The Fieldhouse Project Careers in Seattle, WA

Our mission is to arrange the powers of sports and teamwork to create a positive environment and alternatives that reinforce the benefits of education with an ultimate goal of economic empowerment and community development. How we will do this: The Fieldhouse is a center for sport and community: a modular, two-room structure. A classroom will be home to awareness seminars for education, personal finance workshops, and a rehabilitation program for children reentering the school system. An attached storage unit will keep athletic gear and be used by six local schools to start extracurricular athletic programs and to hold recess during school for kids to play. These programs will foster inclusivity, healthy competition, recreation, and academic success. Ultimately it is community development through character development. Through strong partnerships and a model for community ownership, the Fieldhouse will provide an alternative to those activities that lead to kids dropping out, and an av