Shooting Touch

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The mission of Shooting Touch is to “[use] the power of sport to educate and empower at-risk youth, women and their communities to live healthier lives.” This aligns with what the Chip Hooper Foundation intends to do. Shooting Touch uses basketball as its vehicle to enable people from disadvantaged communities to reach their full potential. Based in Boston, they conduct camps, clinics, and provide mentoring on and off the court. The organization also promotes physical health, wellness, and activity in these communities by getting youth onto the basketball courts to play. To date, 92% of participants in the program have improved their GPA through Shooting Touch’s “Gear up for Grades” tutoring program. Also, 71% of participants learned and instilled new healthy eating habits through nutrition and healthy cooking classes. Shooting Touch’s impact has been real and measurable and by partnering with them we hope to further that impact.