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THE AMBER GRAY WHERE 2 NEXT FOUNDATION
"WHATEVER YOU TELL YOURSELF YOU CAN OR CANNOT DO, IT IS TRUE."
our reason why
The Where2Next Foundation was founded by international professional women's basketball player, Amberly Gray. Serving to provide charitable goods and services to uplift Cincinnati communities, Amber uses her influence as a professional athlete to build lasting bonds, give back what she's been so blessed to have, and simply put a smile on faces.
MISSION
Where2Next strives to inspire, motivate, and encourage individuals to focus on the next phase of their life because where they're going is more significant than where they've been.
VISION
Our goal is to provide young women and men with the tools to become the best version of themselves while accomplishing their dreams. We will do this through our basketball training, mentoring program, community events and partnering with other organizations that have similar missions.
WHAT WE DO
MENTORING
WHERE2NEXT is partnering Hamilton County Job and Family Services and Lakota Schools to establish a peer mentoring program. We will be utilizing the life experiences of Lakota West High School Students with training and prevention knowledge of Envision Partnerships to support Lakota Plains students as they learn to navigate the complex world we live in.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
We are partnered with:
Reach Out Lakota
Boys and Girls Club of West Chester
Hamilton County Jobs and Family Services
We hold annual events to service the Greater Cincinnati area. Events include our Thanksgiving Door Dash, Back2School Backpack giveaway, Christmas present drive, and more.
Our upcoming events are listed above.
Thank you for being a part of our success!
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING
Amber's testimony is unlike any other. She's spoken to scores of children and adults about overcoming a near-death experience, to becoming a professional basketball player with a greater mission. She's spoken to crowds about not giving up on their goals, no matter the hardship, and staying future-focused, by asking where to next?!
GALLERY
The Frances Dancy Hooks Scholarship Fund
Frances Dancy Hooks was the great-grandmother of Amber Gray. She left behind a legacy of activism, and was devoted to helping women and young people to meet their full potential. We asked university-bound high school graduates in the foster system, and seniors who attend the Boys and Girls Club of West Chester to come up with a creative way to tell the story of their childhood. The only criteria was to be very candid, because their story could help another young person. For sharing their anecdotes, and potentially inspiring others not to give up their dreams, winners will receive $1,500 in scholarship funding.
2020 winners
Xia Whitfield
High School Lakota East HS Graduate
University Central State
Area of Study Criminal Justice
DeAngle Davis
High School Withrow HS Graduate
University Wright State
Area of Study Journalism
MEET THE TEAM
AMBER GRAY
Founder
TAWNEE TACKETT
Chief Operations Officer
MICHELE FLETCHER-JOHNSON
Board Member
KELLY PEEK
Board Member
TONYA CARTER
Finance & Funding Coordinator
HOPE WARE
President
ALEXA ZUBER
Registered Dietician
HEIDI YOCUM
Community Outreach & Events Coordinatror