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To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation

“If we are together nothing is impossible.  If we are divided all will fail.”

The insightful quote from Winston Churchill explains why YTA believes in the power of partnerships.  Our Community Partner Spotlight this issue is on To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation.

We were introduced to “To Celebrate Life” when the Kaliski Family of Harbor Point Charitable Foundation named YTA and “To Celebrate Life” beneficiaries of the Esurance Tennis Classic seven years ago.  Since then there has been a mutual respect for the work of one another’s charities.  Recently leaders of both organizations discussed the similarities of annual tennis events we both organize.  After several meetings, we agreed that combining efforts in the new Rally for Health and Hope would be exciting and beneficial to both causes.  YTA has thoroughly enjoyed planning and working with the leaders of “To Celebrate Life”.  Executive Director Kathy Meyer, former President Chris Brettingen, Board Member Jeanne Capurro and Mary Ware are just a few members of the outstanding team who have provided creative and thoughtful collaborative ideas that will make the ‘Rally’ an event to be remembered!

The mission of “To Celebrate Life” is: Reaching out to enrich the lives of women and men living with breast cancer.

They accomplish this by:

• Providing support programs, early detection screening, emotional and educational services, including for underserved communities, and
• Offering healing opportunities through our events for those living with breast cancer.

Join YTA in celebration of “To Celebrate Life” and applaud the service and ‘hope’ they provide to so many people of the Bay Area in need.  Thank you for supporting our new partnership by participating in the May 23^rd Rally for Health and Hope! To register for the event or to find out more information about “To Celebrate Life”, visit www.tocelebratelife.org.

YTA is thrilled to be partnering with Tutor Doctor of San Francisco. Tutor Doctor, launched by Sophie Pouteau in November 2010, is a program dedicated to providing a unique learning experience for students of all ages, in any grade, and in any subject. By using their customized one-on-one building block tutoring model, Tutor Doctor works with students to increase their educational performance while providing greater self-esteem in achieving their goals, and ultimately, making a difference in their lives.

Tutor Doctor offers one-on-one in home tutoring; but for YTA, CEO and Education Consultant, Sophie Pouteau is bringing the learning experience to YTA, at no charge. Sophie will be recruiting and training students from Abraham Lincoln High School, local Colleges and Universities to become tutors. Tutor

Doctor will provide a tutor to work with qualified YTA participants year round in 2011. For anyone needing a tutor in San Francisco, Oakland or Berkeley, please mention YTA to Sophie and she will make a contribution to the academic part of our organization.  This partnership will allow potential tutors to gain valuable professional experience and community service hours, and strengthen YTA’s academic program.

For more information about Tutor Doctor San Francisco, visit their web site at www.tutors-sanfrancisco.com or call at 415.364.8595

Executive Director Loretta Conway first became acquainted with Credit Suisse in June of 2009 when she attended their Philanthropic Forum in Menlo Park on Entrepreneurial Approaches to Education.

Since the forum, YTA and The Credit Suisse Philanthropic Alliance have developed a strong relationship. 

“Credit Suisse has joined the YTA family to help donors become better educated about creative, tax efficient  ways to give,  from Planned Gifts to Stock donations ”, says Loretta.

The Credit Suisse Philanthropic Alliance has a strong presence in the non-profit community.  The goal of this relationship is to be viewed as a partner of YTA and valued resource for our donors.  As another example, just this year, they sponsored a reception honoring long time board member, Barry MacKay, at the home of Sandy and Kay Walker. 

Some of the great things they are offering YTA donors  are: planned giving counsel, exclusive white papers and special invites to their social events.  Currently, they are working to help YTA donors understand the potential benefits of stock donations.

YTA is in good company. Credit Suisse recently signed on Roger Federer as their global sponsor.   Credit Suisse and Federer share similar values – excellence, dedication, and success.   

We hope our donors will take the opportunity to seek advice and consultation with some of the experts at Credit Suisse. 

To read Credit Suisse's White Paper titled 2010 Year End Planning Update, click HERE
To read Credit Suisse's White Paper titled Funding as a Family, click HERE
To read Credit Suisse's White Paper titled Smart Funding in Tough Times, click HERE
For Potential Tax Change Summary 2010 - 2011, click HERE

YTA values the many partners and collaborations that help accomplish our mission each year.  One such partnership exists with a very vibrant non-profit called Team-up For Youth.
 
Not only has Team-up For Youth provided funds to develop YTA’s scholar athlete programs at John McLaren Park in San Francisco, but they have hosted a variety of exceptional coaches’ workshops attended by many YTA instructors.  These workshops feature important themes such as how to coach girls, creating powerful programs and how to communicate with children to be most effective.  One of the greatest tools ever crafted for youth development organizations that promote sports is the Team-up For Youth sponsored “Learning to Play and Playing to Learn” report written by Ann Rosewater and published in February 2009. Click HERE for report.

Team-up For Youth has most recently worked with YTA on a self-assessment of our organization.  They have provided free webinars and tools on how to grade ourselves in regards to program design, skilled and caring coaches, equity and inclusion and youth development including education and health outcomes.  Several YTA staff and volunteers will be attending the upcoming summit, The Game Plan for Girls’ Sports Igniting a Practice of Change, May 20-21 in San Francisco hosted by Team-up For Youth and Athletes for Hope. 

Team-up For Youth has helped YTA thrive in very difficult and demanding times.  We look forward to continuing to our partnership in the future as we both promote excellent sports programs to help youth have fun, be healthy and learn life lessons.

Hillcrest Falls in Love with Tennis!

For six weeks, Hillcrest Elementary School in San Francisco’s Portola neighborhood received an extra curriculum in their after school EXCEL program, tennis! On Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 - 12 students from various grades, eager to pick up a racquet and a tennis ball, rushed to the yard.

The six week program, lead by YTA instructor John Savoy, started a little damp. Heavy rain caused the first day of tennis to be move into a hallway. Ten kids, with ten racquets and ten tennis balls is a recipe for chaos. However, the beautiful sunny weather that followed allowed the students an open space and a net to play. Throughout the six weeks, all the students were taught basic foot work and basic strokes while playing fun and fast pace games. By the end of the six weeks, many students were able to rally over the net, but more importantly, the students had fun and gained confidence in their tennis skills.

This is a wonderful opportunity to expose students to a sport they otherwise would not have access to, known about, or even tried. Hillcrest Elementary School will promote the YTA tennis, academic assistance and life skills activities opportunities held at nearby John McLaren Park to their students and plans are being made now for more YTA activities to be held at the school in 2010.

Harper For Kids Presents COACH WOODEN FOR KIDS
Inch and Miles Sportsmanship Festival

Harper for Kids (HFK), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was formed in 2008. Its purpose is to provide children with educational and enrichment programs to cultivate, inspire and develop leadership skills and promote healthy character development. YTA will be partnering with HFK and its COACH WOODEN FOR KIDS© Inch and Miles Sportsmanship Tennis Festival program in a school assembly pilot project for children ages 7-11 years old. The Inch and Miles Sportsmanship Tennis Festival life skills program was developed by Peanut Louie Harper, Steve Jamison (a best-selling author and America’s preeminent authority on the leadership philosophy of UCLA’s legendary Coach John Wooden:  www.CoachWooden.com) and Harper for Kids coaching staff.

Learn more at www.harperforkids.org