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Ohio State LiFE Sports About Us - Our Partners
Our Partners:
LiFE Sports is made possible by the contributions of both on-campus and community partners. Current partners of LiFE Sports are listed below along with a brief overview of their contribution to the LiFE Sports Initiative.
University Partners
 | The Department of Recreational Sports is a vital partner to LiFE Sports. The Department of Recreational Sports provides free facility usage for the annual LiFE Sports Summer Camp. Without the facility usage, LiFE Sports Summer Camp would not be able to operate on an annual basis. For more information about the Department of Recreational Sports, please visit their website at: recsports.osu.edu |
 | Faculty within the School of Physical Activities and Educational Services currently partner with LiFE Sports to ensure that PAES students can complete internships within the program as well as partner to offer the Youth Development Minor. Key faculty include: Jackie Goodway and Sarah Fields. For more information about the School of Physical Activity & Educational Services, please visit their website at: ehe.osu.edu/paes/ |
 | Faculty within the College of Education & Human Ecology currently partner with LiFE Sports to ensure that education and human ecology students can complete internships within the program as well as partner to offer the Youth Development Minor. Key faculty include: XXX. For more information about the College of Education & Human Ecology, please visit their website at: ehe.osu.edu |
 | Faculty within the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences currently partner with LiFE Sports to ensure that students can complete internships within the program as well as partner to offer the Youth Development Minor. Key faculty include: Schott Scheer. For more information about the College of Education & Human Ecology, please visit their website at: cfaes.osu.edu |
| | The Office of Undergraduate Admissions & First Year Experience currently works with LiFE Sports to host the annual Career Day at the LiFE Sports Summer Camp. For more information about the Office of Undergraduate Admissions & First Year Experience, please visit their website at: undergrad.osu.edu |
| | The Economic Access Initiatives currently works with LiFE Sports to host the annual Career Day at the LiFE Sports Summer Camp. For more information about the Economic Access Initiative, please visit their website at: www.osu.edu/access |
| | The Office of Student Life currently works with LiFE Sports to provide campus tours during the annual Career Day at the LiFE Sports Summer Camp. For more information about the Office of Student Life, please visit their website at: studentlife.osu.edu |
Community Partners
 | The Boys and Girls Club of Columbus (BGCC) is home to many of the LiFE Sports clinics throughout the year. Their facilities on Gift Street and Cleveland Avenue allow easy access for many of the LiFE Sports participants. Additionally, LiFE Sports helps the BGCC by providing supervision for social work field placements throughout the year at their clubs. For more information about the Boys and Girls Club, please visit their website at: bgccolumbus.org |
 | The Ohio Department of Education administers the National Summer Lunch program that it utilized by LiFE Sports to ensure that all youth attending the summer camp receive breakfast and lunch on a daily basis. For more information about the Ohio Department of Education, please visit their website at: ode.state.oh.us |
 | The Cardinal Health Foundation provides support the LiFE Sports Initiative through their Prescription Drug Abuse Community grants. LiFE Sports has received this grant since 2009 and it provides funding to support increasing the awareness of our youth about the risks of abusing prescription drugs. For more information about the Cardinal Health Foundation, please visit their website at: cardinal.com |
 | The Columbus Crew Foundation partners with LiFE Sports to provide an annual soccer clinic for our youth. Additionally in 2011, the Columbus Crew Foundation also provided all youth attending the clinic with a free ticket to one of their upcoming games. For more information about the Columbus Crew Foundation, please visit their website at: thecrew.com |
 | The Academic Acceleration Academy (AAA) partners with LiFE Sports Youth Leadership Camp. Students from AAA work during the summer as youth leaders and learn valuable leadership and life skills. For more information about AAA, please visit their website at: academic-acceleration.com |
 | The Purdue Athletes LiFE Success (PALS) Program along with faculty from the program partner with LiFE Sports to conduct research projects and develop new youth development tools. Like LiFE Sports, PALS is a former NYSP. For more information about PALS, please visit their website at: www.purdue.edu |
 | Dr. Anthony Amorose, faculty at Illinois State University - School of Kinesiology and Recreation, partners with LiFE Sports to conduct joint research projects. Dr. Amorose's research focuses on the factors that influence the psychological and social development of sport and physical activity participants. To learn more about Dr. Amorose's research, please visit: kinrec.illinoisstate.edu |
 | Over half of LiFE Sports participants also are students within the Columbus City Schools. LiFE Sports partners with Columbus City Schools to ensure that the students who need LiFE Sports the most are made aware of the programming available to them and their families. For more information on Columbus City Schools, please visit their website at: columbus.k12.oh.us |
| | Northmor Local School District, located in Galion, Ohio, currently utilizes the LiFE Sports model in their afterschool programming. For more information about Northmor Local Schools, please visit their website at: northmor.k12.oh.us |
 | LiFE Sports is also partnering with All THAT (Teens Hopeful About Tomorrow). Staff from LiFE Sports are working with All THAT to develop targeted strategies for youth related to academic, career, and life skill goals. All THAT is located on Hamilton Road in Columbus, Ohio and focuses on working with high school age youth. For more information on All THAT, please visit their website at: all-that.org |
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