Metropolitan Philadelphia

The sole activity of the metropolitan philadelphia athletic association ("mpaa") is, and will continue to be, the development, management, and administration of a community-based amateur athletic organization. Through the athletic organization, the mpaa will further its exempt purposes by accomplishing the following:-teaching sports to youths; -combating juvenile delinquency by providing recreational outlets for youths and by promoting community values, academic success, and character development;-educating youths by providing a format for educational activities, including community service projects, team oriented activities, athletic training, and health and exercise education;-actively promoting the social, educational, and athletic development of its participants; and-encouraging children to give back to their communities by organizing and requiring community service involvement from its athletic participants.

In furtherance of its charitable and educational purposes, mpaa is organized:(a) as a scholastic amateur athletic league, providing a format for educational activities including but not limited to teaching sports and important life values to youth;(b) to combat juvenile delinquency by providing a recreational outlet for juveniles;(c) to be a continuous positive guiding factor in the social, educational, and athletic development of disenfranchised youth;(d) to teach skill development associated with sports, promote uniformity of standards in all athletic competition;(e) to actively guide and mentor the character development of youth through competitive league sports, recreational sports, and sports programing in partnership with schools and community-based organizations to achieve its goals; and(f) to form and/or affiliate athletic teams with mpaa for the purpose of providing support, standards, and management of such affiliated athletic teams.