The IOWA Foundation will be launching a Kickoff Event in January 2024 with the Iowa Wild, Crash (Wild mascot) and Des Moines Parks & Rec. A 6-week Floor Hockey program will follow in February and March for youth in K-5th Grade. 

We are partnering with Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) to host a free local qualifying meet hosted at North High School. We will give Des Moines youth a chance to compete in their hometown.  Local meet champions will have the opportunity to participate in the state meet in Marshalltown.

Date: TBD in June 2024

TnT Camps returned for 2023 and are coming back in 2024. The IOWA Foundation will partner with Tim Dwight, Tavian Banks, Rodney Filer, We Will Collective and Hoover Athletics to bring a FREE Camp to Des Moines youth at Hoover High School. Last year around 400 youth in 3rd-8th Grade participated in the camp. 

For the second year, we brought a free youth basketball clinic to Des Moines in partnership with the We Will Collective and Des Moines Parks & Rec. This year we had 100 youth in the 1st grade Parks & Rec Basketball League participate.

We partnered with Champions For Literacy, We Will Collective, ISU 4 U Promise, Des Moines Public Schools and Landus to bring Lead & Read to King Elementary. Iowa State Men's Basketball student athletes hosted an assembly discussing the importance of literacy. Then they joined classrooms where they read to students in K-5th Grade.

Our organizations goal through this event was to increase trail use among the youth and community in Des Moines as well as provide recreational opportunities in our parks. We  offered the race for free to participants who register for the 6-week Youth Running Program held at Riverview Park. The community raised $4,500 overall through 75 participants in the innagural year.

The IOWA Foundation hosted a Free 6-week Youth Running Program at Riverview Park in Des Moines for over 40 youth. Participants in grades K-8th were led by volunteer coaches. In this program, coaches led participants through curriculum developed in partnership with 5-2-1-0 Iowa.

The program culminated in a 5k at Riverview Park on Saturday, August 5, 2023 at Riverview Park. 

UMPS Care hosted 10 youth and their families at an Iowa Cubs game. Each Blue Crew Ticket VIP experience includes great seats to the ballgame, a goody bag of “all things baseball”, and the unique opportunity to step onto the field to meet the umpires and take.a photo. A special day at the ballpark is magical for the kids. 

Date: Saturday, June 24, 2023

TnT Camps returned for 2023. The IOWA Foundation partnered with Tim Dwight, Tavian Banks, Rodney Filer, We Will Collective and Hoover Athletics to bring a FREE Camp to Des Moines youth at Hoover High School. Around 400 youth in 3rd-8th Grade participated in the camp. 

The IOWA Foundation partnered with Alexis Gomez and other members of the Grand View Women's Wrestling team to host a free Girls Wrestling Camp for ~100 participants in 3rd-12th Grade. 

The We Will Collective is partnering with The IOWA Foundation to host a FREE Basketball Clinic for youth in 1st-6th Grade. The clinic will feature members of the Iowa State Men's Basketball team who will lead participants in skills & drills. Following the clinic players will sign autographs and take pictures with participants. The clinic will be held at Valley Community Center (4444 Fuller Rd, West Des Moines, IA 50265) from 5:30-7:00pm. Participants are encouraged to arrive between 5-5:30pm. Please note that space is limited for this event.

Join the Drake Men's and Women's Soccer teams at Cownie Soccer Complex (2600 Hartford Ave, Des Moines, IA) on August 17th from 5-6pm. 

Take pictures, get autographs and learn from the players before their game against Grand View.

Volunteer to pack backpacks with school supplies in partnership with Blast Back to School of Story County on August 11, 2022 from 5pm-8pm at Storey Kenworthy (424 S Bell Ave, Ames, IA 50010)

The BBTS event collects supplies and backpacks throughout the spring and summer, packs the backpacks with the supplies, and then the participating schools distribute the backpacks to any student that registers for the event.  

The IOWA Foundation partnered with the Jr. J-Hawks to distribute free baseball pants to participants at Dugout Sports in Fairfax, IA. Volunteers from the CR Jefferson's high school baseball team jumped in the batting cages with participants to work on their swings.