Corporate Outreach
Team ESPN encompasses ESPN’s multi-faceted corporate outreach initiatives, including volunteerism, corporate giving and cause marketing, while utilizing its diverse media assets. Through Team ESPN, ESPN, its employees, and its fans work together to make a difference in our world and the communities in which we live. Primary charitable programs include The V Foundation for Cancer Research, SportsFigures, ESPN Play Your Way and Disabled Sports.
Learn more at: www.teamespn.com
Team ESPN’s primary charitable programs are:
The V Foundation for Cancer Research
The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, legendary North Carolina State basketball coach and ESPN commentator. Since 1993, The Foundation has raised more than $90 million to fund cancer research grants nationwide. It awards 100 percent of all new direct cash donations and net proceeds of events directly to cancer research and related programs. The Foundation, which has received seven consecutive top 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator, awards grants through a competitive awards process strictly supervised by a Scientific Advisory Board.
For more information on The V Foundation or to make a donation, please visit www.jimmyv.org.
Play Your Way is a youth fitness initiative that empowers kids ages 7 – 12 to get fit and remain physically active. Combining creativity with activity, Play Your Way encourages youth to develop games that can be played with traditional and non-traditional materials, and in a wide range of settings.
Because when you’re a kid, anything can be a game.
Learn more at: http://disney.go.com/playyourway
SportsFigures, an educational Cable in the Classroom annual programming series with curriculum materials begun in 1994, teaches math and physics concepts though practical sports applications and athletes.
Learn more at: www.sportsfigures.espn.com
Disabled Sports including Special Olympics Connecticut and Ski-Tam benefiting the U.S. Disabled Ski Team.