2019 Year In Review

Friends,

The Foundation has had an extraordinary year. Our children, parents, mentors, coaches and staff have never been more unified in our quest to revolutionize education by creating the ultimate environment for youth development; inspiring children to be grateful, mindful and aware of how to become their best selves.

Below is an outline of our Foundation’s successes and how you can get involved by donating or volunteering. We appreciate your support and invite you to join us in this extremely meaningful work :)

Sincerely,

Trent Alenik

Executive Director

Inspiring Children Foundation

702-767-7531

www.InspiringChildren.net

www.JewelNeverBroken.com

2019

HIGHLIGHTS

Jewel Never Broken Program

Jewel and our Jewel Never Broken partnership has been an amazing collaboration for our organization over the past four years. Together, we've been able to scale our organization and bring our programming to the masses that have included:

Health & Wellness Festival in partnership with Kroger reaching 120,000 attendees

JewelNeverBroken.com reaching 40,000 people

Mindfulness Curriculum in OH School District reaching 6,000 students

Cherrial Odell

Not wanting to live, Cherrial has gone from survive to thrive, won the USTA national sportsmanship award, was awarded the Questbridge & Horatio Alger scholarships, and gained acceptance into Stanford University. She's an extraordinary example of someone who has found peace of mind, contentment, and has found the joy of helping others.

Team Bryan Program

Thank you to the support of the entire Bryan Family (Wayne, Bob, Mike, Michelle, Kathy and Nadia), we've been able to create a best-in-class high performance tennis and college pathway program that is now being duplicated by 16 other organizations in collaboration with the USTA Foundation. Highlights from the year include:

75+ Nationally Ranked Juniors

30+ Sectional Titles

15+ National Titles

9 College Scholarships to Stanford, Brown, USC, San Diego, UNLV, Toronto, Westmont, and Findlay

7 Players ranked top 20 in America

6 Professional Titles

5 College Players Ranked

4 State Championships

1 World Team Tennis Team

1 All-American Championship

1 NCAA Title

Alejandro Quiles

Breaking generational poverty and overcoming a community where drug addiction, drop-out, and trauma is prevalent. Alejandro became the first person in his family to go to college, earned a college scholarship to Dartmouth, was ranked #13 in the US, and won a national championship in doubles this year with partner Blake Kasday.

National Tennis Foundation

Partnership

Thanks to Remington Reynolds, Trevor Short, Mike Richard & the National Tennis Foundation, we've created a partnership that has allowed us to expand our outreach to chapters in Atlanta and the British Virgin Islands. We've had student-athletes from these chapters attend our Leadership Retreats, BNP Paribas Open Trip, and have lived in our transitional housing and taken part in our Team Bryan program. The National Tennis Foundation has also provided two incredible project-driven-learning opportunities for our students including the Necker Cup and One World Player Party ping pong event.

Abigail Desiatnikov

Abigail has been part of Team Bryan for four years and joined our program through our partnership with the National Tennis Foundation. After winning the Jr. Orange Bowl, countless national titles, and reaching #1 in the US, Abigail just committed to a full-ride scholarship to University of San Diego.

World Team Tennis

Vegas Rollers

The Foundation ran 71% of the operations of Vegas' newest professional sports team. Foundation youth & alumni were involved in running all aspects of the Vegas Rollers including promotions, marketing, ticketing, operations, transportation, player services, VIP hosting, food and beverage. Board member & partner Tim Blenkiron served as the head coach of the team, alongside supporter Redfoo. Alumni Asia Muhammed played on the team along with Vegas local Evan Song. Alumni Ricky Sypert was given the key role of assistant general manager, working alongside general manager & advisory board member Sally Dewhurst. We set the record for most attendance in a regular season home match with over 5,000 attendees on opening weekend, and also hosted the year-end championships. We are starting to gear up for the 2020 Season taking place July 14-31st @ Orleans Arena!

Health & Wellness Festivals

Our organization ran 60% of the operations, filling 42 staffing & volunteer positions for 3 health & wellness festivals that took place in Cincinatti and Denver, with over 120,000 attendees. In partnership with Jewel & Kroger, it was an incredible Project Driven Learning opportunity for our youth and we are slated to host our next Health & Wellness Festival in October of 2020 in Cincinatti. Notable supporters and attendees included Rachel Platten, Redfoo, Tony Horton, Gavin Degraw, Tone It Up Girls, Natasha Bedingfield, and Nick Lachey.

Selena Williams

Selena overcame tremendous adversity and won the Bill & Melinda Gates Scholarship, along with the Rogers Scholarship. She will be attending Brown University this Fall.

126 College Scholarships

We are proud to announce another spectacular graduating class with students gaining acceptances and earning scholarships to schools such as Stanford, Dartmouth, Brown, USC, USD, Westmont, Wesleyan, UC Berkley and UNLV.

National Sportsmanship

Award Winner

Cherrial Odell is our organization's second winner of the prestigious USTA Bill Talbert National Sportsmanship Award. This award is given to one male and female student-athlete each year and is awarded at the US Open. The award highlighted Cherrial's heroic story of overcoming tremendous odds to find peace of mind, kindness, and being of service to countless others through her NJTL program. Cherrial will be attending Stanford University in the Fall of 2020.

