Event Details
Date: July 21, 2026
Time: 4:30 to 7:00 PM
Location: Macquarie Group
660 5th Ave, New York, NY
Reception featuring chef-prepared hors d’oeuvres and beverages.
Featuring
ARSHAY COOPER
#1 USA Today bestselling author, global speaker, athlete, and advocate for youth opportunity
Questions?
info@teamkids.org
Join Team Kids and Macquarie for a special evening bringing together national leaders from business, finance, education, public safety, philanthropy, and government to celebrate 25 years of innovation that helps youth thrive.
When young people are trusted to lead, they rise to the occasion.
This milestone gathering will honor Team Kids’ legacy of empowering young people through service, leadership, and civic engagement, while looking ahead to the next generation of changemakers.
For 25 years, Team Kids has helped children discover the power of their own leadership. Through student-led service, mentorship, and community collaboration, Team Kids programs give young people the opportunity to lead with compassion, solve real-world problems, and see themselves as capable of creating meaningful change.
This anniversary celebration brings together longtime partners, civic leaders, corporate supporters, educators, public safety professionals, and friends of Team Kids to recognize the impact made possible through shared investment in youth.
Why It Matters
Team Kids programs invite students to work alongside trusted adults, including firefighters, police officers, university interns, educators, and community partners, to address issues that matter to them and their communities. Through this model, youth build empathy, teamwork, self-efficacy, and a deeper belief in their ability to make a difference. Team Kids’ program pages note outcomes including increased self-esteem and self-efficacy, greater developmental outcomes, and reduced high-risk behaviors.
25 Years of Changemakers
Team Kids Published Research
Team Kids is proud to implement research-based, empirically validated youth development programs that help young people build confidence, connection, and leadership skills. Team Kids is one of the only education-related organizations to conduct a school-based randomized control trial, and the Team Kids Challenge has been recognized as an empirically validated youth development and prevention model with published research.
7th Annual Team Kids Golf Classic
Monday, October 12, 2026 at Monarch Beach Golf Links, Dana Point–
Join us at the exclusive Monarch Beach for a day of golf overlooking the beautiful Pacific Ocean and help support the award-winning nonprofit Team Kids to protect and empower youth! If you don’t golf, consider joining us for our happy hour event, purchase a golf ball for the helicopter drop, or get bidding on our online auction!
The Team Kids Challenge creates a “win, win, win” for all stakeholders involved.
When witnessing the magic in action, it’s easy to see the positive impact on every Team Kids partner, including teachers, police, firefighters, corporate partners, college interns, and most importantly the students.
In 2016, the Team Kids Board of Directors made research and evaluation a top strategic priority. We were fortunate to have the early leadership of Dr. Julie Tapp, who implemented and evaluated initial pre/post surveys in our Team Kids schools in Compton (CA), Torrance (CA) and in NYC (NY.) The powerful results from Dr. Tapp’s evaluation led to securing Arizona State University Assistant Criminology Professor Dr. Adam Fine as an independent researcher to rigorously evaluate Team Kids outcomes.
Thanks to their collective efforts and professional evaluation, the flagship Team Kids Challenge is now an empirically validated youth development and prevention model with published research papers in the APA Journal of Psychology, Public Policy and Law, and in the Journal of Experimental Criminology.
Testimonials
“I learned that you don’t have to be a grownup to make a difference.”
“The service learning opportunities offered through […] Team Kids have been the best thing I have ever done with my kids in over 20 years of teaching.”
“Team Kids is addressing critical child and community needs today, while also building our next generation of problem solvers.”
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