Kings County Tennis League (KCTL) and the Junior Tennis Foundation (JTF) are thrilled to announce a new partnership, which was commemorated with JTF’s generous $3,500 donation to KCTL Cares, the fundraising campaign that supports the ongoing needs of our students’ families during the COVID-19 pandemic and the virtual tennis and education programs KCTL offers students while social distancing restrictions are in place.
“KCTL spent the last decade tearing down the divisive barriers that blocked tennis and other opportunities from reaching the children of Central Brooklyn living in public housing,” said David Webley, executive director of KCTL. “Our mission is well-aligned with the Junior Tennis Foundation and we are looking forward to accomplishing great things together.”
Founded in 1979, the Junior Tennis Foundation supports tennis programs and scholarships benefiting under-resourced youth and people with physical and cognitive disabilities.
“We are living in extraordinary times as our country begins to take responsibility for the structural racism that’s been threaded into America’s fabric for far too long,” said Mark McIntyre, executive director of the Junior Tennis Foundation. “More than 85% of KCTL’s students are children of color and 40% live in public housing. This support is the first of many actions we will take to ensure access to tennis regardless of one’s color or zip code and to create much needed systemic change.”