The Cincinnati Bengals,
Marvin Lewis Community Fund, Hatton Foundation, and Cincinnati
Recreation Commission are teaming up to form the Inner-City Youth
Football Collaborative. An official announcement will come Monday.
The collaborative will
impact over 2,600 youth in Cincinnati in the National Youth, American
Bantam, and Buckeye Youth football leagues. The ICYFC will provide new
equipment, offset league fees, and secure field time for practices and
games. American Youth Football, with the help of NIKE, has agreed to
donate cleats for every child in each of the three leagues. Long-term,
the ICYFC plans to work with the collaborative to build a state of the
art Youth Football facility in Cincinnati.