Kenyon Martin Foundation

 
 

Denver Nuggets power forward Kenyon Martin established the Kenyon Martin Foundation at The Giving Back Fund in October of 2008 to share the hard-earned lessons he learned in his childhood in hopes of helping other youth realize their dreams.  This mission of the Foundation is:


  1. •To provide support, including parenting and career guidance to teenagers who become parents as well as assisting families without father figures.

  2. •To provide life changing opportunities to underserved youth with an emphasis on helping youth in Dallas, Denver, and Cincinnati realize their unlimited potential.

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Click here to see more pictures from The Kenyon Martin Foundation’s free basketball clinic on June 30, 2009


A PERSONAL NOTE FROM KENYON:


“My childhood was one of the roughest and I realize that the lack of parenting and positive role models can often lead a child to a life of drugs, crime, etc. Society has kids growing up a lot faster today and many times they are being raised by the street. I look at the peers I grew up with and the fact that I’m one of the few successful ones that was able to make it out of Dallas, Texas and thrive. Whether the majority of them are locked up, unemployed or on drugs, seeing this makes you realize that it could have been you as well. I was given an opportunity to do what I love, play basketball, and I hope to give other children opportunities to do what they love as well. My goal is to do what I can to change things for them and let them know that no matter where you come from you can always succeed.”