罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊基金会授予2017年体育奖入围者荣誉
The mission of the Houston Texans Foundation is to be champions for youth since youth are the champions of our future. Since 2002, more than $27.2 million has been raised for the community through our annual fundraising events, disaster response programs, and annual United Way campaign. Through our fundraising efforts, we support programs in education, character development, and health and fitness to empower our next generation of Texans.
The Kansas City Chiefs, through the Hunt Family Foundation—a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1983—are committed to making a positive lasting impact on those in need through philanthropy, outreach programming and volunteerism. Annually, the Chiefs and Hunt Family Foundation support more than 125 charitable agencies in the greater Kansas City community with an emphasis on families and children in crisis, youth health and wellness, as well as hunger relief. The Kansas City Chiefs and Hunt Family Foundation have delivered more than $25 million in charitable funding to the greater Kansas City community through various events and grants.
The Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation works to make a positive and measurable impact in the lives of children that need it most in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Since Redskins owners Dan and Tanya Snyder created the Foundation, it has provided more than $20 million to the community for support and services focused on education, health and wellness and preparing children for their future.
An individual athlete or professional coach's foundation:
Kids Play International (KPI) was founded in 2008 by 3-time Olympian Tracy Evans with the mission to use sport and the Olympic values to promote gender equity in post-genocide countries. KPI’s innovative year-round international “Let’s Play Fair” program helps to level the playing field between genders by introducing different sports which allows for girls and boys to renegotiate harmful norms.
The Moyer Foundation (TMF) provides comfort, hope and healing to children and families affected by grief and addiction. Physical activity and sports are a crucial element of TMF’s two programs—Camp Erin and Camp Mariposa—offering youth a safe and healthy environment with activities that build trust, self-esteem and life-changing social connections.
Launched in 1991 by Peter Westbrook, the Peter Westbrook Foundation uses the art of fencing as a vehicle for instilling personal discipline, hard work, and perseverance in young people from all backgrounds, but especially those residing in impoverished communities. Each year, the Foundation supports athletic and academic accomplishments of over 250 New York City youth.
The Steve Nash Foundation (SNF) is dedicated to assisting underserved children in their health, personal development, education and enjoyment of life. Since 2005, SNF has focused on critical needs health and education, developing a select slate of programs and platforms throughout North America and internationally to increase access to resources for the MVPs of the future.
An organization that is an influential leader and model for others.
For 24 years, A World Fit for Kids! (WFIT) has prepared children and young people to lead fit and fulfilling lives. WFIT uses sports and innovative physical activity approaches to make life-changing opportunities available free of charge to over 400,000 low-income students in inner-city Los Angeles.
The Fugees Family is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering child survivors of war to rebuild their lives. Through the power of sport, specifically soccer, the Fugees Family works to integrate and heal those who have had their lives affected by war.
PeacePlayers International (PPI) is a global nonprofit organization that uses basketball as a vehicle to unite divided communities. Since its inception in 2001, PPI has impacted more than 75,000 youth and trained over 2,000 coaches from 15 countries in a groundbreaking peacebuilding and leadership development curriculum.
Since 1996, Playworks has been leveraging the power of play to transform school culture and improve students’ social and emotional health. By December 2020, Playworks aims to ensure 3.5 million kids in 7,000 elementary schools nationwide experience safe and healthy play every day.
Row New York teaches youth from underserved communities the competitive sport of rowing. RNY athletic and academic programs equip participants with the skills to excel on the water and graduate from high school and college. RNYs adaptive programming helps people with disabilities to build confidence and achieve their health goals.
Snider Hockey is a cutting edge program that uses the sport of ice hockey coupled with a rigorous off-ice life skills curriculum and supplemental educational services to build character and academic skills for under-resourced boys and girls from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey. Hockey is used to gain and hold the attention of students, so that they can fully engage in activities that strengthen their physical, academic and emotional development.
