Mentor
The purpose of this Mentoring with Schools Program is to develop, promote and advance Community Relationships with local organizations for employment opportunities of inner city families/youth, and instill a leadership mindset into sports activities of basketball and track/field among Coaching staff/members and other ICSA youth players ages 6-17.
Zion International Ministries believes that Mentoring with Schools Program is designed to steer youth away from options of using or selling drugs, joining gangs or other criminal activities committed by disconnected or unengaged youth.
This program represents a strategic community approach by Pastor Vincent Franklin’s well established relationship with Catholic Diocese of Columbus and FlexWork Sports Management to align resources that allow each student in the inner city neighborhoods develop stronger communication and leadership skills that will lead to a better community for all of our residents, and keep excited through our CUD-VOE FUND planning efforts for a new Charter School: K-8 “Sports & Arts Academy” in a Columbus Ohio inner city neighborhood soon!
MENTORING WITH SCHOOLS PROGRAM
Company trip to Atlanta GA on January 15, 2020 featured Ventriloquist Willie Brown & Woody mentoring five fifth graders Sasha, Jayla, Joia, Christian and Braylen for 90 minute in-school Mentoring Session: 30 minute Lunch greet, 30 minutes Gym Time and 30 minutes Fun Time with special guest reinforcing “Much Love” message from our testimonials to become best version of themselves. Company invited for Panel Forum to Mentor School Assembly of 600+ k-5 students in near future.
Pastor Vincent Franklin has led planning strategies for Youth Ministry with Pro Athletes & Celebrity figures mentoring inner city youth into paths of success outcome, which translated into a Cartoon project to expand “Much Love” message as mainstream conversation.
Coach
YouTube channel: “4 PLAYERS ONLY ELITE” AAU Ohio District 6 / Nationals
https://www.youtube.com/@4playersonlyelite
In May 2021, Company invested $1,500 for ownership of “4 Players Only” AAU Club level 3 that offers FREE REGISTRATION for Columbus youth since Summer 2021. Club offers four Sport choices in Ohio District 6 / Nationals: boys/girls basketball, boys/girls track & field, gymnastics and cheerleading. 5 AAU Cheerleading “Lady Elites”, Alaura, Cienna, Nivaeh, Savannah and Karlie ages 5-12 went to Ballet Classes, twice a week for 6 weeks & uniforms for recital on August 5, 2021. Current AAU Club enrollment is 55 youth ages 6-16 new youth athlete membership renewals beginning September 1st every year, free of charge since 2020 inception of our AAU CLUB for Columbus inner city neighborhood youth. Company seeks additional Pro Athletes/Corporate sponsorship to meet event travel and lodging expenses.
In 2018, Pastor Vincent obtained Certifications for Protecting God’s Children and Play Like a Champion from Catholic Diocese of Columbus and began Coaching 4th & 5th grade boys basketball team at All Saints Academy that 2018-19 season. On July 5, 2019, ZIM CHURCH dba Inner City Student Athletes initiative (ICSA) was launched with BRAXTON MILLER NFL CAMP with five participants.
Since 2019, Pastor Vincent has GM Coach Dylan Barrett with a group of seven South Linden neighborhood boys to a 12 and under Championship at Barnett Rec Center – after several practices then scrimmages with Catholic Diocese church teams at their home gym to prepare the team with championship mindset on March 17, 2020, a Championship ICSA KNIGHTS team was born at ICSA!
In 2021, during COVID-19 pandemic period, 4 PLAYERS ONLY AAU CLUB was formed and six young girls attend ballet class at Elite Performance Academy Studio, Reynoldsburg, OH for six weeks at all expenses paid by ZIM CHURCH. After a successful recital performance August 5, 2021, all six Lady Elites invited a friend to join them at Magic Mountain 4 hours free experience! Six Lady Elites are currently seeking gymnastics career studying with a Masterclass for last two years with Simone Biles, Multiple Olympic All-Around Gold Champion – and entering a Gymnastics program before 2023 end of year.
After FlexWork Sports Management INVITE to Justin Fields NFL CAMP with 5 ICSA participants, and subsequent Field Trip to OSU 
Stadium with nine ICSA participants in 2021, then another five ICSA youth participants attended CJ Stroud NFL CAMP in 2022 featuring only girl at Camp. Pastor Vincent will GM boys,/girls basketball and boys/girls track and field teams going forward and work with Pro Athletes in each sport to train ICSA Youth Participants in skill sets for desired SPORT(s) of CHOICE.
All female ICSA youth participants, in any sport they choose to pursue, are being encouraged to join “YOUTH IN SPORT” since August 2022. Features Allyson Felix, multi-Olympic, multi-gold medal winner specializing in Track & Field.”
2023 has been a busy time so far with so many Youth Athlete SIGN-UPS, and prepping youth for Cartoon and Film Documentary projects Promo Videos/Voiceovers, and upcoming INVITE to Pro Football Hall of Fame activities on August 5-7 upcoming.
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