2. Vegastennis.com’s Marty Hennessy Jr. Tennis Foundation
Mission
Inspiring children through mentoring, tennis and
education, equipping them with life skills and the
ability to earn a college scholarship
Goal
Take at-risk youth from the streets to
a college scholarship
Work program
East Coast Leadership Tour
Drug and alcohol education
Education
Positive Social Life
Eat Right = Feel Right
Mentoring
Tradition
Leadership Development
Tennis Training
Counseling
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Results
1,000 children learning free tennis in schools
and parks
500 receive mentoring and education programming
100s get tournament and travel scholarships
50 have received college scholarships
40 are chosen for Elite Leadership Program
30 travel to East & West Coast Leadership Tours
5 have reached top 20 USA rankings
100% in the Leadership Program have earned
college scholarships
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Patrick Kawka
Brigham Young University
Frideric Prandecki
North Carolina State
Veronika Kawka
Carnegie Melon
Trent Alenik
Villanova
Dillon Berkabile
The Citadel
Edgardo Ureta
University of Hartford
Sarah Lucas
Seattle University
Edgardo Ureta
University of Hartford Patrick KawasBrigham Young University
$5,000,000.00 earned in college
scholarships
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mentoring
Mentoring children’s char-
acter is our primary focus. We
“inspire lives” using tennis as
a vehicle to teach principles of
life such as:
• Be honest
• Be a leader
• Do right=feel right
• Let go of anger & worry
• Deal with pressure
• Welcome adversity
• Distinguish real fun
from false fun
• Gain confidence
• Attitude is everything
• Eat right=feel right
• Stay calm
• Maximize your opportunities
Leadership Breakfasts bring in CEO’s, Sen-
ators and even a former President to discuss
with children what it takes to be happy and
successful in life.
Daily outings, dinners and conversations
with children help them work through their
problems to instill understanding. This in-
cludes drug and alcohol, family relationships
and mental toughness counseling.
education
Straight A’s Club gives incentives and special
trips to children who maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher.
Reading & Writing for Intelligence
includes journaling, public speaking, debate, reading
and essay assignments.
Junior Reporters write articles for Vegas-
Tennis.com or Inside Tennis Magazine.
Our DVD Movies with Wisdom are given to
children to inspire them to greatness.
Princeton Review SAT prep, “How to Get a
College Scholarship” seminars, college placement coun-
seling and tutoring are available to all the children.
Our Tennis Apprentice work program
teaches the Leadership Program students a
variety of business and life skills to prepare them for
leadership. We have partnerships with other busi-
nesses and organizations for internships as well.
Children becoming mentors.
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President George Bush
Actor Eduardo
Verastegui
Tutoring
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tennis - education -
community outreach
Our pyramid approach gives an incentive for a player to go to
the next level. We provide free beginner and intermediate tennis
clinics to community schools, foster homes and parks for
thousands of youth.
For those who want to advance, we negotiate deals
with local pros for discounted rates for training, which
leads to high performance opportunities.
Those willing to advance can qualify for our tourna-
ment play scholarships, tutoring, mentoring and trav-
el team opportunities in our Leadership Program.
Our Leadership Program has a 100 percent
success rate in getting students college scholar-
ships. Top students are eligible for intern-
ships, special trips and the Wolfington
Family East Coast Leadership Tour.
Thirty foundation children have
earned college scholarships for
tennis and academics.
Travel Team
To get a college scholarship children have to play
national tournaments to receive a national ranking. We
negotiate deals for foundation players training as well
as travel to tournaments as a team in an effort to gain
ranking points while maximizing donor dollars.
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Internship
s
Leadership
program – 50 children
s
Travel Team – 100s of children
s
Tournament Program – 100s of children
s
Mentoring – 100s of children
s
Free Parks Program – 1,000s of children
s
Free Schools Program – 1,000s of children
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Eat Right=Feel Right
Our whole foods eating program educates children on the benefits of “Eating Right to Feel
Right.” After discussing the negatives of soda and junk food, they migrate towards better food
choices. Healthy food plans are given to them along with health articles and recipes so that they
can learn to prepare quality food to feed their bodies.
positive
social life
Youth are faced with a
negative social life every
weekend or the alternative
of boredom. We designed a
“Positive Social Life” option
to create a healthy group
of friends with trips, activi-
ties, concerts, plays, camp-
ing, soccer, basketball,
dancing, karaoke, rafting,
swimming, golf, pro ten-
nis events, community
tennis ball and awards
banquet, historical and
cultural exhibits, movie
nights and dinners.
