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Dear Friends,
Below are our highlights for 2023 that were made possible thanks to your generous support :)
| If you would like to sponsor one of our transitional homes or retreat center homes, please reach out to our CEO, Trent Alenik at Director@InspiringChildren.org or (702) 767-7531. | |
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Some of the biggest thought leaders, Founders & CEOs, musicians, celebs, athletes, and mental health experts have joined our NotAloneChallenge in partnership with Jewel and iHeartRadio. Notable names include Andrea Bocelli, Ray Dalio, Cofounder of Apple Steve Wozniak, Michael Bublé, Jada Pinkett Smith, Paris Hilton, Kris Jenner, Luis Fonsi, Chevy Chase and more. See the full list here.
Cofounder & CEO of MTV and iHeartMedia Bob Pittman, Jewel, and our foundation partnered with hundreds of influential people to create the largest mental health campaign in history - reaching 1.46 billion social media impressions and 305 million press impressions. This year is already significantly larger thanks to help from Jewel, Aphrah Brokaw, and Co-Executive Producers Casey Caruso and Sydney King, working with our team of youth interns who have had a tremendous impact.
The campaign was created to remind people they’re not alone during the holidays, while providing a free mental health toolkit. The challenge also helps to raise funds to provide mental health programming to those in need.
Much of this challenge was co-created and run by Jewel and ICF youth.
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We are extremely grateful to have extraordinary leadership speakers including former Facebook & Meta COO, Sheryl Sandberg, the First Lady of Canada, Sophie Trudeau, our Cofounder and Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, Jewel, and Founder and CEO of Chegg, Dan Rosensweig. Their personal support, mentorship leadership and insights are extremely valuable to our youth. | |
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Thanks to ICF Co-Chairs and our cherished ambassadors Bob and Mike Bryan, youth from around the city had an incredible time at the Bryan Bros. Community Clinic! Legends Wayne, Bob, and Mike Bryan, led the day while supported by TEAM BRYAN coaches and youth. Over 150 kids got to participate in this amazing free event!
From the Junior Clinic, Pro-Am, lunch, dinner and an awards celebration at the Stirling Club, the ICF interns organized and ran our all-day event with impeccable energy and attention to detail, while earning invaluable life skills.
A special thank you for the extremely generous donation made by the Bryans, aka the winningest tennis team in history, whose support makes our TEAM BRYAN program possible!
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100% of graduates reported being mentally strong and earned college scholarships. 58% were accepted into Tier 1 schools over the last 5 years, including Stanford, Brown, Dartmouth, USC, Harvard, Williams, University of Michigan, Tulane, University of Nevada Reno Medical School, Richmond, Clark Atlanta, University of Wyoming, UNLV, and Seattle University.
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We are honored to be the official charitable partner of the Foundation Reserve. We are doing a dinner series for thought leaders in six major cities, including Tuscany, Italy to bring awareness and advocacy for mental health policy and programing. Through this dinner series, and the unique Foundation Reserve Social Club, we are helping unite passionate individuals who share a love for extraordinary food, mental health, music and travel.
The Foundation Reserve is sponsoring our #NotAlone Dinner Series events that will be hosted by key supporters and take place throughout 2024 at exclusive locations around the world. We are in the process of confirming extraordinary mental health experts and musical talent to perform, including Jewel and many others.
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Thanks to advisory board members Patrick Parker and Cody Winterton, and board member Dann Battistone, the whole Lake Las Vegas community came out to support our mental health awareness weekend. The first annual INSPIRE Weekend was a huge success, celebrating our foundation's values and commitments to our whole human approach to physical, emotional, and mental development to over 400 participants at Lake Las Vegas.
100% of the events programming activities were created by and run by the children in the foundation. In line with our commitment to project-driven learning, the uniquely youth-led event consisted of various fun and engaging wellness activities, including:
- Pickleball Tournament
- 5K Run/Walk
- Outdoor Yoga
- High Tea
- Golf Tournament
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Leadership Retreats are one of the most powerful programs we provide. Students are taken out of their day-to-day lives and placed into new environments, often involving nature, self-reflection and team bonding that gives them a new perspective on life and a greater sense of appreciation for what they have.
We successfully held numerous retreats, including our marquee events:
- Strategic Planning Retreat In Joshua Tree
- BIG Nature Mindfulness River Retreats
- Summer Leadership Retreat at Malibu Fig Ranch
- East Coast Leadership Trip
- Winter Leadership Retreat at the Westin Lake Las Vegas
A big thank you to Westin Lake Las Vegas, Kelly Price, Jennifer & Tony Smorgon, and Kerry Clasby at Malibu Fig Ranch for making our retreats possible!
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USTA Facility of the Year Award | |
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Our Lorenzi Park program was awarded the United States Tennis Association’s Facility of the Year Award during the US Open in New York City.
