Celebrating 60 Years!
Who We Are
Sportsmen's Tennis and Enrichment Center was founded in 1961 as the first indoor non-profit tennis club built in the United States by and for the African American community. For the past six decades, we have invested in and supported Boston's most vulnerable low-income and minority youth and families. We offer free and low-cost after school and summer academic support and enrichment programs in partnership with the Boston Public Schools; mentoring; athletic opportunities, including instruction from top-level certified coaches; health and wellness programs through a partnership with Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH); and community building initiatives, including bringing police and young people together for play, dialogue, and understanding.
Our Mission
Sportsmen's mission is to build leaders on the court, in the classroom and in the greater community by providing academic, social development, health and wellness programs alongside recreational and competitive tennis instruction for youth and adults.
Sportsmen's is committed to improving life opportunities for youth in Boston's Blue Hill Corridor while welcoming a diverse community from the Greater Boston area.
What We Do
Sportsmen's offers free and low-cost tennis, academics, and life skills programming to more than 5000 youth annually. Pioneering programs like Volley Against Violence and our Center for Community Wellness extend our outreach to Boston's underserved communities. Adult recreational and competitive tennis programs welcome diverse players from all over the city and help fund our non-profit mission.
We are proud partners of the Boston Public Schools, Brigham & Women's Hospital and the Boston Police Department. We are also one of the largest members of the USTA's National Junior Tennis & Learning Network and the only New England chapter to receive its ICON Award.
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