Serve the Future uses tennis as a platform for something bigger than sport.
Our mission is bring together students, families, educators, and community leaders to develop the confidence, leadership, resilience, and future-ready skills needed to thrive in a rapidly changing world and lead what comes next.
“When I created Serve the Future, I had no idea the profound impact it would have on our community, particularly the most vulnerable and underserved youth. Your generosity to our foundation has empowered these children to break free from the shackles of negativity, hopelessness, and doubt.”
- Leslie Banks, Founder & Executive Director, Serve the Future
Listen to the STF Story.
Meet the woman behind the Serve the Future foundation. Leslie Banks reveals how the foundation was born from an internal drive to improve the lives around her. Especially the most vulnerable.
Since its founding in 2020 and with support from champions like you, Serve the Future has expanded its reach to over 1,100 students from Phoenix elementary schools in the Isaac and Roosevelt School District, charter school Academia Del Pueblo, high schools in the Phoenix Union School District, and several other schools throughout the Valley.
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