City of Richmond Parks and Recreation
Summer Tennis & Life Skills Youth Program
(Partners: City of Richmond Parks and Recreation, The Richmond Tennis Association) U-TURN began a wonderful partnership with the City of Richmond's Parks and Recreation Department, The Richmond Tennis Association (RTA), and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) during the summer of 2002. That summer, U-TURN provided professional tennis instruction to approximately 250 kids per week. In addition, it trained all the city's summer instructors in the basics of stroke development. The City of Richmond provided facilities/courts. Funding for the collaborative summer program's staff was provided by the RTA. VCU provided the Life Skills Curriculum. In 2003, U-TURN not only provided on-court training for approximately 180 kids per week, but it also developed and led the Life Skills component. The program's instructors are comprised mainly of current and former U-TURN students. The mentoring process works. They now are helping to impact the generation after them. How exciting!
Summer Volleyball Youth Program
(Partner: City of Richmond Parks and Recreation)
U-TURN initiated a summer volleyball program in the summer of 2003 that positively impacted over 40 kids in the Blackwell, Randolph, and Westhampton communities. The participants learned techniques and fundamentals of the game from both U-TURN's current students and alumni. The alumni are all college volleyball players and brought a wonderful presence of success and achievement to the program. They embodied for the participants goal setting, work ethic, perseverance, and love.
Volleyball Summer League
U-TURN's volleyball program partnered again with the City of Richmond Parks and Recreation for the Volleyball Summer League. About 45 kids participated in the program with 6 high school and college volleyball players as the coaches. The end of season tournament was held at U-TURN with Blackwell defending its title.
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