Lifetime Cardinal Community Fund – a non-profit that leverages college athletics rules on Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) funds to benefit Stanford University student-athletes and the communities where they live, work, and play – is partnering with Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula (BGCP).
Through this partnership, Lifetime Cardinal will offer support to BGCP’s Future Grads program. In addition, Lifetime Cardinal will provide scholarships to BGCP students for use at their choice of post-secondary educational institutions.
Since 2015, Future Grads has helped hundreds of high school students in underserved communities throughout San Mateo County advance their post-secondary education pursuits by providing free mentorship in academics, life skills, and navigating the college application process, as well as mental health services and social supports that extend from their high school years, to and through college and into their careers.
“Lifetime Cardinal Community Fund understands the importance of closing the opportunity gap that exists in San Mateo County,” said BGCP’s CEO, Jenny Obiaya. “We greatly appreciate Lifetime Cardinal’s support both of our Future Grads program and the scholarships they will offer to five additional students. We also are inspired by the commitment to community from Lifetime Cardinal and the Stanford student-athletes.”
Through this partnership, BGCP students will also benefit from free tickets to Stanford sports events and other unique opportunities while Stanford student-athletes will be able to give back to the community through volunteering.
“Lifetime Cardinal Community Fund is proud to help create more academic opportunities for Bay Area students through new scholarship support to BGCP students,” said Chip Hall, Lifetime Cardinal's Executive Director. “Our organization's key focus is to strengthen our local community through educational grants as well as student-athlete promotion and participation with non-profit partners. Our partnership with BGCP is critical to those community building efforts.”
About Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula (BGCP) BGCP serves 6,700 socio-economically disadvantaged youth in San Mateo County at 30 sites from East Palo Alto to Daly City. All services are free to students and their families, including academic support, enrichment (sports, arts, music, STEM, etc.), mental health services, and college and career readiness preparation. For more information, please visit www.bgcp.org.
Lifetime Cardinal Community Fund is dedicated to supporting Stanford student-athletes during their time at Stanford and beyond through name, image, likeness (NIL) -related income earning opportunities, lifelong career preparation, networking and job placement, and financial literacy.
For more information, please contact Executive Director Chip Hall at chip@lifetimecardinalcf.org.