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Our Mission

A group of children playing football on a blue outdoor court, with a man holding a football in the center, possibly a coach or instructor.
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A group of young children and an adult coach on a sports field participating in a football training session. The coach is holding a football and explaining something to a girl with glasses, while other children watch. They are all wearing white t-shirts with sports logos, and the setting is outdoors with green trees and a blue sky.

Uplift, Inspire
& Support

Roquan.org uplifts, inspires, and supports children and their families. Led by the NFL’s All-Pro linebacker Roquan Smith, Roquan.org enhances the mental well-being of children through a variety of events, such as free football camps. In addition, The Roquan Smith Foundation also provides an array of resources to children and families in need, such as sports & educational materials, holiday gifts, and even thousands of turkeys.

These initiatives are crafted to nurture the child's mental health, while at the same time supporting a healthy family structure.

Key
Initiatives

Roquan.org crafts its activities to nurture a child’s mental health, while at the same time promoting a healthy family structure. Our initiatives include:

  • Football Camps: Roquan has hosted hundreds of children at intensive, in-person football camps, often supply other necessary items, such as shoes, for the participants. Camps have taken place in Macon County, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, and Baltimore, Maryland.

  • Resources: Roquan has supplied a wide array of necessities — and niceties — for children in need, including sports materials, educational materials, holiday gifts, thousands of turkeys, even haircuts!

  • Inspirational Events: Roquan is honored to go into communities and host special events to inspire and education children, from school visits to shoppings sprees for children in need.

An adult man and a young boy participating in an outdoor football training session on a grassy field, with agility training equipment.
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Accomplishments
(so far)

  • Football Camps with Roquan for hundreds of local children

  • 3,100+ turkeys and fresh produce delivered to families in need for Thanksgiving since 2019

  • Football equipment and uniforms

  • Basketball team equipments and uniforms

  • Scholarships of $10,000 to college-bound Macon County students

  • Game tickets to local charities

  • Supporting a non-profit dedicated to helping families of domestic abuse

  • Supporting a non-profit dedicated to helping foster children

  • Shopping sprees and Santa support for kids at Christmas

  • 100+ Christmas trees donated to families in Chicago

  • 10,000+ masks and sanitizers donated during the pandemic, when they were hard to get

  • Holiday gift giving in Baltimore, Chicago, and Macon County

  • Gratitude Huddles supporting families (giving thanks, games, dinner, inspiration)

  • My Cleats, My Cause: donated cleats to support families impacted by domestic violence

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