ICF is appreciative to the City of Las Vegas Parks and Recreation, City Councilman Cedric Crear, our wonderful tennis community, the youth we serve, and our fantastic staff who helped secure this prestigious award.
We are pleased to offer world class tennis programming out of Las Vegas’s Lorenzi Park through our TEAM BRYAN Program and NO QUIT Tennis Academy. We offer a free weekly city-wide tennis class where children’s lives are transformed with our pathway of physical, social, emotional & mental health, inspiring families to find inner and outer success.
Our partner, the NO QUIT Academy Team Bryan program is modeled after Bob & Mike Bryan's rigorous training model, and led by renowned coaches Tim Blenkiron, James McGee, and Dave MacPherson.
The USTA award recognizes our efforts at providing quality, safe, astounding tennis-related programming that makes an important contribution to the game of tennis.
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Neal Mills, MD, Global Chief Medical Officer of Goldman Sachs Joins Board of Directors | We were thrilled to welcome the Global Chief Medical Officer of Goldman Sachs, Neal Mills, MD, to our Board of Directors! Neal has a rich background of providing medical services in both healthcare and corporate settings. His unique skillset, lived-experience, and passion for mental health are invaluable to our mission. | |
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We are grateful to the City of Las Vegas and Councilman Cedric Crear for the warm recognition of our USTA Outstanding Facility Award, and officially naming October 4, 2023 the Inspiring Children Foundation’s Day in the greater city of Las Vegas.
None of this could be possible without the work of our founder Ryan Wolfington, cofounders Jewel and Marty Hennessy, and our collaboration with the Bryan Brothers, the winningest doubles team in history, Bob & Mike Bryan on the TEAM BRYAN program at the NO QUIT Tennis Academy.
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We continued a multi-decade tradition, started by Marty Hennessy, of taking youth and families to see one of the greatest professional tennis tournaments in the world: The BNP Paribas Open.
Over 400 youth and family participated in our 22nd annual BNP trip, allowing ICF and TEAM BRYAN youth to witness tennis at the highest level. Post-grad interns, through our project-driven learning program, helped facilitate every aspect of the trip including ticketing, hotel reservations, and tennis clinics with internationally renowned coach and father to the Bryan Bros., Wayne Bryan. We are extremely grateful to our interns and youth who run it 90% of this experience.
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Thanks to William Elmore and our team at Lorenzi Park, we hosted 21 national, sectional, and local tennis tournaments. Special thank you's to tournament sponsors, including TEAM BRYAN, NO QUIT Tennis Academy, and the TAO Group. Special mention and thank you to Anthony Paglia Injury Lawyer for sponsoring the free citywide tournament, making tennis available to everyone for free. | |
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Thanks to Co-Advisory Board Chair Jewel, ICF was the official charity for the Scale Global Summit. ICF Founder Ryan Wolfington spoke following former Secretaries of State, Hillary Clinton and Mike Pompeo, to give a talk to the attendees about the importance of mental health. Our foundation was featured with our own INSPIRE Stage, where conversations around mental health took place with some of our country’s top leaders. Our staff, youth leaders and supporters were able to meet and learn from the biggest thought leaders in the world, such as Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, Jewel Kilcher, Sheryl Sandberg, First Lady of Canada Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, Director and Actor Mark Wahlberg, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Apple, cofounder Steve Wozniak, Steve Aoki, and UFC CEO Dana White.
We are extremely proud of alumni Cherrial Odell, who spoke on a panel discussing The Mental Health of Today’s Youth and Tomorrow’s Leaders, and Nicole Kalhorn, who spoke on a panel discussing The Next Frontier of Corporate Culture.
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Carson City Legislative Session | |
ICF Interns traveled to Carson City to address the Senate on youth mental health. A special congratulations to Cole for eloquently speaking his truth on the Senate floor. Big thank you to advisory board member Neal Tomlinson and ICF alum Edgardo Ureta for facilitating this visit. | |
Alumni Owned & Operated Businesses | |
Our alumni are starting businesses and hiring one another! We are especially proud of alumni who use their entrepreneurial & leadership skills to own and operate their own businesses that span across multiple industries, including Entertainment, Healthcare, Hospitality, Food & Beverage, Corporate Wellness, HVAC and Music. | |
Trent Alenik Named CEO and Recognized as Vegas 40 Under 40 | |
Congrats to our newly appointed CEO, Trent Alenik on being named one of Vegas' 40 Under 40! Trent was made CEO of the organization this Summer and has been working with ICF for over 12 years. He came up through the program as a participant and moved his was up as an intern, volunteer, alumni, manager, executive director and now CEO.
Click here to see a video Ryan created in honor of Trent's 12-year anniversary at ICF.
