NFL vet launches Fort Wayne youth football nonprofit

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) — A caller nonprofit has launched successful Fort Wayne with the extremity of expanding opportunities for younker shot passim the metropolis and Allen County. The Northeast Indiana Football Association says it besides aims to “impact the assemblage done the improvement of servant leaders.” 

The organization was founded successful portion by Jason Baker, a Fort Wayne native and 11-year seasoned of the NFL.

“This is simply a ‘for us, by us’ enactment – designed successful concern with those it volition service and benefit,” Baker said successful a quality release. “We judge that shot is simply a almighty instrumentality to physique stronger leaders and amended communities, acknowledgment to quality qualities similar teamwork, discipline, absorption and resilience that travel from a affirmative shot experience. This enactment is committed to providing each younker shot subordinate with that benignant of experience.”

NIFA says its archetypal inaugural volition beryllium the Root System, which is simply a constricted aviator programme successful concern with PAL Fort Wayne, East Allen County Schools, Fort Wayne Community Schools, and Homestead High School. The programme volition supply training, resources and improvement services for coaches, players and parents arsenic schools successful each territory enactment to big idiosyncratic PAL younker shot teams.

“Our extremity is to supply the training, guidance and resources needed to execute the highest levels of excellence, information and equity,” said Baker. “Together, schools and leagues volition guarantee that each players are fixed an adjacent accidental to enactment successful shot the close way.”

NIFA says it volition besides yet connection programs for students done 12th people successful concern with the NFL Foundation, NFL Youth Football and USA Football, among different organizations.

You tin larn much astir NIFA and its upcoming emblem and tackle shot seasons by clicking here.