Soccer Without Borders serves refugees and immigrants across the United States, building more inclusive and welcoming communities. Its holistic, year-round programs supports newcomers from more than 60 countries of origin to advance academically, develop personally, make healthy choices, build social capital, and develop English language skills.
The U.S. Soccer Foundation’s programs are the national model for sports-based youth development in underserved communities. Since its founding in 1994, the Foundation has established programs proven to help children embrace an active and healthy lifestyle while nurturing their personal growth beyond sports. Its cost-effective, high-impact initiatives offer safe environments where kids and communities thrive.
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新泽西州普林斯顿大学罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊基金会(RWJF)宣布了2017年RWJF体育奖的16名决赛选手,该奖项旨在表彰通过体育加强和服务社区的专业团队、个人和组织。获奖者将于2017年9月13日在新泽西州普林斯顿的基金会总部举行的颁奖典礼上获得荣誉
RWJF体育奖旨在表彰利用体育使社区成为更健康的居住场所的创新和有影响力的方法。方法可能包括:帮助儿童保持健康的体重,创造安全的游戏环境,鼓励积极的行为,消除欺凌、虐待和暴力,以及扩大生活在贫困中的儿童的机会。2016年的获奖者包括MLSE基金会、Doug Flutie自闭症基金会和InnerCity举重基金会。
RWJF总裁兼首席执行官Richard Besser表示:“祝贺2017年RWJF体育奖的决赛入围者,以及他们在社区中树立的杰出榜样。“他们的工作表现出对他人的奉献精神和自豪感,这将使他们的社区更健康、更快乐。”
以下是各类别的入围名单:
专业运动队,社区关系部门或基金会:
的巨人社区基金,是一家501(c)(3)非营利组织,与旧金山巨人队合作,利用棒球作为一个论坛,鼓励缺乏服务的年轻人及其家人过上健康、富有成效的生活。该基金支持北加州、内华达州和俄勒冈州各地的少年巨人联盟,并向教育、保健和预防暴力领域的针对性社区倡议提供援助。少年巨人是一个免费的、非竞争性的、男女同校的棒球项目,面向2.5万名缺乏服务的儿童,为青少年提供了一个在夏季学习棒球基本知识的机会,同时也发现了基本生活技能的重要性。
联合国的使命休斯顿德州人基金会是成为青年的冠军,因为青年是我们未来的冠军。自2002年以来,通过我们的年度筹款活动、灾难应对计划和年度联合劝募活动,为社区筹集了2720多万美元。通过我们的筹款努力,我们支持教育、性格发展、健康和健身方面的项目,以增强我们下一代德州人的能力。
的堪萨斯城酋长队亨特家族基金会是一家成立于1983年的501(c)(3)非营利组织,致力于通过慈善事业、外展计划和志愿服务为有需要的人带来积极持久的影响。每年,酋长和亨特家庭基金会支持大堪萨斯城社区超过125个慈善机构,重点关注处于危机中的家庭和儿童,青年健康和保健以及饥饿救济。堪萨斯城酋长和亨特家族基金会通过各种活动和赠款向堪萨斯城社区提供了2500多万美元的慈善资金。
的华盛顿红人慈善基金会致力于为华盛顿特区、马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州最需要帮助的儿童的生活带来积极和可衡量的影响。自从红人队老板丹和坦尼娅·斯奈德创立基金会以来,它已经向社区提供了2000多万美元,用于支持和服务,重点是教育、健康和保健,并为孩子们的未来做好准备。