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James McGee Receives Green Card | |
TEAM BRYAN Program Director James McGee came off the ATP tour and chose the meaningful work of helping our youth to become extraordinary through physical, social, emotional and mental health. Thanks to James' passionate mentorship and inspirational leadership, so many of our children have begun and furthered their pursuit to better their lives. Taking a fraction of what he could make elsewhere, James’ kindness has come back to him in the form of a green card, facilitated by one of our most special supporters.
James was surprised this year at the U.S. Open. We are forever grateful for his leadership.
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We were honored to receive program grants from Dalio Philanthropies, Walton Family Foundation, Windsong Trust, MGM Foundation, Sands Cares, Wynn Foundation, USTA Foundation, Saks 5th Ave Foundation. | |
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Each year, the Necker Cup is the most prized project-driven learning opportunity for the children. It's reserved for those who really demonstrate an incredible attitude and willingness to give back. Thanks to the trust of Richard Branson, Remington Reynolds, Trevor Short, and Mike Richards, the children are enpowered to help run the event, the gala and the auction. Here they build tremendous skills around communication, event production, relationship building, and project execution.
Necker Cup 2023 was a huge success thanks to the generosity of all the pros, musicians and celebrities that donated their time, including: Sir Richard Branson, Jewel, Kevin Costner, Emma Watson, Kevin Anderson, Mike Bryan, Jenson Brooksby, Genie Bouchard, David Nalbandian, Tennys Sandgren, Mansour Bahrami, Vasek Pospisil, James Cluskey, and James McGee. Thanks to the support of Steve Gareleck and the National Tennis Foundation, Premier Live, Remington Reynolds, Trevor Short, and Mike Richards for allowing ICF to be a charitable partner of the event for the last eleven years.
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Every year, we are honored by Bob & Mike Bryan, who invite us to help run their annual ForeLove charity event with Jack Nicklaus. The children learn by helping run the event, and they get exposed to some of the best golfers and tennis players in the world.
Thanks to Bob, Mike & Wayne Bryan, along with Jack & Barbara Nicklaus, the 7th annual Fore Love event took place at Mr. Nicklaus' home and private grass tennis courts in West Palm Beach, FL. Pros that supported the event included Bob & Mike Bryan, Kim Clijsters, Kevin Anderson, Victoria Azarenka, Reilly Opelka, Tommy Paul, Ajla Tomljanović, Mackenzie McDonald, William Blumberg, and Leylah Fernandez.
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Telluride Dinner & Concert | |
Cofounder and Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, Jewel, hosted an intimate evening of connection, music and gourmet food with an eclectic group of leaders, philanthropists and artists in support of ICF.
Jewel’s Charity Dinner & Concert are part of the #NotAlone Dinner & Event Series. Through the Series, the Foundation’s notable mental health ambassadors and partners are helping create spectacular events and dinners throughout the year to support our mission of democratizing wellness and providing mental health support for those in need.
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Thanks to advisory board member Jonathan Jossel and Insomniac Events Founder Pasquale Rotella, ICF was named an official charitable partner of EDC Las Vegas. | |
Jewel Discusses the #NotAloneChallenge | |
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ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
For nearly two decades, Jewel’s Inspiring Children Foundation (ICF) has been empowering children struggling with financial hardship, anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation by giving them the ultimate environment to survive, then thrive at the highest levels.
The Foundation, with your support, has been able to provide the following programs:
* JEWEL’S PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL & MENTAL HEALTH
* TEAM BRYAN Tennis, Music and Education
* TRANSITIONAL HOMES
* WOLFINGTON FAMILY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
* MULTI-GENERATIONAL MENTORING
* PROJECT-DRIVEN LEARNING
* VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY SERVICE
* MINDFULNESS
* A PSYCHOLOGY FOR LIFE
* INTRAPRENEUR & ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS
* RETREATS & CAMPS
* SPORTS & NUTRITION
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*Statistics taken from our mental health leadership program.* | |
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BY THE NUMBERS
- 52 Million earned in college scholarships
- 2.5 Million donated in-kind annually
- 120,000 Attendees at Wellness Festival
- 82,000 Users on JewelNeverBroken.com site
- 1,700 Mentoring sessions with youth and families annually
- 1,000 Youth receive tennis, mentoring & education programming annually
- 300 Students in Leadership Program
- 195 College Scholarships
- 100% of Donations go directly to programs
- 95% Youth earn college scholarships
- 80 Leadership talks
- 75 Received tournament scholarships
- 53 Youth interns
- 50 in Elite TEAM BRYAN leadership program
- 40 Alumni Volunteers
- 35 Alumni-run businesses
- 33 Jobs provided to alumni & parents
- 30 Parent volunteers
- 25 Players earned top 10 USA athletic rankings
- 15 Players reached #1 in America
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