK and BEING HUMBLE IN ALL ASPECTS of LIFE. CREATING YOUNG MINDSTM EMPHASIZES EDUCATION, CHARACTER, and RESPONSIBILITY. DURING 2024, WE HELPED OVER 150 KIDS and YOUNG MEN BETWEEN THE AGES of 6 and 30 FROM MULTIPLE STATES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. WE PROVIDED FIVE FREE YOUTH CAMPS, A TOY DRIVE, and THREE FOOD DRIVES for FAMILIES IN NEED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR YOUNG MEN COMPETED IN ELEVEN BASKETBALL EVENTS to SHOWCASE THEIR SKILLS BOTH ON and OFF THE COURT IN FRONT of COLLEGE COACHES and SCOUTS, AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL COACHES, SCOUTS, and AGENTS. FIVE of THE YOUNG MEN EARNED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS to PLAY BASKETBALL AT THE COLLEGIATE and UNIVERSITY LEVEL. ANOTHER FIFTEEN of THE YOUNG MEN EARNED CONTRACTS to PLA