One Love Sports Academy
About
One Love Sports Academy is a Boston nonprofit that supports young people in Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan through sports, mentorship and education. Its programs go beyond athletics, combining sports coaching with academic skill building, leadership development, one-on-one mentoring, peer team building and local field trips. The goal is to help students build confidence, skills and sportsmanship and to close the opportunity and achievement gaps they face in school and in sports.
The team behind the academy grew up in Boston and built its programs around the challenges they know local youth face. A skilled team of local mentors works with participants, and one parent credits the mentorship and structure with changing their son’s confidence, while a 14-year-old participant says he is now on the honor roll and thinking about college. The academy is celebrating ten years of service with an anniversary gala that benefits its youth programs.
What to Know
- Parents can enroll children in a safe, structured enrichment program.
- Volunteers can sign up to coach or mentor students.
- Businesses can support the work as sponsors, and individuals can donate.
- It is a member of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
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