TEAM IMPACT FELLOWSHIP ALL IN. ALL TOGETHER.
Team IMPACT matches children facing serious illness and disability with college sports teams, creating a long-term, life-changing experience for everyone involved. Through Team IMPACT, a child battling illness becomes an official member of a college athletic team, attending practices, games, team dinners, and more. After two years, or two seasons, with the team, the child graduates from the program with demonstrated improvements in their optimism, confidence, and sense of belonging. Parents and siblings gain a community of support and a distraction from medical realities, and student-athletes gain invaluable inspiration and perspective that will be carried with them long after graduation.
Since 2011, Team IMPACT has matched 3,000 children with nearly 750 colleges and universities in all 50 states, positively impacting more than 75,000 student-athletes.
Since 2018, Team IMPACT has welcomed over 350 student-athletes into the Fellowship Program and continues to grow each year. The 2023-24 class of Fellows is a group of nearly 200 student-athletes from 94 different colleges and universities across the United States.
“Being a part of Team IMPACT has been life-changing for me. Team IMPACT has opened opportunities for me and helped me see things in life from various perspectives. I believe that student-athletes who are a part of Team IMPACT will have a much greater college experience as a whole.”
- Bella LaChance, Vanderbilt University Women's Basketball
Getting All Kids in the Game.
Guide children and teams alike in a mutually beneficial relationship of belonging, empowerment, and resilience.
OUR MISSION
OUR VISION
To create a world where every child facing serious illness and disability feels supported by something bigger and every team is transformed by a greater purpose.