Oakland / California / United States
Located in Oakland, Calif., Sports 4 Kids serves more than 50,000 students in over 110 low-income public schools in Baltimore, Boston, San Francisco Bay Area, Calif., and Washington, D.C. Founded in 1996, it offers full-day programs that emphasizes on play and physical activities during lunchtime, recess and after school. The organizations lunchtime program includes establishing game areas on the playground, distributing balls and sports equipment, teaching the rules and strategies of playing games. It offers a class game time program that delivers a structured, play-based curriculum based on youth development principles. The organization also provides a sports and game class handbook that lists various games for fun. Additionally, Sports 4 Kids provides online donation facilities.