Ken Garff For Good

Code to success & esports: the purpose of ken garff esports is to enhance and enrich scholastic experiences through and beyond gaming. In the 2023- 2024 school year, there were 99 middle and high school "ken garff esports" clubs throughout the state of utah. The foundation provided 1,500 grants to support each club, totaling 126,500. In the 2023-2024 school year, ken garff esports held 5 regional in-person events at usu eastern, utah tech, utah valley university, salt lake community college, and weber state university where students competed regionally and participated in university booths and activities. In march 2024 we held our 3rd annual statewide event called the "spring celebration" hosted in the university of utah basketball arena and the spencer fox eccles business building where we reached 2400 students across the state. In july 2024, we held our tech track summer camp at 9 different campuses for three weeks covering cybersecurity, game development, and career exploration.

Road to success: road to success is a k-6 incentivized reading program that supports utah students across the state of utah build strong reading habits. Each school that participates gains access to the platform beanstack, which supports digitial and personalized. The road to success program provides every student participating with tangible rewards by meeting specific reading milestones. Within the 2023-2024 school year, 63 schools participated in the program with over 26,000 students. The students partipicating read over 11 million minutes.

Women who succeed: the purpose of women who succeed is to provide opportunities for girls and young women to grow in confidence and leadership skills. We do this by providing mentoring, scholarships, internships, and networking opportunities. During the 2023-2024 school year, 278 young women received mentorship, 32 interns were placed, and 82,000 were awarded in scholarship dollars to 68 young women.