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USING SPORTS TO INCREASE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR ELEMENTARY YOUTH
Elementary schools are in a great position to bring afterschool programming that breaks the inequities of youth sports, while also increasing academic achievement for our

NAA Honors GYSA Founder, Devonte Woodson, Among Its 2021 Next Generation of AfterSchool Leaders
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 25, 2021 – The National AfterSchool Association (NAA), the voice of the afterschool profession and lead organization for the advancement of afterschool

SNHD Sponsors 80 Children In GYSA’s Ball & A Plan Program
Greater Youth Sports Association (GYSA), the leader in after-school, elementary sports programming in Southern Nevada, is pleased to announce that Southern Nevada Health District has

GYSA Selected by GlobalGiving As Red Backpack Fund Recipient, Receives $5,000 Grant From The Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation
August 17, 2020 — GlobalGiving announced today that Greater Youth Sports Association has been selected to receive a $5,000 COVID-19 relief and recovery grant from The Red Backpack

GYSA Recognized by President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition as NYSS Champion to Promote Participation in Youth Sports
Local Nevada Non-Profit, Greater Youth Sports Association becomes an NYSS Champion. (Las Vegas, NV) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is

Raider Cody Podcast and Raider Nation Raised More Than $20,000 for GYSA
On June 8th, Raider Cody and Kenny King Jr., creators of the Raider Cody Podcast, announced that they were raising funds for local Las Vegas

Youth Sports Healing Trauma and Other Coping Techniques
2020 has been a challenging year to say the least. From the COVID-19 pandemic and all the implications that came with it, to the ongoing

The Importance of After-School Programming in Times of Recession
The many implications of the COVID-19 pandemic have been widely felt around the world. In addition to the lives that have been lost, we have

COVID-19 and Our Children’s Physical Inactivity
The current state of affairs has brought our nation to a sudden and screeching halt, a complete shut down of the world we once used