A FUNDRAISING IDEA WITH A PURPOSE BUILT IN
Raise money for your Club. Give a child skills they keep for life.
Supporters sponsor a resilience course for a child your Club chooses. Your Club keeps up to 85% of each sponsorship, and there is nothing to pay to get started.
Contact Tom here to schedule a short call to walk through how this could work for your Club.
HOW IT WORKS
One gift, one child, one course
Your Club picks the child - You decide who receives each course, whether that is a member in need of a confidence boost, an athlete, or a student facing big exams.
A supporter sponsors it - Donors sponsor a course through a link for your Club, or give directly to your Club the way they do today.
The child learns, your Club earns - The child completes on-demand course lessons at their own pace. Your Club keeps its share of the sponsorship.
Two Programs, Two Ways to Build Resilience
Grades 5-12
3-Hours of Material
On-Demand Videos
Mind of a Champion:
Building Resilience for Sports, School & Life
What Kids Learn:
Visualization and mental imagery to prepare for big moments
Concentration that holds up under pressure
Mindfulness to manage stress and stay present
Goal-setting and confidence-building routines
Built for athletes in any sport, team or individual. Each child gets a Champion's Journal to practice with, and the same skills carry into school and everyday life.
Grades 4-12
2-Hours of Material
On-Demand Videos
Stress Less for the Test
Calm, focus and confidence when it counts
What Kids Learn:
The Relaxation Response, through body scans, visualization and mindfulness
How to turn test-day nerves into focused energy
Quick techniques to use during the test itself
Healthy habits: SMART goals, restorative study breaks, sleep strategies and a growth mindset
Useful for quizzes, finals, presentations and college entrance exams, and for any high-pressure moment after school ends.
WHAT EDUCATORS SAY
Taken the online course and recommend it
““This is an excellent course for athletes providing many strategies and opportunities to succeed. I would like to see all athletes have the opportunity to go through this course.””
““The course is presented in a straight forward, engaging manner. The online format is appealing and easy to use.””
WHY IT WORKS FOR YOUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM
A gift donors can picture, with almost no lift for staff
Free to launch - No setup fee and no minimum commitment to begin.
No staff training - Kids work through the lessons on their own. Your team does not need to learn or run anything.
A concrete story for donors - "You sponsored a course for a child at our Club" is easy to share, easy to thank, and easy to report on.
Pricing you control - Set the price that suits your donor community. Tom helps you think through the options.
Mission-aligned - Confidence, resilience and academic success sit at the heart of youth development.
Works where your kids are - Children can complete the courses at the Club on a device, or at home.
CREDIBILITY
Grounded in research and already used in communities
In use by community organizations
United Way of Will County offers these courses to youth in its community through its Resilient Youth Initiative.
Check out more information here: https://uwwill.org/resilient-youth-2026/
Research behind these skills
Both courses grew out of the Resilient Youth Initiative, built on decades of research in resilience, stress management and mind-body medicine, including work from Harvard Medical School, the Child Resiliency Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine.
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE
The practical details
How do supporters give? - They can sponsor a course for a child at your Club through a link set up for your Club, or send their gift directly to your Club as they do now.
Who decides which child gets a course? - Your Club does. Sponsors fund a course for a child your team chooses.
What does it cost our Club to start? - Nothing. It is free to launch.
Do our staff need training? - No. The courses are on-demand video lessons that kids complete themselves.
What do kids need to take a course? - A device with internet access. Children can complete a course at your Club if devices are available there, or at home, and can go at their own pace.
How is our Club’s share calculated? - The percentages shown above are your Club's share at standard course pricing. If you lower the price to suit your donors, your share adjusts. Tom can walk you through the numbers on a call.
Let’s talk about how this could work for your Club
Send a quick note and Tom will reach out to cover the logistics and options.
Tom Klisiewicz: Founder and President, Smart Health Wellness and Performance. Guest faculty member at Harvard Medical School, certified through the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and co-host of the Raising Resilient Kids Podcast.