VICTORY VIRAL: NEWSLETTER, EDITION 2

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VICTORY VIRAL NEWSLETTER

SPRING INTO NEW PARTNERSHIPS, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES,

& A PROSPECTIVE ACQUISITION

Edition: 2

SPRING 2023

Dear Victory Partners:

Thank you in advance for supporting Victory Kid Sports! Our spring season has been exciting thus far. We have had the opportunity to impact many children across Iowa. We are so excited for the future of the organization.

Take a quick look to see what is new at Victory Kid Sports.

Media Day

Thank you Brubaker, for hosting our Media Day Program for Victory Kid parents, the Des Moines community dignitaries, and the Victory staff and board.

Media Day was a formal celebration of Victory Kids that completed fall 2022 programming. A BIG thank you goes to our sponsors Dicks Sporting Goods, Polk County, and Prairie Meadows for purchasing new athletic shoes and merch for all of the kids.

We were encouraged by presentations from Supervisor Hockensmith from Polk County and Ms. Stewart (Vice President of Community Relations) from Prairie Meadows. In addition, Mr. Held from Dicks Sporting Goods, shared his thoughts with the group. We also had many other visitors from the business community.

Not only did we celebrate Media Day at Brubaker, but we also celebrated Media Day at Stowe Elementary and we did shoe drop offs at South Union, Hillis, and Howe Elementaries.

Media Day #2 at Stowe Elementary.

Athletic shoe drop off at Howe Elementary.

Athletic shoe drop off at South Union and Hillis Elementary.

NEW SPRING AFTER SCHOOL SITES

We are thrilled to offer programming to Oak Park Elementary and Willard Elementary. We are also offering spring programming to Brubaker Elementary.

After School Enrichment Programs:

Victory Day Sports Program: Looking for more sports? Try out our Victory Day Sports Program, a customized program lead by a sports coach that aligns with the department of education’s PE standards. The program helps children understand the fundamentals of a variety of sports that feed into middle school and high school sports. The Victory Day Program connects the dots by infusing a customized social emotional learning model to developing children on the field and in the classroom, encouraging them to have Victory In Life.

**NEW** Victory Scholars Mentoring & ST.E.A.M. Program: The Victory Scholar Mentoring Program is a one-of-a-kind interactive educational experience. Elementary and middle school age children journey through Victory’s version of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math, with biweekly experiments infused with Ed tech, multimedia, and modern music in a small group format. The mentoring program ends with physical literacy which includes sports and fun. The Victory Scholar Mentoring Program will ensure an exciting and educational opportunity for your students.

Victory Day Sports Program

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Victory Scholar Mentoring & STEAM Program

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THANK YOU PARTNERS & DONORS

We could not have launched without help from all of our partners and donors.

BUILDING A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Victory's financial model includes a three-tier approach to developing funding in order to foster financial and programmatic growth sustainably.

This model consists of donor funding, grants, and tuition based payments.

Victory is ready to acquire property in the Des Moines suburbs in order to create a year-round funding strategy. This approach provides full time jobs for Des Moines staff and limitless opportunities to meet our families where they are.

Our Facility Wish List:

-Under 800K

-Zoned as a school or childcare center

-Minimum of 5,000 square feet

-Green space for a playground

-Key communities: West Des Moines and Clive

What Will The Facility Offer: Wholistic family programming that impacts every stage of life

-Victory Academy Childcare Center (Victory currently operates two centers: infant to preschool)

-Camp Victory After School Program (school age)

-Camp Victory Winter, Spring, & Summer Program (STEAM, sports, and weekly field trips for school breaks)

-Programming for seniors

-Weekend rental space for faith communities