Jason Taylor Foundation Inc.

“Jt's ping pong smash kids clinicin december 2016 the jason taylor foundation held the nineth-annual jt's ping pong smash kids clinic. Jason taylor teamed up with former puerto rican junior national table tennis champion, juan ly to create the program, which preceded the foundation's annual charity table-tennis fundraiser, to offer boys and girls of south florida a free opportunity to learn a range of ping pong skills and strategies from a celebrated professional. Nearly 100 deserving children from several different youth organizations throughout miami-dade and broward counties received 90 minutes of expert table-tennis instruction. No experience or ping-pong background was required. Each child received a publix backpack, a killerspin paddle and an invite to stick around and watch the main event, jt's ping-pong smash 13. During the tournament, kids watched celebrities compete against one another, obtained celebrity autographs, played video games, ate snacks and enjoyed interactive games.”

“The omari hardwick bluapple poetry networkthe omari hardwick bluapple poetry network, is a multi-faceted, after-school spoken word poetry program available free to students actively attending public schools throughout south florida and beyond. The program provides an environment for students to focus on literacy, prevention issues and social awareness as vehicles for self expression, both written and through performance, ultimately empowering young people, the schools they attend and the communities in which they live. In addition, by recognizing each poetry group as a member of the school district's overall network, rather than simply as an individual program, a greater sense of community is developed with ideas, creativity and understanding being shared across district boundaries. During the 2016-17 school year, nearly 50 schools actively participated in the network.”

“Play it forwardduring the 2016 holiday season, the jason taylor foundation continued its tradition of bringing holiday cheer to children in need through the play it forward initiative. The jason taylor foundation purchased hundreds of toys and hand delivered them to children at the holtz children's hospital.”

“Louder than a bomb floridabuilding upon the impact the omari hardwick bluapple poetry network has had on area youth, the jason taylor foundation took bluapple to new heights by bringing the "super bowl of poetry" to broward county. In april, 2016, the foundation held the second annual louder than a bomb florida (ltab florida) festival, empowering and uniting south florida's youth and community through the art of the spoken word. Ltab florida featured school-based poetry teams from within the bluapple poetry network, as well as from miami-dade, palm beach and beyond, showcasing this art form through a friendly competition taking place in venues throughout broward, while providing teens from diverse backgrounds a platform to come together and find a common ground through sharing their stories. In october, 2016, planning, preparation, recruitment, workshops and professional development for the third annual ltabfla took placethis powerful, youth initiative accomplished the following:utilized the poetry slam as a community organizing tool, unifying our wonderfully diverse, extremely spread out south florida population - ltabfla bridges gaps between community borders and introduces teens who would not otherwise meet. The festival will also bring students, educators, business leaders and others from the tri-county area and beyond together into a variety of unique cultural, civic and educational spaces across broward county. Made the student the center of their educational experience - ltabfla inverts the traditional educational paradigm by asking students what they think, see and experience in their worlds, often re-engaging students at schools, while still meeting common core standards.empowered young people with tools necessary for success - ltabfla provides students with a platform for their voices to be heard. These students realize the strength they possess and are validated through the stories they tell and experiences they share.”

“Jason taylor reading room in conjunction with each of the past ten school years, the jason taylor foundation has held classes for the jason taylor reading room. Located at the miramar youth enrichment center, the jason taylor reading room is a comprehensive after-school program designed to address academic challenges among inner-city youth, particularly in the areas of literacy. Middle school and high school students participate in the program for two hours per day throughout the school year, and are navigated through a rotating academic focus calendar with assistance from a full-time educational director, certified teachers and teachers' aids. The program's curriculum addresses vocabulary development, reading comprehension, language arts, creative writing skills, oral reading fluency and novel study, as well as ninety minutes of weekly math instruction per grade level. The reading room also provides individualized computer assisted learning opportunities and homework support. 2016 also marked the sixth year of the reading room's full-time case manager, who monitors and tracks students academic performance, attendance and behavior, and serves as a liaison between the program, the students' schools and their parents. The 2016-17 school year was also the second full session of the program's second location, the learning center at new renaissance middle school, also in the city of miramar.through the jason taylor foundation's continuing partnerships with other community-based organizations, extra curricular activities were made available to reading room students including cooking and nutritional classes, mentoring programs, field days and more.”

“Play it forwardduring the 2016 holiday season, the jason taylor foundation continued its tradition of bringing holiday cheer to children in need through the play it forward initiative. The jason taylor foundation purchased hundreds of toys and hand delivered them to children at the holtz children's hospital. Additionally, the foundation partnered with a local toy manufacturer to distribute toys to other organizations servicing children.”

“Cool gear for the school year for the twelfth consecutive year, jason taylor held his cool gear for the school year back-to-school shopping program, which serves to help build a child's self-esteem and eliminate an unnecessary distraction, allowing the child to focus on their studies and not their attire while at school. In 2016, the jason taylor foundation hosted 60 underserved children at a local old navy store, providing each child with $300 to purchase school clothes. The children were each assisted by a celebrity shopper, including current and former miami dolphins players, college athletes, miami dolphins cheerleaders and other local tv, radio and sports personalities. Prior to shopping, the children enjoyed a "pre-party" in which they were treated to dinner and music from a live dj. Since establishing this program in 2005, the foundation has given out nearly $220,000 in clothes.”

“The president and executive director are furnished a copy of the 990 form for review prior to submitting. Once this review process is completed the return is signed by the officer and sent to the irs.”

“Conflict of interest are monitored by the president and vice president of the foundation to make sure they remain in compliance by bidding out all contract work to several different companies to make sure we are getting the right deal.”

“Big screens - big dreams the "big screens - big dreams" program serves to inspire and motivate young people in south florida through feature films. The jason taylor foundation recognizes the tremendous impact movies have on today's youth and uses positive, uplifting stories to teach and enthuse. In addition, this program exposes south florida's youth to the arts and potential careers in the fields of acting, writing and music. The foundation chooses movies that fit the program, invites students out that will benefit most from the messages in the films and provides each student with a beverage and snack as part of the experience.on january 11, 2016, the foundation welcomed more than 200 students from area after school programs, hope sunshine clubs from across broward county high schools, as well as high school poets from broward and miami dade to a private screening of the film listen. The film was written, directed and produced by erahm christopher in an attempt to bring awareness to mental health and suicide prevention. Real youth that christopher has met during his years as a motivational and educational speaker inspired the storyline and characters. Following the film, christopher, who was in attendance for the screening, engaged the youth in a q&a session, discussing the critical issues and messages from the movie. Additionally, youth poets from across the foundation's bluapple poetry network as part of the program, each student was provided a beverage and snack compliments of the jason taylor foundation.”

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