Bridge The Gaps Between Students & Education
The mission of Bridge The Gaps (BTG) is to empower at-risk students to thrive by addressing their cultural, emotional, mental, and educational challenges through the transformative power of athletics and mentorship.
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“Encouraging our youth isn’t enough. They need our full support and mentorship.”
-Omar Durham, Founder & CEO
Check out this overview with Bridge The Gaps onsite for our Real Talk 4Real Program:
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Real Talk 4Real is an outreach program that discusses real-life scenarios and their consequences. Onsite workshops will deconstruct various viral social media posts depicting violence, domestic violence, and bullying and have discussions about the real-life consequences associated with those actions. Sessions will also listen to various songs that speak to acts of violence, drugs, and a street lifestyle, deconstruct those lyrics and attach real-life consequences to those actions.
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BAMM - Behavioral, Attitude, Mental, Mentoring program focuses on student behavior, attitude, and mental mentoring. The onsite BAMM program targets at-risk and under privilege students who may be faced with personal and or mental hardships that can reflect on their ability to perform or learn in the classroom. BAMM focus on the positive side of their accomplishments with special education mentoring and helps student-athletes keep the focus on their goals. BAMM provides after-school mentorship and one-on-one mentoring to help at-risk students overcome behavioral, educational, and mental barriers. The goal is to ensure children thrive and become self-sufficient adults in the community. Click here to learn more about BAMM and here to see how BAMM is involved in Bammel Middle School now.
Play4Purpose - Bridge The Gaps assists at-risk, athletic students who have shown an active interest and role in society through their passions in various athletic activities. Our Play 4 Purpose program helps empower students to utilize their interests and talents in sports to obtain a higher education. Play 4 Purpose provides athletic resources, training, and educational tools, and helps with ancillary expenses that are not covered by most grants or scholarships. Bridge The Gaps has also helped create and support new athletic programs at multiple at-risk public schools and communities, helping improve the pass-to-play rates and student body involvement with assistance from Play 4 Purpose.
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