Fundraising for Rural Armenia Sports: 2025
My tennis season just ended last week, and I’m feeling a mix of pride, confidence, relief, and excitement for next year. On the other hand, my brother is just now beginning his school soccer season. Both of us have always grown up with easy access to coaches, fields, courts, equipment, and even the support to compete in these sports yearly, and we often take these things for granted. That’s why we’ve decided to begin a fundraiser for rural Armenia, where many young athletes don’t have the same opportunities.
To continue our partnership with COAF, the Children of Armenia Fund, a nonprofit organization that supports rural Armenian communities by providing education, healthcare, and other essential resources, including athletic facilities. Many villages in Armenia lack basic sports equipment, safe fields, and structured programs. However, we believe sports shouldn’t be a privilege. They should be a chance for every kid to learn teamwork, confidence, and resilience, just like we have.
Even though my tennis season has come to an end, my brother’s soccer season is just kicking off, giving us an opportunity to raise money together. Starting next week and continuing through the end of December, we will be setting up a fundraising stand at every home soccer game.
For this fundraiser, we’re partnering with our school club, Titans Radio Podcast, which will play a major role by promoting, organizing, and helping run the fundraiser. The podcast will broadcast our message to the entire school community and encourage students to get involved. My brother is also part of the podcast club and serves as the Athletic Director of Content, which means he can help spread the word even further and reach more students through announcements, interviews, and features on the podcast.
This fundraiser specifically funds for agility poles, hurdles, ladders, cones, goalkeeper gloves, and sports bras for girls—equipment that will directly support training and improve athletic opportunities for young athletes in rural Armenia.
Additionally, my club, The Pad Project, has already collected $200 specifically for the sports bras, which aligns perfectly with our mission of promoting women’s health and essential needs. This contribution has helped kick off our fundraiser with a strong start and reinforces why this cause matters deeply to us.
Sports have shaped both of our lives, not only with trophies or statistics, but with friendships, confidence, and pure enjoyment. Every child across the world deserves those same moments, where they feel proud of themselves, where they hear their teammates cheer their name, and where they discover the confidence and joy that sports can bring. That feeling shouldn’t depend on where you happen to be born.