Potential Youth Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that works with underprivileged youth to instill character and education through sports, has opened in Greenville on the SCTAC campus.
Formally established in 2002, The Potential Youth Foundation is dedicated to the support of disadvantaged youth through academic, character and athletic programs.
The foundation – free for those who qualify as disadvantaged youth and available at low cost for those who don’t – currently provides an after school program for children in grades 4-12, as well as an eight-week summer program.
“We want to play an integral role in our community with the development of youth, grades 4-12 and being located on the SCTAC campus helps us accomplish that mission” –
Greg Blatt, Executive Director
Potential Youth Foundation.
The location includes a full-service computer learning center, with computers and private study space, monitored by a full-time academic coordinator. Tutors are also available to work with their academic needs.
The Potential Youth Foundation teaches basic computer skills, has small group tutoring, grade monitoring, one-on-one tutoring, ACT/SAT preparation and a homework center. The facility also has 3 full-size basketball and volleyball courts, and 25,000 sq. ft. of training space and equipment in its speed and agility center.
Potential’s “Coaches 4 Character” program has featured 8 prominent college head football and basketball coaches who speak to middle and high school-aged students regarding the importance of character development.
The eight coaches are:
- Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes,
- East Carolina football coach Skip Holtz,
- Clemson basketball coach Oliver Purnell,
- Vanderbilt football coach Bobby Johnson
- Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams,
- former Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr,
- South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier, and
- North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchel.
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