By occupying a child’s
down-time with fun ac-
tivities, they get a break
from school and tennis
and learn how to enjoy
life the right way.
work program
Children are asked to earn their way by giving back to the Foundation in the form of mentor-
ing and coaching younger players, helping with events and taking on projects. This instills confi-
dence, know-how, leadership and appreciation of what they’ve been given.
For us, a child is considered finished with the Foundation when they are out of college, have
found their passion in life and are working for themselves or in an organization they enjoy.
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wolfington family east coast
leadership tour
The East Coast Leadership Tour is a world-class trip for 13 children who have straight
A’s. They visit 8 cities in 3 weeks, touring 12 historical sites and 8 Universities. Each
morning they have a daily Leadership Breakfast in which celebrities, Senators, produc-
ers, CEOs, Governors and even a former President speak to them
about what it takes to be successful in life.
PAST SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Tony Bennett, Senator John
Ensign, President Bush Sr., Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Stan
Tomchin, Vince Wolfington, Kathie Lee Gifford, Brian O’Neill,
Donald Dell, Steve Miller, Film Producer Michael Flaherty, Sean
Wolfington, Billie Jean King, Matt Gillin, Governor Jeb Bush, Ted
Kennedy, “Rudy” Ruettiger, CNBC’s Larry Kudlow, Vince O’Neill,
Mike Agassi, Martina Hingis, Eustace Mita, Todd Martin, Senator
Jim Demint, David McCullough, Peg O’Neill and Marty Gillin, Jay
Wright, Phil Aurbach, Vice Consul Jonathan Wolfington, Harvard
Coach David Fish.
They also visit and play tennis at the most pres-
tigious country clubs
on the east coast.
The trip was created
by Harry and Carol
Wolfington and Sean
and Anna Wolfington
and their extended
family to show the
Foundation children
a whole new world
in hopes that it would
help the children see
the limitless possibili-
ties for their lives.
Cities We Visit:
• Hyannis Port, Ma.
• Nantucket &
Martha’s Vineyard
• Newport, R.I.
• Philadelphia, Pa.
• Avalon, N.J.
• Washington, D.C.
• New York City
• Boston, Mass.
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Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
Ted Kennedy
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Tomchin Family west coast
leadership tour
The Tomchin Family West Coast Leadership Tour was created by Stan Tomchin, an Advisory
Board member. He sponsors and travels with the children to Santa Barbara, California, and
Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Tomchin Family West Coast Leadership Tour includes two extraodinary trips. One is a
friendly competition between Vancouver and Las Vegas called the Stanley Cup. Vancouver hosts
the Las Vegas youth once a year and then Las Vegas reciprocates and hosts the Vancouver youth.
Not only do they play tennis, engage in dialogue and debate, but they are treated to a cultural
experience and exposed to great speakers.
The other tour is to the Tomchin family estate in Santa Barbara, where the children learn
about organic gardening, composting, nutrition, cooking, yoga, backgammon, theater and the
benefits of a whole foods-based diet. This includes a seminar on nutrition from co-author of The
Pleasure Trap, Dr. Alan Goldhammer. The children also visit Los Angeles to meet with actors
and film directors.
8 Children in free community program in North Las Vegas, thanks to Stan, Cheryl and friends
Santa Barbara, CA
Vancouver, Canada
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history
Ryan Wolfington is the founder of Vegastenniscom. Marty Hennessy is a legend in
the tennis world. Together they created Vegastennis.com’s Marty Hennessy Junior Ten-
nis Foundation where they raised over $1,500,000.00 for children in need. Thanks to the
help of Tony Bennett, Rita Rudner and Mike Agassi the Foundation started in 2002 with
the need of one child, Frederic Prandecki. Since then it has organically grown to serve
thousands of children and taken on a passion of its own, complete with alumni, tradi-
tion and a sense of family. This Foundation is a labor of love and has grown to include
most of the Southern Nevada tennis community.
With 45 children in college on scholarship, playing tennis directly because of the
Foundation, a set of lifetime relationships has been put into motion and are reunited
each college break. As a result, the children, alumni, mentors and donors have taken on
a meaning deeper than anyone could have ever imagined.
“Marty Hennessy does so much for
so many. He is my favorite person in
the whole world.”
— Tony Bennett
“If not for the Foundation I would
not be at college, period.”
— Frideric Prandecki,
NC State, Captain
“The Foundation saved my life.”
— Edgardo Ureta, Hartford University
“Watching Frideric I was inspired to be a role
model for others, like he was for me.”
