Revitalizing communities through sports, mentorship & economic opportunity
Building Champions
Step by Step
Generation to Generation
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up,
just as you are doing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Community Engagement & Opportunity Council (CEOC) is a faith-based, non-profit organization founded by Scott & Robin Turner in the Spring of 2021. Our mission is to revitalize communities through sports, mentorship & economic opportunity.
Serving the DFW community through our three foundational pillars:
We aim to help student athletes utilize the character building benefits of athletic participation to go beyond the field of play.
Our First Down Mentorship Program provides leadership & character building training for high school & college student athletes.
Our First Kids Learning Program enhances literacy & builds character. Our Community Partnerships provide both immediate & long term revitalization.
Sports
We aim to help student athletes utilize the character building benefits of athletic participation to go beyond the field of play.
Mentorship
Our First Down Mentorship Program provides leadership & character building training for high school & college student athletes.
Economic Opportunity
Our First Kids Learning Program enhances literacy & builds character. Our Community Partnerships provide both immediate & long term revitalization.
Our Why
67%
(or two-thirds) of U.S 4th grade students are not proficient in reading*
130 Million
adults in the US are now unable to read a simple story to their children*
95%
of Fortune 500 CEOs played sports in college*
76%
of people think mentors are important, but only 37% have one*
18.3 Million
children live without a father (biological, step, or adoptive) in the home*
Only 27%
of NCAA athletes agree that they had a mentor in college who encouraged them to pursue their goals and dreams*
Career Transition
is the most traumatic experience of an athlete, which often generates identity crisis & coping difficulties*
*Sources
Sources
67% (or two-thirds) of U.S 4th grade students are not proficient in reading.
*National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
130 Million adults in the US are now unable to read a simple story to their children
*The National Literacy Institute
95% of Fortune 500 CEOs played sports in college
*coachup.com
76% of people think mentors are important, but only 37% have one
*Forbes, 2019
18.3 Million children live without a father (biological, step, or adoptive) in the home
*US Census Bureau, Our Fatherless Foundation
Only 27% of NCAA athletes agree that they had a mentor in college who encouraged them to pursue their goals and dreams
*NCAA and Gallup, 2020
Career Termination is the most traumatic experience of an athlete, which often generates identity crisis & coping difficulties
*Hatamleh, M. (2013). The life transition of high performance athletes retirement from sport. European Scientific Journal, 9
Providing resources & opportunity builds Champions
Step by Step
Generation to Generation
