With help from a handful of parents and volunteers, KEEN started as a single program in the Greater DC area.
In 2005 KEEN began its expansion into select cities across the United States, opening its doors to new athletes and volunteers in Chicago, Los Angeles, St. Louis, San Francisco, New York and Phoenix.
As KEEN grows, it is committed to maintaining its basic ideals:
providing free recreational opportunities to children and young adults with disabilities by pairing them with trained volunteers for fun, noncompetitive activities. KEEN seeks to develop each athlete's self-esteem and confidence, as well as recreational skills and talents, and to increase each athlete's ability to participate in a broader range of recreational activities and environments.
The KEEN logo was designed in 1988 by Richard Hunt, one of KEEN's original athletes in Oxford. Richard loved to draw pictures for KEEN volunteers, which he would bring to sessions and give to his coaches. When we launched KEEN in Oxford, I asked Richard to design the logo of a KEEN Athlete playing tennis, as KEEN grew out of a tennis coaching program for young people with disabilities. Richard jumped at the chance, and came to my flat one afternoon with his mother and quickly came up with what we now know as "Ken". - Elliott Portnoy, KEEN founder
Corina joined the KEEN NY family in 2013 as a BK basketball volunteer. The Coaches Committee quickly adopted her as one of their own and thus began her passionate love affair with the community. In 2017, Corina led the inaugural yoga program and also joined the KEEN NY Associate Board. Through the Associate Board, she planned several fundraisers, including the widely popular KEEN on Comedy show. As an active member of the Coaches Committee, she regularly leads the BK yoga program and also helps facilitate other programs.
Outside of KEEN, she spends her free time working in the exhilarating world of structured finance. She is often seen in the company of a finicky Shih-Tzu and a very muscular boyfriend who didn't help write this.
P.O. Box 5115
New York, NY 10185
KEEN New York, LLC is an affiliate of KEENusa, a national, non-profit 501(c)3 organization with additional affiliates operating in Chicago, Greater Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and St. Louis
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