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The Lakers Youth Foundation celebrated the 2021-2022 YOU Grant Contest at the April 1st game with an on-court check presentation. The YOU Grant contest was developed to engage Lakers fans by allowing them to vote for the winner of a Lakers Youth Foundation Grant. This Lakers season Social Justice Learning Institute, Compton Kidz Club and Students Run LA were awarded a $5,000 grant to aid in their ongoing efforts to change the lives of many Los Angeles youth.

Social Justice Learning Institute is dedicated to improving the education, health, and well-being of youth and communities of color by empowering them to enact social change through research, training and community mobilization.

Compton Kidz Club’s mission is the embodiment of a long-held vision of a school that embodies the redemption of the whole child, the academic development and the performing arts skills of students needing a different education experience. A school free of bullying and negativity, inclusive of a safe and supportive learning environment and on track for college and career pathways. Our vision is to build a culture of learning that is relational and engages students through supportive, quality, innovative instruction, integrated technology, responsible social media, social and environmental justice and the performing arts providing students with viable options for college and career readiness. Our mission is to assist students to discover their own creative and innovative processes to remain engaged in school and life through a STEAM education and the performing arts.

Students Run LA’s mission is to challenge underserved secondary students to experience the benefits of goal setting, character development, adult mentoring and improved health by providing them with a truly life-changing experience: The training for and completion of the Los Angeles Marathon.

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2021-22 You Grant Presentation

Congratulations to Students Run LA on winning the Lakers Youth Foundation March 2022 YOU Grant Contest!

The mission of Students Run LA is to challenge underserved secondary students to experience the benefits of goal-setting, character development, adult mentoring and improved health by providing them with a truly life-changing experience: The training for and completion of the Los Angeles Marathon.

Each year, Students Run LA (SRLA) welcomes 3,200 middle and high school students from 185 public schools and community programs across Greater Los Angeles to train alongside their teachers to complete the Los Angeles Marathon, learning along the way that if they can run a marathon, they can do anything! For more than 30 years, our consistent annual results are striking - 99% of students who start the LA Marathon, finish it.

To get students ready for the BIG DAY, SRLA organizes, transports, and pays for students to enter 6 community races of progressively longer distances, building from a 5K to a 30K race. Funding is needed to provide students with the resources &amp; training materials to be successful: uniforms &amp; shoes, entry to 6 community races, transportation to the races, and water &amp; nutrition at the races.

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2021-2022 Lakers Youth Foundation YOU Grant

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Lakers Youth Foundation Basketball and Health & Fitness Clinic

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Lakers Youth Foundation Basketball and Health & Fitness Clinic Photo Gallery

On Tuesday, September 8th, the Los Angeles Lakers and Lakers Youth Foundation partnered with Wingstop to host a groundbreaking ceremony for an outdoor basketball court renovation benefitting the Challengers Boys &amp; Girls Club of South Los Angeles. Lakers point guard, D’Angelo Russell and the Laker Girls were on hand to celebrate with the community and to partake in the Wingstop Festival where over 250 guests dined on the newest flavors of wings provided by Wingstop.

During the festival 75 kids from the Challengers Boys &amp; Girls Club participated in a basketball clinic instructed by the Lakers Youth Foundation coaches and D’Angelo Russell.  The kids worked on their defense, shooting and teamwork skills and even got some one on one time with the newest member of the Los Angeles Lakers.

The beautifully refreshed court, made possible by grants from Wingstop and Lakers Youth Foundation, will reopen to local children at the end of September. It is the latest charitable project being completed as a part of the Wingstop Flavor Tour this summer.  The mission of the tour is to serve flavor and bring goodwill to communities that have embraced the Wingstop brand. In ten cities across the country, Wingstop will work with local NBA teams and charities to give back through community renewal projects and charity events.

Thank you to Wingstop’s Flavor Tour, the Lakers Youth Foundation and Challengers Boys &amp; Girls Club for a great day of basketball, celebration and community.

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2021-22 You Grant Presentation

2021-2022 Lakers Youth Foundation YOU Grant

Lakers Youth Foundation Basketball and Health & Fitness Clinic

Lakers Youth Foundation Basketball and Health & Fitness Clinic Photo Gallery

Lakers and Wingstop Partner for Basketball Court Renovation