Through basketball, Kansas head coach Bill Self has had the opportunity to meet and interact with thousands of young people. In doing so, he has observed the differ-ence that caring adults, educational resources and ac-cessible recreation spaces and programs can make in the lives of children. His desire to help improve the lives of young people and families in the communities around the state Kansas led him to create the Assists Foundation.

In June 2006, Coach Self and his wife, Cindy, established the Assists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization to help raise funds and awareness for organizations that serve a variety of youth initiatives. With the help of generous friends, businesses and community members, Assists has been able to build reserves for a large-scale project that will impact the Lawrence community for years to come.

OCTOBER 12, 2012

This day marks the inaugural event of Celebrate Lawrence, a day that pays tribute to organizations that work toward a better tomorrow. Today, the paper is wrapped a bit differently. It signals the partnership between Bill Self’s Assists Foundation & The Lawrence Journal-World.

All day, matching revenue from the sales of Lawrence Journal-World newspapers at convenience stores, racks & select vendors with special Late Night coverage will be donated to Bill Self’s Assists Foundation. Moreover, this event aims to drive awareness for the community organi-zations that strive to better the lives of others.

Lawrence’s future is bright because – from the beginning – its citizens have cared so much. They still do. Langston Hughes’s words were right on target: We hold tomorrow bright before us like a flame. Celebrate Lawrence!

The mission of Assists is to help provide young people access to better lives. This is accomplished by identifying areas of need and working with other community-based institutions to provide creative and lasting solutions. Through Assists, folks can make a difference in the everyday lives of young people.

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in the everyday lives of young people

The Assists Foundation actively reaches out to organizations and agencies that are committed to improving the lives of youth through-out the state of Kansas. Assists has established working relation-ships with two local public school systems as they have been identi-fied as having the greatest reach into the families of young people. Through these partnerships, academic scholarships are awarded to graduating seniors so they may pursue their higher education goals.

Additionally, Assists is committed to awarding grants to organiza-tions around the state of Kansas that are working diligently to im-prove the lives of children and families in our communities. Grants are awarded based on financial need and the advancement of the mission of Assists.

CONTACT US785.864.7929 OFFICE785.864.5761 FAX

www.assistyouth.org

info@assistyouth.org1651 Naismith DriveLawrence, Kansas 66045

DONATEYour support is sincerely appre-ciated. Donations can be made online or by mail.

Scholarships & Grants

Assists Events

SCHOLARSHIPS

The Assists Foundation’s scholar-ship program began with the un-dergraduate class of 2013. Each spring, Assists awards four-year renewable scholarships to a mini-mum of eight students from the Lawrence and Kansas City, Kansas school districts. At the end of the four year period, the students will have each received $10,000 toward their college tuition. Currently, the scholarships are being adminis-tered through Assists’ partnerships with the Lawrence Schools Founda-tion and Kansas City Kansas School Foundation for Excellence. Schol-arship selection is based upon aca-demic achievement, financial need and community involvement.

GRANTS

The Assists Foundation began dis-tributing grants in 2009. Since the inception of the community grants program, Assists has awarded over $114,000 in financial support to or-ganizations around the state of Kan-sas that are dedicated to improving the lives of children and families. Some of the organizations that have received grant support from Assists include Family Promise of Lawrence, House of Hope Wichita, The Kansas Pediatric Foundation, The Lawrence Arts Center, Van Go and the Ronald McDonald House.

THE COLOR RUNLast weekend, nearly 7,000 run-ners took to the streets in down-town Lawrence to participate in The Color Run. Proceeds from the race benefited The Assists Foundation. We would like to sincerely thank the runners, vol-unteers and community mem-bers who made this event a suc-cess.

JOIN US!The Assists Foundation hopes to see you at one of our upcoming events!

Salty Iguana’s Freaky FiestaBenefiting AssistsWHEN: Friday, October 26thWHERE: The Salty Iguana at 6th and WakarusaABOUT: Tickets $100/person. Pur-chase at Salty Iguana or online at http://bit.ly/Oj0ZZO

A Courtside ViewWHEN: Thursday, November 1stWHERE: The Crown Toyota PavilionABOUT: Join KU head coach Bill Self and an all-star line-up of pan-elists to preview the season ahead and discuss a range of topics that impact the sport of basketball to-day. Panelists include ESPN broad-caster Jay Bilas, Sporting News col-umnist Mike DeCourcy and Kansas City Star columnist Blair Kerkhoff. Tickets available online at http://bit.ly/QNVTlm.

Programs

Proceeds from both events will fund the 2012 community grant cycle, which will be awarded in late November. Additional funds raised will support our scholarship funds as well as the proposed recreation center in west Lawrence.

ASSISTS SINCE 2009

HOW TO APPLYFOR GRANTS•Download an application at: www.assistyouth.org/grants. The deadline to

submit applications for the 2012 award cycle is November 15th.

FOR SCHOLARSHIPS•Students in Lawrence should contact the Lawrence Schools Foundation

at 785.330.2790 or visit: www.lawrenceschoolsfoundation.org.•Students in Kansas City, KS should contact the Kansas City Kansas School Foun-

dation for Excellence at 913.279.2091 or visit: www.kcksffe.org.

Coach Self poses with the Lawrence High School scholarship recipients in 2011.

Coach Self sits with scholarship recipients at the Kansas City Kansas School Foundation forExcellence awards presentation.

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