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A Message from the President and CEO

and Chairman of the Board

In the simplest terms, Legacy Youth Tennis with experienced and engaged professionals We are also continuing to expand and improve programming. We could not accomplish this
and Education is a great place. Our mission who are passionate about our mission and our programming at the Center to support our work without a talented team, an engaged and
is to strengthen underserved communities dedicated to helping young people develop performance and competitive players. Our dedicated board of directors, generous donors,
by delivering programming that develops our into productive citizens. students are excelling at the regional and national and devoted parents who have all made it
youth to reach their full potential. We rely on levels and we continue to attract top players in their mission to support this work. Thank you
the power of a proven teaching model to instill We continue to deepen our community the area to our clinics and training camps. This all for your leadership, dedication, generosity,
achievement behaviors in our young people, engagement and develop innovative ways past year, we expanded our summer offerings and support. Our work never ends, but more
we support them over the course of their to expand the reach of our programming. and introduced a Munchkin camp, designed to importantly is changes lives.
development, and we give them a reputable During the 2016 fiscal year, our Changing the reach our youngest students (ages 4–7) with
platform to practice those behaviors in a sport Game after school program and National an intensive court and classroom experience. Sincerely,
that has done so much for so many. Junior Tennis and Learning (NJLT) summer We received a grant from the USTA to pilot
camps impacted over 3,000 students from our
the STEAM curriculum (Science, Technology,
LEGACY YOUTH TENNIS AND EDUCATION program and operational performance. We Tennis Association in 2015, we continued to of Education, we successfully integrated the BIENNIAL REPORT: 2014/15 & 2015/16
targeted communities. After being named the
Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics) and
At the end of fiscal year 2016, we are proud
under the direction of Jude Henzy, our Director
to report that Legacy is continuing its strong
NJTL Chapter of the year by the United States
improve our offerings by adding a specialized
finished the 2016 fiscal year with a modest
curriculum into the education module of the
camp for students transitioning from beginner-
operating surplus and entered the new year
Munchkin Camp.
level to performance-level play. We also
by supplementing our talented staff with the
At Legacy, our goal is to provide a pathway
added education modules that focus on
appointment of Samantha Shaw as Senior Vice
President of Operations (photo appears on
to college for kids who otherwise would not
improving the critical early reading skills that
have such opportunities by combining high
page 9). Our coaching, program, development,
are so important for the development of our
President & CEO
Chairman of the Board
4 operations, and accounting teams are staffed youngest participants. quality tennis instruction with solid educational Lance Lee John J. Kroll 5