Youth Programs
The Mary and Frances Youth Center offers a variety of youth programs that strengthen life skills, promotes academics and creates a path to higher education through tennis and other sports-based activities.
Core values
- Getting along with others
- Regulating emotion
- Being coachable
- Practicing healthy habits
- Learning the sport of tennis
- Promoting college and career exploration
Impact statements
- Provide civic engagement and career discovery opportunities for VCU students.
- Explore and promote career and college pathways with youth.
- Develop/Build a tennis pipeline for youth, families and community members.
- Cultivate/Develop/Build social emotional learning skills in staff and youth.