NFL Youth Education Town

The NFL Youth Education Town, also known as YET or YET Center, is a chain of educational and recreational centers in the United States. The Boys and Girls Club of America operates the centers on behalf of the National Football League.

Like the Boys and Girls Clubs, YET Centers provide afterschool activities for school-age children. These activities include sports programs, computer training, career development, and tutoring. Each YET is located in a lower-income neighborhood of a city that has hosted a Super Bowl since the early 1990s.

History

Logo with the old NFL logo.

YET grew out of the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the need that arose to correct the social inequities laid bare by that event. The NFL announced that it would build and finance a new afterschool center in Compton, California as a legacy of Super Bowl XXVII (held in the L.A. area at the Rose Bowl Stadium). Michael Jackson and Garth Brooks also helped finance the opening of the Compton center.

After the success of the Compton YET, the NFL announced that a new center would open in conjunction with each new Super Bowl. As of January 2008^[update], there were 12 centers in 10 locations (San Diego and Tampa have two each, as those cities have hosted multiple Super Bowls in this period), and three others were under construction. Two of the future locations will be in Honolulu, Hawaii in honor of the Pro Bowl and Arlington, Texas in honor of Super Bowl XLV.

Fundraising

The main public fundraiser is the NFL Experience, the league's version of a theme park which is open the weekend before and the weekend of the Super Bowl. A portion of each admission price is donated to YET.

External links

• More information and a link to local partners, some with locations

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