基础:运动员个人或职业教练的基础:
Kids Play International(KPI)由三届奥运会选手特雷西·埃文斯于2008年创立,其使命是利用体育和奥林匹克价值观促进种族灭绝后国家的性别平等。KPI的全年创新国际“让我们公平比赛”计划通过引入不同的体育项目,使女孩和男孩能够重新协商有害的规范,从而有助于在性别之间建立公平的竞争环境。
莫耶基金会(TMF)为受悲伤和成瘾影响的儿童和家庭提供安慰、希望和治疗。体育活动和体育运动是TMF的两个项目——艾琳营和马里波萨营——的重要组成部分,这两个项目为青年提供了一个安全健康的环境,通过活动建立信任、自尊和改变生活的社会关系。
由Peter Westbrook于1991年创立彼得·威斯布鲁克基金会使用击剑艺术作为一种工具,灌输个人纪律,努力工作,并坚持不懈的年轻人来自各种背景,尤其是那些居住在贫困社区。该基金会每年为250多名纽约市青年的运动和学术成就提供支持。
的史蒂夫·纳什基金会(儿童基金会)致力于在健康、个人发展、教育和享受生活方面帮助得不到充分服务的儿童。自2005年以来,SNF一直专注于关键的健康和教育需求,在北美和国际上制定了一系列精选方案和平台,以增加未来mvp获得资源的机会。
一个有影响力的领导者和其他组织的榜样。
24年来,一个适合孩子的世界!(WFIT)为孩子和年轻人准备好健康和充实的生活。WFIT使用体育和创新的体育活动方法,为洛杉矶市中心的40多万低收入学生免费提供改变生活的机会。
的Fugees家庭是一个致力于帮助战争幸存儿童重建生活的非营利组织。通过体育运动,特别是足球的力量,难民之家致力于帮助那些生活受到战争影响的人融入社会并治愈他们。
PeacePlayers国际(PPI)是一个全球性的非营利组织,它利用篮球作为一种工具来团结分裂的社区。自2001年成立以来,该计划已经影响了超过75,000名青年,并为来自15个国家的2,000多名教练提供了开创性的建设和平和领导力发展课程。
自1996年以来,Playworks一直在利用游戏的力量来改变学校文化,改善学生的社交和情感健康。到2020年12月,Playworks的目标是确保全国7000所小学的350万名儿童每天都能安全、健康地玩耍。
Row纽约教青少年从服务不足的社区划船的竞技运动。RNY的体育和学术课程为参与者提供了在水上出类拔萃的技能,并从高中和大学毕业。rny的适应性规划帮助残疾人建立信心,实现他们的健康目标。
斯奈德曲棍球是一个前沿项目,将冰球运动与严格的冰上生活技能课程和补充教育服务相结合,为来自宾夕法尼亚州费城和新泽西州卡姆登的资源不足的男孩和女孩建立品格和学术技能。曲棍球是用来获得和保持学生的注意力,使他们能够充分参与活动,加强他们的身体,学术和情感的发展。
无国界足球为美国各地的难民和移民提供服务,建立更具包容性和热情的社区。它的全面的、全年的项目支持来自60多个国家的新移民在学术上进步、个人发展、做出健康的选择、建立社会资本和发展英语语言技能。
的美国足球基金会项目是在服务不足的社区以体育为基础的青少年发展的国家模式。自1994年成立以来,该基金会已经建立了一些项目,证明可以帮助孩子们拥抱积极健康的生活方式,同时培养他们在体育运动之外的个人成长。其高成本效益、高影响力的举措为儿童和社区提供了安全的环境。
关于罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊基金会体育奖
罗伯特伍德约翰逊基金会体育奖表彰创新和合作努力个人、组织和团队通过体育运动使他们的社区更健康。有关该奖项的更多信息,请访问www.ottomotal.com/sportsaward或关注Twitter@RWJFSportsAward.
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40多年来,罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊基金会一直致力于改善健康和医疗保健。我们正在与其他国家合作,建立一种全国性的健康文化,使每个美国人都能活得更长、更健康。欲了解更多信息,请访问www.ottomotal.com.在Twitter上关注基金会www.ottomotal.com/twitter或者在Facebook上www.ottomotal.com/facebook.
通过体育激发更健康的社区
RWJF体育奖表彰为使社区成为更健康的居住场所而采取的创新和协作方法。
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