Tri-Cities Lady Bulldog Athletic Foundation

Currently we have been mentoring and transporting urban-challenged youth in the Tri-Cites community back and forth to practices or securing funds to provide transportation for the student artist/athletes. By asking donors to provide Marta cards or gas cards for transportation. After practice nutritious snacks are provided as well for about 2-3 athletes a week. Plus mentoring has become a major theme this season. Future plans are to take the land and build a pre-manufactured home in an effort to support transitional daily needs to artist and athletes that need effective support throughout their tenure and post-secondary options. This year I need to step it up because not only do students need help- but former graduated still need assistance. Therefore, I need to publicly solicit in an effort to keep successful commitments to student-athletes/artist that are in need. I plan on gaining more training to the Foundation Center in an effort to gain access to metro mailing list in an effort to fund raise for those in need instead of solely depending on myself to carry all in need. Service provided, The organization: sponsored a flight from Atlanta to Phoenix for a parent to see her oldest child compete in a major track meet; we assisted and athlete travel from Atlanta to Jacksonville to Daytona in an effort to transfer the student athlete to a better environment; we sponsored a trip and meal for family of 5 to Phoenix for a graduation. The young lady is the first to graduate high school and college in her family. A Sumna Cum Laude graduate and Pac12 Scholar Athlete of the Year (2 time All-American)

We have indulged our selves into the foundationcenter and all that it has to offer. We look foward to becoming aggressive fundraisers and grant writers. Also we are considering vending machines and vending lisences to increase fundraiser revenue. All continuing ed courses selected are free.

In the past, we have directed our attention to the Keep America moving initiative and building up our project studio; as well as researching urban community development opportunities in the Tri-Cities Community- we realized that we had to have more access to summer youth programs with the incorporation of programs like Bright from the Start-thus raising more revenue and receiving more training from HUD and other urban housing affiliates. Recently, our short term service accomplishments was taking a young lady who was molested several times by family members and transitioning her into the school's Star athlete participating in sports year round while maintaining an 88 or higher GPA.

In the past, this foundation has worked concessions at the GA Dome in an effort to send a group of high school students to The National Arts Dance Festival in Florida in 2006-2007. As well as donated a sound system($3000) to a performing arts dance program.