The Sports Shed provides quality sports gear and resources to schools and organizations that lack the funding to provide safe and successful sports programs. We serve under-resourced schools (public, charter, and private), after-school/summer programs, sports leagues, park districts, and more. With youth sports on the decline in urban areas due to the high cost of uniforms, footwear, and equipment – and with urban students who are not involved in extracurricular activities more likely to drop out of school, use drugs, or get arrested – The Sports Shed aims to provide positive alternatives to gangs and violence through organized sports. Tina Sernett founded The Sports Shed in honor of her sports-loving father, who taught her the value of sports, the passion to practice, and the life-changing benefits to young people who engage in sports and physical fitness.
