Good Sports helps to lay the foundation for healthy, active lifestyles by providing athletic equipment, footwear, and apparel to disadvantaged young people nationwide.

Since 2003 Good Sports has,

• Provided $6 million worth of equipment
• Impacted more than 350,000 kids
• Served nearly 750 youth programs

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Youth Sports and Fitness Program- Good Sports distributes sports equipment, footwear, and apparel to community organizations offering programs to disadvantaged youth helping to lay the foundation for healthy, active lifestyles.

Community Health Program- In partnership with Community Health Centers, Good Sports provides necessary fitness equipment to children being treated in healthy weight, diabetes, or other obesity related medical programs.

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To accomplish this, Good Sports partners with sporting goods manufacturers to ensure that disadvantaged youth are getting the equipment they need to participate.



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• Participation in team sports has been in steady decline for decades.1

• Urban youth are much less likely to participate in sports and fitness programs than suburban youth. Over 60% of suburban youth participate in sports leagues compared to 20% of urban youth.2

• Kids who play sports are 57% less likely to drop out of school, 49% less likely to take drugs, and 37% less likely to become teen parents.3

• Childhood obesity more than tripled from 1975-2004, from just more than 5% to a projected 16.7%.4

1 U.S. Trends in Team Sports, Sporting Good Manufacturers Association, 2005
2 Journal of Community Health, "Preschool and School Age Activities: Comparison of urban and suburban populations (June 2002)---volume 27
3 McHale, James, "Patterns of Personal and Social Adjustment Among Sport-Involved and Non Involved Urban Middle School Children" Sociology of Sport Journal, June 2005
4 Children' Fitness Foundation: Moving kids toward a healthy future, Duke University and the Foundation for Child Development, 2005

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Board Of Directors
Rob Gotti - Boston Beer Company
Kirsten Hano- Full Contact
Melissa Harper- Good Sports, Inc.
Michael Harrington- Proskauer Rose LLP
Geoffrey Hyatt- Thomson Reuters
Andrew Laurence- Vintage Capital Management, LLC
Ted Manley- Dunkin' Brands, Inc.
Kaki Martin- Klopfer Martin Design Group
Michele Martin- State Street Corporation
Bryant McBride- Route 2 Digital
Bill McMahon- Thermo Fisher
Katherine Potter- Burns & Levinson
Drew Sawyer- 2SV Capital
Peter Stevens- DGS Retail
Wilbur Swan- Thomson Reuters
Michael Wall- Bauer Hockey, Inc.
Kent Weldon- Thomas H. Lee Partners

National Board of Advisors
Stan Bowman- Chicago Blackhawks
Diane Brickley- Moulter Brickley Associates
Jon Butler- Pop Warner
Tom Caron- NESN
Ben Cherington- Boston Red Sox
Rob Coffman- Sport Supply Group
Greg Comella- Former NFL Player
Jim Corno- Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Jim Delaney- Activate Sports and Entertainment
Ed Donovan- EGD Communications
Josh Fink- Pangea Brands
Neil Funk- Chicago Bulls
Josh Kraft- Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
Wendi Nix- ESPN
Jack O’Callahan– Beanpot Financial Services
Glenn Ordway- WEEI
Ari Roitman- Philadelphia Eagles
Jay Sharman- TeamWorks Media
Kathryn Tappen- NESN
Jeff Urban- Kids Sports Entertainment
Neal Wilkinson- Sparta Asset Management

Staff
Melissa Harper - Chief Executive Officer
Christy Pugh Keswick - Chief Operating Officer
Morgan Peacock Coleman - National Market Director
Davin Lencz - Operations Manager
Michael Wright - Program Assistant
Joseph Katz - Program Assistant
Ashley Savannah - Events & Marketing Assistant
Arielle Fischer - Events & Marketing Assistant


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