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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.

Run To Daylight Academic ProgramWhat'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.

Run To Daylight Academic ProgramDirection 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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Affiliated High Schools
Choate Rosemary Hall Poly Prep
Choate Rosemary Hall
Poly Prep
New Hampton Lawrence Academy
Holy Cross
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St. Francis Prep
Pomfret Academy
Christ the King
Hebron Academy
Philips Andover
Middlesex School
Phillips Exeter Academy
Salisbury
Loomis Chaffee
Proctor Academy
Tilton School
Kents Hill School
Miss Porter's School
Holy Cross