The support ASLA received from Laureus USA during the covid-related lock down was unparalleled. Access to supplemental funding, when so many others ceased contributions, was crucial to sustainability. The funding received… has allowed ASLA to hire more female coaches, increase enrollment, and improve our coach to poet-athlete ratio. ASLA is thriving and we are so grateful to Laureus USA for their support. Laureus USA is by far ASLA’s most effective, transparent, and supportive partner and we are beyond grateful.

Sport offers inherent opportunities for positive peer-to-peer relationships. When young people experience a sense of belonging, have a place to feel safe and regulated, and feel like the people around them believe and support them, they don’t go looking for those basic human needs in other, potentially riskier, places.

Sometimes it can be lonely to try to do and plan everything yourself. As women of color, there are not many of us doing this work. The genuine connection and information that has been openly shared is great… I love knowing that others like myself are also giving the most.

I am honored to be a Laureus Ambassador, they have been great to me and my family. This has really given me a platform to speak to youth, especially as a father. I see how kids look up to other people, and this has given me the opportunity to be a positive influence.

Being a partner with Laureus is so much more than money; they believed in us and in our mission. They could see our vision. Laureus is like family

Laureus provides so much more than a grant; it is an investment in the organization, it is an investment in the leadership, and we have a true partnership. We now have the most participants we’ve ever had.

There is a need for connectivity in this space that Laureus is helping to fill. They really understand the need and value of connecting organizations, practitioners, and researchers

Laureus understands that sport is a public health intervention that is not being used to its fullest They are furthering the conversation on the crisis of physical inactivity.