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Coach of the Month: Wynter Williams

Big congratulations to our Coach of the Month Wynter! Wynter coaches at a variety different KING programs ranging from recess, after-school and specialized performing arts enrichment classes. Wynter has recently accepted a position to join the Up2Us Sports Coaches program and continue to grow and de...

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Improving Youth Basketball in New York City

Paul O'Connor, our director of KING Hoops program, recently attended the Jr. Knicks Youth Basketball Leadership conference. The event had the likes of Allan Houston, Kym Winter, Tiffany Chag, Don Showalter among other leaders in the basketball world. Topics ranged from how to keep athletes safe and ...

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Upper East Side Makes 5!

Kids in the Game is excited to officially announce our 5th summer camp location is opening for Summer 2018! We will be expanding to the Upper East Side and hosting camp out of Saint Stephen of Hungary School. This camp will join our other 4 locations (Inwood, Upper West Side, Park Slope and Riverdal...

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2017: A year to remember!

It isn’t easy to summarize a year at Kids in the Game – there are so many small victories that go unseen with the children we work with. Measuring confidence, friendships, perseverance, and just plain fun are not always possible. However, we close out 2017 knowing that those are the wins that we...

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KING Summer Camp: 5 reasons kids (and parents) love us!

The streets may be lined with holiday cheer and snow is falling outside our windows but that isn’t stopping our team from dreaming about summer camp. Today is the big day and registration is officially open for Summer 2018. Last year’s camp season was one for the books with stories we are still ...

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KING Coach of the Month: Hector Gonzalez

Anytime a parent, school or organization asks us what makes us different than other companies in our field, the same answer always comes to mind first: our awesome staff. Each month we take the time to honor a Coach of the Month and we want to share a few fun facts about November’s pick. Hect...

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KING and Adelphi join forces through Fellowship Program

Kids and the Game has partnered with Adelphi University's Sports Based Youth Development (SBYD) Fellowship program. As part of the Fellowship, students spend their days working part-time with an SBYD organization. At night, students attend classes at Adelphi University’s Manhattan Campus; pursing ...

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Join Us! KING Health and Wellness Bucket List

Each month Kids in the Game has a different theme to tie into our recess, after school and enrichment programming. For October the theme is “Health and Wellness”. Now as a sports and fitness based organization, this one seems pretty simple! But just as our kids need reminders that French fries a...

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KING partners with VML Foundation to donate PE equipment

Organize. Build. Play. Whether we are talking about Legos, fort building, or gathering friends for a pickup game of soccer the process remains the same: Organize. Build. Play. KING partnered up with the VML foundation this past week to put these words into action while giving back to our community....

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