TO BY FOR KIDS FOUNDATION
720 W WILSHIRE BLVD STE 120, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73116 www.okc4.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: CLEATS FOR KIDS EMPOWERS KIDS TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES AND LEARN IMPORTANT LIFE LESSONS THROUGH SPORTS BY PROVIDING SPORTS SHOES AND EQUIPMENT TO KIDS IN NEED. C4K COLLECTS, RECYCLES AND DISTRIBUTES SPORTS SHOES AND EQUIPMENT FOR KIDS IN NEED. CLEATS FOR KIDS MAKES IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS AND OTHER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS. CLEATS FOR KIDS ENGAGES KIDS TO GIVE BACK TO OTHER KIDS.

TO BY FOR KIDS FOUNDATION, WITH THE REGISTERED TRADE NAME OKLAHOMA CLEATS FOR KIDS AND OHIO CLEATS FOR KIDS (COLLECTIVELY C4K) EMPOWERS KIDS TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES AND LEARN IMPORTANT LIFE LESSONS THROUGH SPORTS BY PROVIDING SPORTS SHOES AND EQUIPMENT TO KIDS. FAMILIES AND COACHES CAN "SHOP" FREE OF CHARGE FOR GENTLY USED AND NEW SPORTING GOODS AT THE "C4K LOCKER ROOM". THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH OVER 150 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OVER 60 OTHER LOCAL NONPROFITS AND ORGANIZATIONS, C4K SEES KIDS' LIVES CHANGED THROUGH THE POWER OF SPORTS. SCHOOLS WE SERVE REPORT HIGHER GRADES, HIGHER ATTENDANCE AND HIGHER GRADUATION RATES. STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTIVE ARE MORE FOCUSED AND MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HEALTHIER HABITS. KIDS ARE INVOLVED IN EVERY ASPECT OF C4K INCLUDING LEARNING HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ANOTHER CHILD'S LIFE BY RECYCLING THEIR SPORTING GOODS, VOLUNTEERING IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND AT EVENTS. C4K'S VARSITY BOARD (FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS) OR JUNIOR VARSITY BOARD (FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL S

SPORTING GOODS DISTRIBUTIONS TO KIDS IN NEED: CLEATS FOR KIDS' DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM HELPS KIDS REMOVE THE COST BARRIER TO SPORTS PARTICIPATION AND GETTING ALL KIDS PHYSICALLY ACTIVE TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD, GIVING ALL KIDS A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE - NO MATTER THEIR ZIP CODE OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE. CLEATS FOR KIDS HAS A "LOCKER ROOM" WHERE KIDS AND COACHES SHOP FOR FREE. IN OKLAHOMA, WE PARTNERED WITH 150 OKLAHOMA SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 60 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS/NONPROFITS AND HUNDREDS OF LEAGUE COACHES AND FAMILIES. IN OKLAHOMA, C4K PROVIDED 30,574 SPORTING GOODS ITEMS 24,844 KIDS. C4K PROVIDED SPORTING GOODS TO KIDS WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF 1,285,939.

KIDS GIVING BACK TO KIDS: THE ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION ALSO PROMOTES KIDS HELPING KIDS BY ENCOURAGING GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND STARTING THEM DOWN A PATH OF PHILANTHROPY BEYOND MERE VOLUNTEERING. THE OKLAHOMA C4K VARSITY AND JUNIOR VARSITY TEEN BOARDS INVOLVED 150 KIDS FROM 15 HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN SPORTS RELATED PHILANTHROPY, INCLUDING A FAMILY EVENT ATTENDED BY 750 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA. YOUTH AS WELL AS ADULT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE COLLECTION, RECYCLING AND DISTRIBUTION OF SPORTING GOODS.

COLLECTION AND RECYCLING OF SPORTS GEAR: CLEATS FOR KIDS' STREAMLINED MODEL INCLUDES RECYCLING SPORTS GEAR AS WELL AS DONATIONS OF NEW GEAR. THROUGH THE RECYCLING COMPONENT OF OUR PROGRAM, KIDS IN PARTICULAR CAN HAVE A HANDS ON EXPERIENCE OF HELPING OTHER KIDS IN THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH INDIVIDUALLY DONATING OR HOSTING COLLECTION DRIVES. C4K COLLECTED 626,845 IN RECYCLED, DONATED SPORTING GOODS.

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