Impact

Since 2008, A’s & Aces has:

• Impacted thousands of children, while working with 450 children annually
• Partnered with Dillard University, Tulane University, and NORDC locally, and with AmeriCorps, the USTA, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, and Up2Us nationally, to provide classrooms, courts, and coaches and teachers for our youth
• Inspired and exposed hundreds of children to college settings via programs and field trips
• Promoted literacy by giving thousands of books to children to build their own home libraries
• Increased fitness through a FUN, life-long, non-contact, co-ed, global, individual & team sport
• Trained hundreds of high school, college, and adult volunteers to serve as tutors/role models
• Helped thousands of children learn to read and write more proficiently
• Introduced thousands of boys and girls to the sport of tennis
• Empowered thousands of young student-athletes to make positive decisions regarding their own lives, health, education, and futures
  Our oldest program alumni have graduated from top universities such as Vanderbilt, Villanova, and Morehouse, while several others are currently attending various colleges and universities (Notre Dame, Tulane, among others).