Founded by Michael McLeggan and Cecil Herbert, the foundation was organized to provided recreational and educational support to young people. Through our mentoring, tutoring and structured basketball programs we provide students with important foundational tools designed to enrich and inspire their minds. And once adaquately trained and rigorusly tested locally, we seek out competitive venues in which our students can showcase their talents and compete on a regional and national scale.

Nickelodeon Sports Foundation was founded to support all kids, but we will pay particular attention to those low income inner-city children that are born outside many of the options available to the larger society. Children for whom attending college does not event exist even in their dreams. Those for whowm the most important concern is how to survive the day. We what to be both an oasis and a path for student-athletes. While some people think athlete are pampered, we see it as the opposite. Ture student-athletes are faced with the tremendous challenges unlike those of other students in their peer group. They are tasked with the responsibilities of training in the morning, before most other students awake for the day, and practicing after class, often to exhaustion. And then, required to complete the same level of course work as their classmates. Unlike other programs, we intend to educate the families on exactly what it is to assume the responsibilities of a true student-athlete. For us, academics will guide our priciples and fuel our efforts in all phases of a fun engaging athletic program.

Our goal over the next 5 years, is to build a program that has a global impact on the young people that will build a better world.