What Can You Do To Help?

You probably know that college athletes are not paid for the time and energy they dedicate to the sport. At the same time, these students need to survive and make a life for themselves.Even worse is the fact that there are not many programs that sponsor student-athletes throughout their time in high school and college which makes it even more difficult for these talented individuals to survive.

With no programs to sponsor students, athletes do not get a chance to be seen in showcase games by scouts who could potentially help them by giving them the scholarship to attend college.

Coaches Have Played a Vital Role in Getting Children in College.

Coaches have been doing a great job as many students have been beneficiaries of the resources, money, and time of coaches. When coaches notice something special in a child, they often do everything within their power to ensure that the child’s ability is not wasted.

Sometimes, they ensure that the students get to college using their own resources. This often puts a strain on them and yet, it is a communal responsibility to ensure that children get what is best for them.

What Can the Community Do?

The community can come together and help our children by supporting the D. Coffey Foundation for Athletics and Education. This Foundation was formed with the sole purpose of improving the mental, physical and intellectual needs of student-athletes to help them get in, stay in and get through college.

Using sport as our platform, the Foundation will get the children closer to their dream of getting into college and breaking the chains of generational poverty and low-income living.

The Foundation will cover the cost associated with participating in games where they can be seen by college scouts. Additionally, as beneficiaries, the Foundation will help with personal training, mental skills training, academic assistance, and other needs as they arise to ensure their success.

The Foundation will arm the students in all spheres of their academic and sport life; they will be better prepared for college and armed with the skills to be successful and enjoy abundant living.

When they get to college, the Foundation will still be there to hold their hands especially throughout the freshmen year when they will need someone the most.

After college, it is our hope that they will join focuses with the Foundation to help support other up and coming student-athletes strengthen their wings and soar to the top with us. This is how we, meaning all of us, break the chains of generational poverty and low-income living.

Let’s Play Together!

Working to help our children succeed is fun when we play/work together!

The ultimate goal is to Live Well in Sport and Life.

Through the launch of the D. Coffey Foundation for Athletic and Education, children will be able to strike a meaningful balance between sport and education.

By supporting the Foundation, you are paving the way for a more empowered and strong generation that will break the chains that are holding them back and change their mindset so they can go after their birthright – abundant living.

This Foundation is, therefore, a glimmer of hope for a better future that can include the whole community and even the entire world.

College Unaffordability Deters success

College is unaffordable to many children in the middle and lower-income brackets in the United States, a study by the Institute for Higher Education revealed in 2017.

The study reports that 95% of the colleges are too expensive for students whose families fall in the lower-income bracket. Only students from wealthier homes have an advantage as they can afford up to 90% of the colleges in the US. The statistics show the dire situation that is quickly developing into a nightmare for most American students.

Students Faced with Bleak Options for Financing College
Not attending college has its consequences for the youth. These students face an uncertain future because most well-paying jobs require a college degree. This is not to say college is everything, but it is a definite advantage for starters.

With state and federal funding rolling back significantly as the cost of attaining a degree gets higher every day, these students are quickly running out of luck as these policies have resulted in the crippling of millions of students who cannot afford college.

Interestingly, the U.S student loan debt has remained significantly high, and as of 2016, the average American student owes $37,172 in student loan debt.

The Pell Grant has always been a significant source of funding for students from the United States. As such, funding for this grant has risen but not proportionally with the rising costs associated with affording a college education, making it difficult for most students to afford college.

For instance, for a student from the lower-income bracket to afford college, they have to be able to raise money up to 100 times the income of their family. The higher-income students, on the other hand, have to finance an average of 15% of their income. Some students are even not expected to save for college at all as they come from families whose income is less than 200% of the Federal Poverty line, making their chances of joining college even thinner.

How Are Students Who Do Not Attend College Affected?

Apart from being unable to qualify for well-paying jobs, there are other effects of being unable to afford college. The students who are unable to afford college are ripped apart from their peers who progress to get higher education and good jobs, causing them to feel left out as they struggle to continue living life with their families at home.

Eventually, even the most vibrant and intelligent students who are forced out of college as a result of the system are affected. The self-esteem and self-worth of these students are affected so much that sometimes they cannot recover from it and will always be haunted by the ghosts of a life that would have been.

Every child should be able to go to college if they desire to do so, but for now, that is a shot in the dark for many of them.

Being able to get a quality education is essential because it opens the doors for more significant opportunities not only for the students but their families as well.

It is, therefore, important that ways are made so that generational chains of poverty and low-income living are broken for the redemption of our children, the families, and the community.