Run To Daylight Academic Program
What
is the Run To DayLight Program?
The mission of The Run to Daylight Program is to help our
inner city young men secure a top quality education not normally
available to families of limited financial means. The program
concentrates on finding candidates that are not just athletes but
good students as well. These student-athletes are matched with
schools that can offer a better education than normally found in the
inner city public school system. Basically, their athletic ability
helps them to achieve a quality education and opens doors to them
normally reserved for more affluent families.
What's the history of RTDL?
In 1997 Stephen G. Hoffman and Timothy Cavanaugh started The Run to
Daylight Program. They had the idea of providing the players from
the Queens Falcons Football Organization with the opportunity to
attend some of the top boarding schools in the northeast as well as
local private schools in the New York City Area. Tragically, Stephen
Hoffman was among those lost in the World Trade Center disaster
during the events of September 11th, 2001. Tim is now joined by
another coach from the Queens Falcons program, Joseph Marino.
The
first candidate in The Run to Daylight Program was a young man named
Taylor Sele. He was accepted to the Preparatory school Lawrence
Academy in Massachusetts in September of 1999. Taylor has since
finished his successful prep-school career as the state of
Massachusetts' third ranked high school prospect and one of the tops
in the nation. Taylor was then courted by Notre Dame, Maryland, and
Kentucky before deciding to attend Boston College. As of the fall of
2002 he was red-shirted and we all anticipate a stellar collegiate
career to come.
Since Taylor's acceptance to Lawrence Academy, the program has
helped upwards of 35 other young men in fulfilling their dreams of
attending these prominent academic institutions.
Direction of RTDL
Each year The Run to Daylight Program hopes to be more successful
than the last. This year alone 18 former players will be heading to
some of the following well-respected schools: Choate Rosemary Hall,
Poly Prep, New Hampton, Lawrence Academy, St. Thomas Moore, Avon Old
Farms, Holy Cross, St. Francis Prep, and Pomfret Academy. The list
grows every day.
Our long term vision for the program is to one day be able to send
50 student-athletes per year to these prominent boarding schools.
Eventually we would like to grow in our scope to include a building,
which would serve as an after school tutoring facility for the SAT,
SSAT, ISEE exams and tutoring for individual subjects.
While our commitment to our kids is unquestionable, we cannot do all
of this alone. We rely on tax-deductible donations to our league to
survive financially. The registration fees we charge basically cover
our operating expenses. We will never turn down a child who wants to
play football even if he cannot pay the registration fee. We have a
saying: “We'll supply the equipment if you supply the commitment”.
Well, we are asking for a commitment from you, however large, in
order to keep assisting these young men and to continue our
resounding successes.
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