PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER GIVING BACK
Tavelyn James is a professional basketball player dedicated to giving back and helping children achieve greatness.
Services, Activities & Scholarships
The Tavelyn James Foundation
Teaching children to develop and embrace progression while continuing to serve their communities.
The Tavelyn James Foundation is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Corporation seeking to help children reach their full potential as a student and athlete. To help children get an opportunity to improve their education as well as life skills, so they can increase their chances to improve their communities. To help raise money for student athletes and children looking to expand their education.
Allowing them to continue their education to succeed and better their communities by promoting next generation higher standards. To conduct charitable services to better the community while developing our youth. To eliminate devaluing our youth, to coordinate economically sound leadership skills.
Teaching children to develop and embrace progression while continuing to serve their communities.
Meet Tavelyn James
VoyageATL
Today we’d like to introduce you to Tavelyn James.
Tavelyn, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
I am a native of Detroit, Michigan and attended Eastern Michigan University. I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in health administration and I am currently in graduate school for my Master’s. Being from Detroit, everything wasn’t as easy as it seemed. I started out playing sports at an early age. My first sport was cheerleading. One day in practice...Read more here...
Andrew Young Emerging Leaders Institute
Atlanta, GA
Tavelyn was a panelist at the Andrew Young Emerging Leaders Institute in Atlanta, GA. She spoke to high school and college students. The event was held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on July 10, 2018
Our Mission
We will commit to help children in impoverished communities get an opportunity to further their education as well as life skills so they can increase their chances of getting out of an impoverished environment. To embrace value-added resources to allow children to disseminate leadership skills to promote next-generation deliverables while maintaining the highest standards.
The Tavelyn James Foundation was founded by Professional Women's Basketball player, Tavelyn James Tillman.
The Foundation is committed to teaching children to develop and embrace progression while serving their communities.