— Patrick Kawka, No. 20 USA, BYU
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Frideric Prandecki
Tony Bennett, Mike Agassi,
Ryan Wolfington, Marty Hennessy
Frideric with real Rudy from
the blockbuster movie
10. Vegastennis.com’s Marty Hennessy Jr. Tennis Foundation
P.O. BOX 60953, Boulder City, NV 89006
inspiringchildren@gmail.com • www.lasvegastennis.com
Tony Bennett
Susan Benedetto
Mike Agassi
Sean and Ana Wolfington
Rita Rudner
Jeff and Rashae Taylor
Michael Saye
Clint and Kelly Holmes
Stan Tomchin
Joy Tomchin
Neal Tomlinson
Johnny Brenden
Bob and Winnie Schulman
Eduardo Verestegui
Jason Strauss
Steve Bellamy
Carol Wolfington
Bob and Regina Raphaelson
Bob and Mike Bryan
Chip and Helen Johnson
Laurie Steed
Sig and Lori Rogich
Jason Spacek
Scott Pensivy
Neal Chambers
Marc Kreisberger
Ravi Tumber
Annette Schaffer
Sylvia Jacobs
Phil and Leigh Aurbach
Adam Carey
Lily Chu
Dr. Jeff and Lisa Parker
Rick and Geri Smith
Tony Ghandour
Jonathan Wolfington
Michael Flaherty
Monte Lapica
Steve Braun
Julius Kazarian
Troy and Tawni Werline
Irene Frasier
Mike Bellon
Tim Blenkiron
Marty Hennessy
Ryan Wolfington
Alumni Advisors
Frideric Prandecki
Trenton Alenik
Edgardo Ureta
Dillon Berkabile
Tanner Berkabile
Patrick Kawka
Jeff Vongmon
Sarah Lucas
Mathew Gapultos
advisory board
TAO
Wolfington Family Foundation
Lincy Foundation
Level 5 & Tier 10
LAVO
Tenniswarehouse.com
Marriott - Steve Heitzner
Harry Winston
Dartfish
Venetian Resort - Rob Goldstein
Stirling Club
Las Vegas Hilton
Brenden Theaters
Tomchin Family Charitable
Foundation
Granello Bakery
Great Harvest Bread Co.
Las Vegas Academy
No Quit Tennis Academy
S.P.O.R.T.S
Odyssey Charter School
Lorenzi Park
Andre Agassi
North Las Vegas Community
Tennis Association
Rafael Rivera Community Center
Club Sport
IMG Bollettieri Academy
Vegas Magazine
Inside Tennis Magazine
Furguson & Associates
Luxury Las Vegas Magazine
Add Boys and Girls Club
community partners
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11. fundraisers
Our main event has included stars such as Tony Bennett, Jay Leno, Rita Rudner, Clint
Holmes, Frankie Avalon, Jack Jones, Mosaic, Ellie Smith and Vinnie Falcone.
Our partnership with the Nevada Tennis Hall of Fame included the induction of Mike
Agassi, with Andre Agassi and Stephanie Graf.
The annual Marty Hennessy Charity Tennis Classic and Pro-Am gives the community
an opportunity to meet the children and learn about the foundation while playing tennis.
Our city-wide raffle is our way of providing parents, players and other local non-profit
organizations with prizes and raffle tickets to raise money for their own needs.
how you can give
Your gifts have the power to change childen’s lives. Please indicate your
choices for giving below, complete and detach the card from this page and send it in with your
check to: VTMH Jr. Tennis Foundation.
q Purchase raffle tickets $100 each — Quantity_ _____
q Sponsor a child’s tournaments for one year $650
q Sponsor a child’s tutor for one year $1,200
q Sponsor a child’s travel for a year $2,500
q Sponsor a travel team trip $5,000
q Sponsor a School $25,000
q Sponsor our Schools & Parks Program $50,000
q Sponsor our Leadership Program $100,000
q Endowment Sponsor $250,000
Total Amount enclosed $_______________________
Name_____________________________________________
Address____________________________________________
City/State/Zip______________________________________
Phone_____________________________________________
VTMH Jr. Tennis Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit
organization #C24478-2004. Please mail this completed
form with your check to: VTMH Jr. Tennis Foundation,
P.O. Box 60953, Boulder City, NV 89006. For more
information, please call (702) 822-1081.
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Marty Hennessy Jr. Tennis
Foundation
Nevada Tennis Hall of Fame.
Ryan Wolfington,
Annie Rockwell, Stefanie Graf,
Mike Agassi, Andre Agassi,
Christian Tompson,
Marty Hennessy
Rudy Ruttiger, Ryan Wolfington,
Frankie Avalon, Rashae Taylor,
Jeff Taylor, Tony Bennett,
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