Blake Kasday

Blake Kasday has been part of Team Bryan for several years and is the oldest of 4 siblings that are in the program. Blake recently earned the #1 doubles ranking in the United States for the Boys 18's doubles division and #20 in singles. Blake recently earned a scholarship to University of San Diego.

Sands Partnership &

INSPIRE Charity Concert

Thanks to Rob Goldstein (President of Las Vegas Sands Corp) & to Sands Cares, the Foundation has taken part in a three year Accelerator Program to help grow our capacity through:

- Funding

- Events

- Consultants

- Hiring Staff

The INSPIRE Charity Concerts have included:

-Jewel

-Jason Mraz

-Kelly Clarkson

Athletic Results

Big thanks to one of our top donors, Tim Blenkiron, who does not charge the foundation to train our children in need. Our partnership with Tim and the No Quit Tennis Academy allows our students to take part in elite tennis training five days a week. The program has produced five former #1 ranked payers in the USA, and more than 20 that reached top 25 in the USA. Just this summer children in the program won over 15 national and sectional titles, with Abigail Desiatnikov winning 4 sectional championships in both singles and doubles, Alejandro Quiles reaching #13 in the country for B18's, Blake Kasday earned the #1 doubles ranking in the country. At Summer Sectionals we won 6 of the 8 singles and 7 of the 8 doubles titles and have posted some incredible results all year long. 2019 results & highlights include:

75+ Nationally Ranked Players

30+ Sectional Titles

15+ National Titles

9 College Scholarships to Stanford, Brown, USC, San Diego, UNLV, Toronto, Westmont, and Findlay

7 Players Top 20 in America

6 Professional Titles

5 College Players Ranked

4 State Championships

1 World Team Tennis Team

1 All-American Championship

1 NCAA Title

National Scholarship Recipients

This is the first time in our organization's history that our high school graduates have been awarded prestigious, nationally recognized scholarships to college. They include scholarships from Questbridge, Horatio Alger, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Rogers Foundation.

Leadership Retreats

Leadership Retreats are one of the most powerful programs we provide. Students are taken out of their day to day lives and placed into new environments, often involving nature, self-reflection and team bonding that gives them a new perspective on life and a greater sense of appreciation for what they have. Retreat's include:

Sanford Family Zion Retreat

Colorado River Retreats

Wolfington Family East Coast Leadership Tour

US Open Alumni Retreat

Captain Paradise Environmental Leadership Retreat

Granello Bakery Alumni Winter Leadership Retreat

Thank you to everyone who made this possible :)

Mindfulness Curriculum

in Ohio School District

Our Jewel Never Broken program is scaling our mindfulness and emotional intelligence program by providing it to 6,000 5th graders in the Montgomery School District in Ohio. Our JewelNeverBroken.com website is also scaling our curriculum and has close to 40,000 users.

Human of the Year Award

Steve Wozniak and Ryan Wolfington won the prestigious Human of the Year Award and were presented this honor at the Human Gathering in California. They were recognized for their commitment to giving back and making the world a happier and healthier place .

Necker Cup

Thanks to Trevor Short, Remington Reynolds and the National Tennis Foundation, eleven Foundation youth, alumni and staff had the opportunity to run various roles with this year's Necker Cup. Notable supporters included Sir Richard Branson, Jewel, Rod Laver, Martina Navratilova, Andy Grammer, Florida Georgia Line, Skip Marley, Radek Stepanek, Jack Sock, Sir Nick Faldo, Nick Monroe and many others. This seven year partnership with the National Tennis Foundation & Necker Cup has provided some of the most meaningful connections, engaging project driven learning opportunities, and moments of change in our organization's history.

Horatio Alger

Association Partnership

Jewel was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association as a member, and Cherrial Odell was awarded the prestigious Horatio Alger scholarship. We've had four other Horatio scholars join our program and interned with us this year including Destiny, Clarissa, Josh and Mesgna.

Aces for Charity Event

Thanks to Nadia and the entire Bryan family (Mike, Bob & Michelle), we held our first annual Aces for Charity Event in NYC during the US Open. We had over 300 attendees, and many pros and their wives supported the event including Kei Nishikori, Kevin Anderson, Jeremy Chardy, and many others.

Fore Love Event

Thanks to Bob, Mike & Wayne Bryan, along with Jack & Barbara Nicklaus, the 2nd annual Fore Love event took place at Mr. Nicklaus' home and private grass tennis courts in West Palm Beach, FL. Pros that supported the event included Kevin Anderson, Jim Courier, Gaston Gaudio, Guillermo Canas, Coco Gauff, Caroline Wozniacki and Tommy Paul.

Acing Autism Program

We've expanded our Community Outreach Program, in partnership with Acing Autism, to serving the autistic and mentally challenged community. The program has been growing rapidly and is taking place both at Lorenzi Park and Craig Ranch Park every weekend. Contact us if you'd like to get involved!

New Office

Thanks to our incredible relationship with the City of Las Vegas, we were able to upgrade our office space and move from a small 800 sq. foot classroom to a 2,400 sq. foot office that includes a classroom, back yard, meditation lounge, full kitchen, waiting room, and much more. Next time you're in Las Vegas or around Lorenzi Park, come check us out!

Newly Branded Vans

Thanks to resident artist @prettydone we were able to rebrand two of our vans in which we transport our students around town and the West Coast for various retreats, leadership trips and tournaments.