Coach Andy empowers kids in the Windy City

Coach Andy is a Coach Across America member in Chicago, IL.  Coach Across America (CAA) is an AmeriCorps program launched by Up2Us to provide its member organizations with the support needed to train and host highly effective coaches in sports and youth development throughout the United States

Before joining CAA, Coach Andy was working in an “uninspiring office job.”  He was looking for a chance to make a positive impact in his community and CAA was the opportunity. Neilsen tries to enforce in the kids that they are powerful and capable of achieving their dreams.

“I think a lot of the kids I work with see a lot of boundaries when they look around, both real and imagined. I want to teach them that these boundaries aren’t as hard and fast as they look, and that in some cases they exist only as internal mental barriers.”

Thanks to all of your donations, Coach Andy can continue to inspire and empower kids through sports.  Thank you all for making it possible for Andy to keep coaching kids for the next year!