BUILDING COMMUNITY ONE CHILD AT A TIME

Young people, regardless of socio-economic background, deserve a chance in life. Tenacity taps the resources of the community to provide a winning combination of literacy, life-skills & tennis instruction that enables at-risk youth to succeed.
THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT CHAIRS, GALA COMMITTEE AND SPONSORS:

EVENT CHAIRS
Bill & Alli Achtmeyer

DAVIS CUP PRESENTING SPONSOR


HONORARY COMMITTEE & WIMBLEDON SPONSORS
Ed & Amy Brakemen
Jim & Anne Davis
Bettina Doulton & Steve Wymer
Ron & Julie Druker
Larry & Beth Greenberg
Ralph & Janice James
Seth & Beth Klarman
Peter & Carolyn Lynch
Joe & Colin McNay
Donald & Susan Mykrantz
Peter & Ginny Nicholas
Steve & Judy Pagliuca
Roger & Kristin Servison


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VOICES OF TENACITY


Fatumata Kaba
ASEP Alumni
Class of 2007

During my three years at Tenacity, my family, friends, and teachers have seen a huge change in me.  My love for reading has expanded and I love tennis with a passion.  Tenacity has definitely made a huge impact in my life and I'm glad that I decided to join.  It's a place where you don't have to be afraid to love reading or just being yourself...

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Tenacity Awarded 2-year FAO Schwarz Fellowship Grant


TENACITY is honored to be a recipient of a 2008 – 2010 The FAO Schwarz Family Foundation Fellowship grant.The Fellowship is a two-year program for recent college graduates designed to train future leaders in the education and youth development field and to strengthen high-quality youth-serving organizations.  Our fellow will provide both direct service to children/youth as well as initiating new projects, research, or programs that may involve organizational replication or sustainability efforts, or other new initiatives to strengthen Tenacity.  At the same time, it is the Foundation’s hope that the Fellows receive experiences, training, and mentorship that launch them on successful careers as leaders in the youth development and educational field.  
 
Overview of FAO Schwarz Family Foundation:  The FAO Schwarz Family Foundation is a modest-sized foundation funded through ongoing royalty payments from the current owners of the FAO Schwarz toy store to a foundation established by descendants of the store’s founders and former owners.






Frederick August Otto Schwarz