Kansas City Shock Athletics Association is 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization for Sports-Based Youth Development, dedicated to shaping well-rounded young adults through sports! Each year 36 Million American children participate in athletics (Statistic Brain), annually. By the year 2020 nearly one-third of all public US high schools will be without sports programs, and already 65% of those are pay t
o play (U. of MI). “An estimated $1.5 billion dollars were cut from school sports budgets nationwide during the 2010-2011 school year. During the 2009-2010 school year, $2 billion dollars were cut,” according to Alex Magdaleno (Mashable). Kansas City Shock Athletics Association is a veteran founded volunteer run, educational nonprofit youth sports organization that serves Greater Kansas City. KC Shock was founded in 2016 & started with softball; Shock is soon looking to expand into other sports! Our organization is dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of athletics and life through respect, positivity, education, leadership, perseverance, and responsibility. KC Shock Athletics is not your typical sports organization. We focus on the whole person rather than just athletic abilities. Here at KC Shock, we are student-athletes, with student put first, because we ALWAYS put education first. Did you know that student-athletes have an 11% higher graduation rate, are 50% less absent (Up2Us Sports), and are 4X more likely to get college degrees (U.S Dept. of Ed.). We provide athletic grants for teams and athletes who would not normally be able to afford the costs associated with competitive sports. Every year, our teams will pick projects that help out Kansas City. Some past acts include adopting a family for Christmas, serving food in a soup kitchen, and simply just cleaning up trash. From volunteer work, we learn that it is important to help someone else. Volunteering makes you feel good, it also looks great on college applications and job resumes. Kansas City Shock Athletics Association is always looking for ways to expand our organization, provide opportunities for the kids to get to college and help make Kansas City a better place to be. KC Shock would love to be able to provide our student-athletes with a few more things to our dedicated and hardworking athletes. Because KC Shock Board of Directors knows how expensive college can be, even with federal grants, we are working on providing our first KC Shock scholarships to incoming college freshmen! For more info, to donate, sponsor, start a fundraising campaign, volunteer, or say hello, please email [email protected], visit www.KCShockAthletics.com or Social Media pages !
