Beneficiaries
Proceeds from the run will be donated to United Playaz, Partnerships for Trauma Recovery (PTR), along with providing scholarships for low-income, first-generation college students through the JCYC Scholarship Programs.
Learn more about this year’s beneficiaries below!
United Playaz is a violence prevention and youth development organization that has been active in San Francisco for 25 years. Located in the SoMa district, the UP Clubhouse provides a safe and positive environment for youth to grow. The dedicated team members share similar backgrounds with the youth they serve, operating on the belief that communities thrive from within. Their goal is to offer a consistent ‘home’ that many of their kids lack in other areas of their lives.
Partnerships for Trauma Recovery (PTR) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to healing the psychological and psychosocial impacts of trauma among international survivors of human rights abuses, forced displacement resulting from war, persecution related to identity and beliefs, gender-based violence and other forms of interpersonal violence. PTR offers culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and linguistically accessible care for asylum seekers and refugees worldwide.
JCYC Scholarship Programs is committed to supporting young people in pursuing higher education. We proudly host an annual award ceremony to spotlight scholarship recipients across nine different JCYC Programs. Our four main scholarships—the Julie Matsueda Believe Scholarship, Excellence Scholarship, Pathways Scholarship, and Thomatra Scott Scholarship—are dedicated to supporting low-income, first-generation college students in their academic endeavors.