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Contra Costa Kops For Kids |
Contra Costa Kops For Kids |
Our Mission is to help prevent drug use, gangs,
violence and juvenile delinquency in Contra Costa
County by providing athletic, educational, and other
programs for at-risk youth.
We are a 501c3 organization incorporated on 31 October
1995. Most of our work is done by volunteers.
The past several years we have added some part-timers,
and they work about 25 hours a week.
Our first fundraiser was the 1998 California Police
Summer Games. We hosted more than 5,000 California law
enforcement officers in over 50 different sports between
21-27 June, 1998. Now we have an annual Golf tournament
and a run that raises some of the funds for our
programs.
In 2007 we added the Kops For Kids Run/Walk of 1 Mile,
5K, and 10K. This was on the Iron Horse Trail in Concord.
This year it will be on Saturday, 15 May 2010. It will be a
great warm-up for the Bay to Breakers Race on Sunday, 16
May 2010.
The Kops For Kids Youth Mentoring Program is the fulfillment
of our promise to the sponsors of the Police Games to provide
a program to allow law enforcement officers to mentor at-risk
youth in Contra Costa County. It is now benefiting more
than 4,000 at-risk youngsters a year. In 2008-09 we awarded
about $20,000 in grants to active and retired law
enforcement officers who were mentoring at-risk youth.
Our Positive Mental Attitudes Seminars & Sports Clinics
mostly for high school age young people reaches an additional
2,000+ students each year. This program is offered,free of charge,
to schools in Contra Costa County.
Click below to download a web video for more information,
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