Monday may have been a day off from school, but not from fun. NYJTL served up its third annual Fall Festival in Crotona Park, adjacent to the new Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning. More than 1,000 students from our ACES Afterschool Programs and Community Tennis Programs, and more than 100 volunteers, including a […]
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South Bronx Students on Path to College at Cary Leeds Center
Thirty-four Bronx 7th graders took a big step on their journeys to college on Monday, October 5, at NYJTL’s Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning. It was the students’ first day of after-school tutoring and mentoring in a college access program run by nonprofit organization, Breakthrough New York (BTNY). Through a new partnership between […]
Hector Henry: Cricket + Soccer = Tennis
Tennis wasn’t the first sport Hector Henry fell in love with, nor the second. As a child in Jamaica in the 1940’s he and his friends spent many long hours playing cricket and soccer. He was even so gifted at soccer that he earned a spot on the Jamaican national team and later went on to […]
Returning the Serve
NYJTL and JPMorgan Chase brought together 150 students from across the city on August 13 for a tennis festival culminating with Chase presenting NYJTL with $10,000 to support free tennis and education programs for kids. Students from NYJTL’s free Community Tennis Program and Advanced Tennis Program enjoyed a variety of engaging lessons in tennis fundamentals, interactive […]
Maria Sanz: “Love” at First Sight
Maria Sanz has been both a student of New York Junior Tennis & Learning and a teacher to young students picking up a racket for the first time. Based on the suggestion from her softball coach, Maria joined one of NYJTL’s free community tennis programs near her home in the Rockaways when she was 10 […]
New York Junior Tennis & Learning’s Festive Summer Gala with the Stars Draws Hundreds to The Boathouse in Central Park on August 12, 2015
New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) held its annual Summer Gala with the Stars on Wednesday, August 12, drawing nearly 500 people to a festive celebration that featured music, dancing, dining, gondola rides and magicians at The Boathouse in Central Park. The event raised funds to support NYJTL’s programs and make a difference in […]