PLEX FOUNDATION

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

Since its inception in 1999, and through present day, the mission of Plex Foundation is to continue to improve the health and fitness of America’s youth by teaching them critical life skills through sports and education.  Sports are an excellent way to reinforce good behaviors in youth, such as focus, determination, overcoming adversity, and sportsmanship. Our programs work to instill these positive behaviors while educating children on the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and gangs. We also focus on showing youth that sports can open doors to a higher education, as well as many other doors that might not otherwise be opened for them.  Every child deserves the same opportunity to succeed and we want to make sure that chance is given to everyone that wants it.

There are three main focuses the foundation has, they are as follows:

   

    1. Providing scholarships for youth to attend sports camps and clinics. These camps and clinics will be held at various locations. The criteria for selection will be a cooperative process between Plex Foundation, community groups (to be decided on later), and local schools.  This activity will be initiated in the fall of 2004. Plex Foundation will provide the funding for a student to attend athletic training or a sports specific camp. By keeping the athletes involved in sports and give them reasons to stick with it, we deter them from wanting to participate in illegal and risky behaviors.

    2. Provide sports camps and clinics both on and off school campuses.  Plex Foundation will work closely with area coaches and P.E. teachers to help them implement programs in their schools to maintain  the interest of their athletes in sports. These programs will also be implemented in the fall/winter of 2004. These programs will be conducted by Plex Foundation volunteers as well as the school coaches.  Again, we would like to show students that they can choose not to participate in activities like drugs, alcohol, gangs, and inactivity. Sports offer an alternative to those activities while reinforcing a positive outlook on life.

    3. The last focus Plex Foundation has is to purchase at a low cost, or refurbish donated sports and weight training equipment to area schools. This way the schools can offer good training equipment for students to utilize during the school year. Plex Foundation will designate recipients of equipment through a selection process based on needs of the students - athletes.  This program will begin as soon as possible, so that schools can have as much time to use the equipment during the school year as possible.