Archive for November 2018

“Children who start participating in sports between ages 6 to 12 have 40% higher test scores, 7 to 8% higher lifetime earnings, a 15% increased likelihood of college attendance”     $147,000,000,000 Estimated medical costs related to obesity…twice the size of the budget for the U.S. Department of Education. 5,000 The annual number of patients…

Play It Forward Foundations has partnered with and donates all its donated bikes to Bearings Bike Shop on Atlanta’s Westside. Bearings is a youth development organization that teaches kids how to repair and maintain bikes.  After working in the shop for a prerequisite number of hours, each child has the opportunity to earn their own…

For many sports, having the right sport-specific footwear is not a luxury or fashion statement, it is a necessity! Cleats on a football or baseball field, basketball shoes, tennis shoes, wrestling shoes, ice/hockey skates and golf spikes…not having access to the appropriate footwear can single-handedly derail a youth’s access to a sport or team experience…

Shepherd Center is one of the top private, not-for-profit hospital specializing in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, spine and chronic pain, and other neuromuscular conditions.  Play It Forward Foundations has partnered with Shepherd Center to assist with the cost of the Adolescent Recreational Rehabilitation Therapy…

Sometimes the obstacle obstructing the way forward is so obvious…but only after someone has pointed it out to us. One of the single largest barriers that inhibits middle and high school aged female athletes from participating in sports or exercise can be the lack of a proper fitting and functioning athletic bra. At Play It…