Beneficiaries

Holyfield Youth Center
This facility, to be located in the Campbellton/Greenbriar area of Atlanta, Georgia, will teach children the value of a strong religious foundation, the importance of family values, individual responsibility, parental respect, and academic excellence. Programs at the HYC will also promote good nutrition, physical development, teamwork and self-respect.

Georgia Amateur Boxing Association
This organization, one that helped Evander Holyfield develop into an Olympic Champion, focuses on channeling the energy of juvenile offenders into a healthier form of expression. The Holyfield Foundation has been a sponsor of this organization for more than a decade. The bouts in Georgia are currently held in Augusta, but will return to Atlanta upon completion of the Youth Center.

Quicksilver Track Club
Quicksilver Track Club was founded in 1979 and caters to the needs of inner-city youth, focusing on the development of the total athlete. A "no pass, no play" rule determines the eligibility of the athletes. This organization has a 0% pregnancy rate since its inception, as well as a 98% college acceptance with scholarship rate.

Grass-roots Programming
The Holyfield Foundation is also involved in supporting organizations that provide food, toys, and other resources to families in need.

Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless
With a craving to combat hunger in Atlanta, civil rights leader Dr. Hosea Williams launched Hosea's Feed the Hungry and Homeless program in 1971. The program has grown since that first year, from providing meals to 100 men to currently producing dinners for 40,000 people. The dinners are held every Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Holiday, and on Easter Sunday. Additionally, HFTH offers year-round activities including a foodbank, an on-the-job training center, services to Atlanta-area shelters and transitional houses, as well as financial assistance to stop evictions and utility cutoffs.

Metro Atlanta Toys for Tots
Toys for Tots began in 1947 when Major Bill Hendricks and a group of Marine Corps Reservists in Los Angeles collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children. The 1947 campaign was so successful that the Marine Corps adopted Toys for Tots in 1948 and expanded it into a nationwide campaign. The initial objective still remains as the hallmark of the program today: "To bring the joy of Christmas to America's needy children."

Warren/Holyfield Boys & Girls Club
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta strive to enhance the lives of at-risk young people through safe and productive after-school programs. Children benefit from a positive place, results-oriented programming and a professional staff to guide them. A private, non-profit organization, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta improve young lives as well as the communities that surround and support them.


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