Introducing
With a mission to improve lives through a range of activities and initiatives the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation has invested more than $60 million in its programs and grants to local organizations and impacted more than 10 million youth.
We are proud to welcome Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation as campaign collaborators for Head In The Game.
With a mission to improve lives through a range of activities and initiatives. Since 2013, the LADF has invested more than $60 million in its programs and grants to local organizations and impacted more than 10 million youth.
‘62% of youth living in poverty have experienced at least one traumatic event. Through social and emotional learning the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) provides youth with the tools they need to be better equipped in the classroom, on the field, and for whatever endeavor their future holds for them. We place a special emphasis on engaging girls in sport, because we know that by adolescence, girls’ confidence drops about twice as much as boys’, their perception of their academic ability declines, and participation in physical activity plummets.’
Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Youth Development
Jeremiah Johnson, Dodgers Dreamteam Player gives us his insight into what mental wellbeing means to him.
‘I play baseball. This is my escape from everything… from school… this is what I do’
Jeremiah Johnson – Dodgers Dreamteam Player
Dodgers Dreamteam coach Ivan Velasco talks about the power of physical activity in supporting better mental health.
‘When I stay active, my mind is free flowing…I like to run’
Ivan Velasco – Coach Dodgers Dreamteam
About the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation:
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) is tackling the most pressing problems facing Los Angeles with a mission to improve education, health care, homelessness and social justice for all Angelenos. Bigger than baseball, LADF envisions a city where everyone regardless of ZIP code has the opportunity to thrive. LADF was reimagined in 2013 and has since raised over $154 million. LADF has invested more than $60 million in its programs and grants to local organizations and impacted more than 10 million youth. LADF is the proud recipient of ESPN’s Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year, Robert Wood Johnson Sports Award, Beyond Sport’s Sport for Reduced Racial Inequalities Collective Impact Award, and the Aspen Institute Project Play Champion.
To learn more, visit Dodgers.com/LADF, follow them on X, @DodgersFdn, Instagram, @dodgersfoundation, and like them on Facebook at facebook.com/LosAngelesDodgersFoundation.
