First Serve is the only organization that utilizes tennis with the sole purpose of empowering youth with the skills, values and experience they need to be responsible, productive and successful in life.
First Serve Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Our Board of Directors includes some of the most influential people in professional tennis as well as other community and business leaders throughout the United States.
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First Serve hired the core group of individuals who designed The First Tee® Life Skills Experience, a golf/life skills curriculum that has reached over 500,000 young people since 2001.
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| We have established strategic alliances with the major organizations of professional tennis. With their collective support, First Serve is an internationally recognized youth empowerment organization. |
| Can be played for a lifetime, indoors or outdoors, day or night. |
| Is a great way to get physically fit or stay healthy while having fun. |
| Is easily accessible, as schools and public parks throughout the country have tennis facilities. |
| Involves positive socialization with peers in a safe environment. |
| Promotes communication, honesty, managing emotions, balance, goal setting, learning, achievement, and service to others. |
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