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About
Hoop Dreams:
The Hoop Dreams Scholarship
Fund (HDSF) was founded in 1996 by Susie Kay, who taught
American Government at H.D. Woodson High School in
Washington, DC for over a decade. The organization began as
a one-day event, a 3-on-3 charity basketball tournament
staged to raise money for academic college scholarships for
Kay's students. Since then, still led by Susie Kay, a
committed group of dedicated volunteers, supporters and a
small staff has worked to grow the effort into a year-round
not-for-profit organization committed to expanding the
academic and career horizons of Washington, DC public school
students.
Since our inception in 1996, The Hoop Dreams Scholarship
Fund has helped send more than 920 DC public high school
students to college and move toward a more positive and
enriched future with the combination of awarding of over
1,600 academic college scholarships and renewals, totaling
more than $3 million coupled with our year long college prep
mentoring program, internship - career prep program and SAT
prep partnership program with the Princeton Review. These
programs and scholarships are combined with our community
building efforts, which are all focused on empowering DC
students and building bridges across diverse communities.
Hoop Dreams has brought together more than 800 DC students
and mentors from the local business community through our
year long college prep mentoring program; facilitated
hundreds of internships; engaged more than 1,000 volunteers
in community work; and helped coach more than 400 students
through our SAT prep program in partnership with The
Princeton Review. We are also very proud to note that many
of our Hoop Dreams college graduates have returned to
volunteer and mentor with the organization, completing the
circle of community service. More than 200 of Hoop Dreams
students have now graduated from college. Most of our
students are the first in their family to go to college.
Hoop Dreams remains deeply committed to uniting the
community and building bridges while supporting our local
students and their dreams.
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HDSF works to create
relationships, build networks and provide resources that:
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Empower and support
inner-city DC public high school students so they can find
their best pathways to post-secondary education, career and
an enriched life;
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Build bridges of
understanding and collaboration between diverse communities
in the metropolitan Washington DC region; and
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Promote an on-going
commitment to community responsibility and a lasting spirit
of service among students, volunteers supporters, and all
involved.
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More about Hoop
Dreams (Adobe PDF)
Susie Kay's bio
Read about Arthur Agee
and Hoop Dreams,
the movie
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