Our Mission
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.
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
