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13 children, 3 weeks, 8 cities, 15 speakers, 8 colleges, 12 historical tours, celebrities, senators, producers, CEO's, a Governor and a Pulitzer prize winning author, all to inspire 13 children to be the leaders of tomorrow.
Photos available upon request. Contact Ryan Wolfington, 702-822-1081
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The USTA-Nevada organization and The Marty Hennessy Junior Tennis Foundation recently invited Phil Aurbach to speak at their June "Leadership Breakfast." The Foundation deals with at-risk youth, with the goal to instill in them an attitude of excellence, assist them in their tennis career, and help them find their passion in life. The mission of the Foundation is to inspire children in need through mentoring, tennis and education. In addition to on-court instruction, the Hennessy Foundation helps with academic tutoring, peer mentoring, college and leadership seminars as well as financial assistance with tournament and traveling costs. Tennis has been the tool and common denominator that helps the Foundation achieve its goals.
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Stan Tomchin, a Turnberry resident and Stirling Club member, got so inspired by the children he sponsored through VegasTennis.com's Marty Hennessy Jr. Tennis Foundation that he paid for 6 of them to fly to Vancouver for a club exchange to play tennis, experience the culture and education of this international city. Their lucky destination was one of the worlds most beautiful cities and the historical Jericho Tennis Club.
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SAVE THE DATE - SEP 24 - TONY BENNETT FUNDRAISER
MARTY HENNESSY JR. TENNIS FOUNDATION
Honoring Rashe and Jeff Taylor
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Making the impossible happen - The Story of Edgardo Ureta
Click here to read article on Ed featured on University of Hartford home page http://www.hartfordhawks.com/news/2009/8/11/MTEN_0811095441.aspx
Edgardo Ureta was born in America to immigrant parents from Chile. He had few opportunities and according to him, "I just knew how to fool around, party and lie to my parents about everything. On Friday we would buy a bottle of Jack Daniels and that was our weekend," explained Edgardo.
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Foundations Mission
To inspire children in need through mentoring, tennis and education.
Goals
To create a pathway for children in need to receive the best possible mentoring, tennis and educational training possible.
To have a far reaching leadership program that can introduce recreational tennis to as many children possible, while also offering a high performance element allowing children to go as far as a college scholarship, if they choose to do so.
To develop leaders of the world, who are kind, hard working, competitive, and close to conscience.
To identify and welcome a diverse group of children to our programs
To educate each family on our program, our expectations and how it can benefit them.
To create the ultimate environment where children love to play tennis, are inspired to get great grades, are motivated by a positive social life and armed with life skills to help them be successful on and off the court.
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Vegastennis.com's Marty Hennessy Jr. Tennis Foundation as part of their "Leadership Breakfast" program recently had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Niuton Koide a well know n cardiologist in Las Vegas. He spoke to the children about his success in life and how hard work and being focused always kept him at the top of his medical class.
He was born in Japan and raised in Brazil. Dr. Koide completed his cardiology training at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio. He sub specialized in Cardiac Electrophysiology (heart rhythm specialist) at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Koide is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and English and he enjoys being able to communicate with the diverse Las Vegas community.
He also did a mini presentation of how to eat healthy and the benefits it has on your heart. He went into detail and explained the long term effect of saturated fat in the arteries producing atherosclerosis and how to avoid that problem as to avoid strokes and heart attacks. "After listening to the Dr. Koide it was very eye opening that everything we put in our body effects our health and how we feel. When I was a little boy I always said I wanted to live to be 106. This might be my first step in achieving that goal! Seriously though, I will pay much more attention to eating healthy and choosing what I know is right for my body," said Dillon Berkabile.
The children really enjoyed playing tennis with Dr. Koide and listening to the many interesting facets of his life and occupation.
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By Ryan Wolfington
Marty Hennessy taught Frideric Prandecki when he was 8 and 9 years old. Then the young boy moved to Poland and 6 years later found himself in the most troubling time of his life. His parents got divorsed, his mom moved to America and he had no idea what had happened to his world.
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