BBBP’s mission is to enrich the lives of at-risk youth through cultural exchange and community engagement. We are committed to empowering our young people by offering mentorship, encouraging self-care, and connecting their potential for leadership to new opportunities.
Youth in our communities face daunting challenges: crime, violence, and drugs are all too prevalent amongst young people. BBBP offers an athletic and cultural exchange program that bridges the gaps between cultures and provides a unique opportunity for children and teenagers, many of whom have never left their own neighborhoods, to develop self-respect and respect for others, expand their horizons, and learn about the lives of their peers in other cultures. Participants in the exchange program travel to the host country for a week, train with their local counterparts and engage in positive mental health programming. This is an exciting and confidence-building experience for them, and we are very grateful for the generous donations that make it happen.
BBBP also provides ongoing support to youth athletic organizations in the form of a donation program and supports organizations that provide resources for at-risk youth, particularly for youth facing depression, risk of suicide, and other mental health challenges. Groups that offer amateur athletics and/or after-school programs for at-risk youth submit a “wish list” application of needed equipment or after-school supplies, which, if approved by BBBP, is then purchased and delivered to them.
Our hope is that the young adults who participate in our program, and who benefit from the donations we make to local organizations, become more engaged, more open-minded and more informed members of our communities. With such objectives and outcomes in mind, we look forward to helping to create a positive impact on future generations.
In 2003, Charles Quinn and six other fathers founded the Ardoyne HolyCross (AHC) Boxing Club as a way of getting youth off the streets and away from the sectarian conflict that has afflicted Belfast. They were moved to act by a suicide rate among teenage boys across all communities in Northern Ireland that was the highest in the entire United Kingdom.
In 2007, Charlie’s son Emmanuel, who has lived in the Washington, D.C. area since 2001, decided to bring together a group of friends to raise money to support boxing clubs in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the U.S. and Northern Ireland, and BBBP was born.
Boxing clubs on both sides of the Atlantic provide a safe and structured environment and offer a crucial alternative to the streets. The boys and girls who train at the clubs not only learn the fundamentals of boxing, but also the importance of discipline, respect and responsibility.
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