Race Website
Additional race information can be found at https://hi5usa.org/events/.
Place
San Jose, CA US 95128
Description
The Hi5 Youth Foundation is a professionally run sports-NGO in India, dedicated to coaching basketball and academically enriching large numbers of underprivileged youth. This multi-level, multi-faceted program teaches children life skills that allows them to experience success and prepare them for future endeavors!
We are the largest grassroots level program providing training in basketball through "Hope thru Hoops" program to the underprivileged children for FREE. We also support the academic challenges of these children in our "Pathways to Success" program by funding college tuitions and tutoring support.
Why Sign Up for Miles 2 Smiles??
“Sports has the power to change the world” Nelson Mandela
Every child has the right to play sports and with Hi 5’s basketball “Hope thru Hoops” excellence program - every underprivileged child experiences a winning moment. Hi 5’s basketball program fosters confidence, teamwork and inculcates the right values to succeed in life. We are constantly “changing young lives through play”
Hi 5 Youth Foundation has its footprint in 8 states in India - Maharashtra, Telangana, West Bengal, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh Andhra Pradesh*, Tamil Nadu* and Arunachal Pradesh*. We now have over 4000+ children and 50 coaches who train for around 300+ days in 35 centers and we are still growing....
* centers were added in 2023-24 school year
Hi 5 started the Hyderabad, Telangana program in 2019 with 4 centers and 350 children and now after the pandemic we have expanded to 9 centers and 1000 children in 2023-24. With the program expansion, we need your support to train 1000 underprivileged children in various tribal residential schools, Zilla parishad schools and orphanages to accomplish the goal! The Hi 5 children from the Krushi Boys Orphanage in Medchal district in Telangana have had many “winning moments” for they never stop playing basketball. Basketball is life to all the children in Hi 5.
It takes just $100 to support a child. Your $$ goes towards Training +Jerseys + shoes + equipment for one whole year!
Help us reach our goal!! Your Miles convert to Smiles!!
To learn more about Hi5 and our charter, please click here: https://hi5usa.org/
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