Blog – Caris Sports Foundation

Youth Sports General

6 Mental Health Benefits of Youth Sports

Mental health has come to the forefront with the COVID-19 pandemic as people around the globe feel isolated and alone. The anxiety around the unknown is unusually high. Unfortunately, it was not just adults who have been impacted by the current events we face but also children and teens. With youth sports having returned to […]

Fundraising

Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement, providing people and organizations opportunities to transform the communities in which they live. Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 – a day to encourage people to do good! It’s been eight years and every Giving Tuesday inspires millions of people to give to their communities, collaborate with their […]

Fundraising

A Sincere Thank You

On Thursday, September 24, we launched our First Annual Online Auction presented by Faith Hospice of Arizona. With your support, we were able to distribute EIGHT financial aid awards to EIGHT deserving kids here in Arizona. Supporters were able to bid on items like a getaway at NOBU Hotel Los Cabos, a signed Kobe […]

Financial Aid

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

It is not often that we are blessed to share the letters we receive from appreciative recipients and their families, but we are honored to be able to share this one with our readers today. We hope it inspires you the way it has inspired us to push forward despite this pandemic, to support Arizona’s […]

Financial Aid

Final Financial Aid Awards for 2020

2020 is finally coming to an end, and although most of us probably feel a bit of relief in saying so, Caris Sports Foundation still has work to do! We accept applications for financial aid year-round, but our financial aid awards are distributed on a quarterly basis. Any full-time student, K – 12, may apply […]

Fundraising

Fundraising with The Food Nannies

On Thursday, November 12, the Food Nannies will partner with Caris Sports Foundation for a night of wholesome fun in the kitchen! Attendees will learn how to make Kamut ancient grain crust pizza with proceeds benefitting Caris Sports Foundation. You may have seen Lizi on Arizona Daily Mix, but your opportunity has arrived to meet […]

Yesenia Vidales

Miss Arizona Chooses Caris Sports Foundation

With the announcement of our First Annual Online Auction arrived another announcement. Miss Arizona USA, Yesenia Vidales, joined Caris Sports Foundation as an Official Ambassador. She embodies our values and has jumped into the deep end communicating our message and our mission. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, she holds strong family values and […]

Founder Feature

FOUNDER FEATURE : Raquel McNabb

To many, she is the wife of former NFL Quarterback and Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Famer, Donovan McNabb, but to us, she is the leading founder of Caris Sports Foundation and an inspiration to her kids, her husband, and this organization. Her personal involvement in sports, and the impact it had on her growing up, […]

Fundraising

Amazon Smiles with Caris Sports Foundation for Prime Day

Guess what day it is?!? It isn’t Wednesday… yet… but Amazon Prime Day is here! Prime Day is Amazon’s biggest sale event of the year and exclusively for Amazon Prime members, but why does this matter to Caris Sports Foundation? In 2019, Caris Sports Foundation became one of over 1 million charities included in […]

Auction

Caris Sports Foundation’s First Annual Online Auction

With COVID-19 came the unexpected like homeschooling, masks, Zoom happy hours, and directional stickers in our grocery stores telling us which way to go up and down each aisle. There are constant conversations around “the new normal” no matter where you go and which television channel you may watch. But youth sports in Arizona is […]