The First Dink Foundation Inc.
About the First Dink Foundation
The First Dink Foundation was created in 2022 to introduce young people of all ages and backgrounds to the game of pickleball and teach life long lessons through our curriculum. Teaching character education through specific life skills, children and teenagers discover how the skills essential for success on the pickleball court can also help them flourish in life.
The First Dink Nine Core Values
Pickleball is an ideal context for acquiring The First Dink Nine Core Values, because it is a voluntary activity that provides challenges, requires commitment and effort over time, and has clear rules. The First Dink aims to create a youth-centered, mastery driven climate in which young people are empowered to explore options and make decisions, two elements that are critical to our children’s development.
The Nine Core Values:
1. Fairness - without showing favor and without allowing an advantage for one side over another 2. Integrity – Having strong moral values and doing the right thing 3. Responsibility - doing the things we are supposed to do, and accepting the outcomes of our own actions 4. Sportsmanship – Respectful behavior to others and following rules regardless of the outcome 5. Tolerance – Accepting differences 6. Determination – Never Giving Up 7. Inspire - Be a driving force for action 8. Nurture – Encourage a Healthy Mind and Body 9. Knowledge – Facts and Skills that are Learned, Understood, and Implemented
The First Dink Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) and all donations are tax deductible. EIN 87-3191813
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