Gold Crown Foundation Youth Sports and Enrichment Programs
Ball Arena, 150 S Harlan Street, Lakewood, CO 80226
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Gold Crown Foundation Sports and Enrichment Programs include activities such as basketball, volleyball, golf, hockey, football, mindfulness, stretching, yoga, and nutrition. The programs are part of the Gold Crown Foundation’s effort to “prepare kids for the game of life,” inside and outside of the classroom and on and off the court.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
Founded in 1986, Gold Crown Foundation has grown into one of Colorado’s largest youth sports providers, offering boys and girls basketball, volleyball, golf and enrichment programs to more than 15,000 youth annually in Colorado and surrounding states, with 16,000 participants, 1,600 volunteers and 40 program offerings throughout the year. Gold Crown Enrichment, launched in 2003, is a free, drop-in program operating throughout the year at the Best Buy Teen Tech Center in Lakewood and the Gold Crown Clubhouse at Edgewater, and has served more than 6,000 youth since 2004, with more than 500 active members and 20 mentors. The Health Huddle program, started in 2019, focuses on overall physical and mental health of youth, including mental health, healthy habits and sports performance, and includes the Healthy Kids Expo, which is free and open to the public and engages around 800 youth and their families in interactive activities ranging from sports to mindfulness and nutrition. Gold Crown Foundation offers free facility use to community partners such as Special Olympics Colorado, National Sports Center for the Disabled, Jeffco Adaptive Athletics, Easter Seals, Colorado Wheelchair Basketball, and Adam’s Camp, and provides nearly $900,000 each year in subsidized program fees. Gold Crown Enrichment is part of the Computer Clubhouse network with 100 members in 20 countries, and in 2014 it hosted the National Clubhouse Conference with over 200 participants from 20 countries. In 2009, Gold Crown hosted the NWBA Championships, described as the largest wheelchair basketball event in the world, and through its officiating program it assigns more than 15,000 basketball games throughout the year.
The organization’s leadership team includes Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Bill Hanzlik; Executive Director Kevin Petty; Impacts Director Fran Baker; Director of Finance Tara Leipheimer; Development Director Coby Chaney; Marketing Director Meghan Overton; Partnership Development Manager Jordan O'Brien; Digital Marketing Manager Cat Miller; Sports Operations Director Jeff Petty; Sports Program Director/Outreach Mark Rusch; Sports Programs Directors Jordan Crowe, April Thompson, and Sean Fredrickson; Facilities Director Dillon Barkman; Facilities Assistant Director Alyssa Svalberg; Facilities Coordinator Landrey Terry; Enrichment Director and BBTTC Clubhouse Coordinator Brittany David; Enrichment Innovation Director and Edgewater Clubhouse Coordinator Career Pathways Coordinator Galen Shoe; Mentor Coordinators Seth Kenton and Oscar Guevara; and Assistant Clubhouse Coordinator Celine Maes. The foundation’s history includes the opening of Coca-Cola All-Star Park in 1998, the launch of the Gold Crown Jr. Golf Association in 1999, the start of the Gold Crown Girls Volleyball League in 2000, the construction and opening of the Gold Crown Field House in 2003, the opening of the Gold Crown Jr. Golf Learning Center in 2007, and the launch of Health Huddle in 2019. Coca-Cola All-Star Park is 90% to scale of Coors Field, and Gold Crown Enrichment has become one of 100 members of the Computer Clubhouse network located in 20 countries.
Last updated July 28, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
Founded in 1986, Gold Crown Foundation has grown into one of Colorado’s largest youth sports providers, offering boys and girls basketball, volleyball, golf and enrichment programs to more than 15,000 youth annually in Colorado and surrounding states, with 16,000 participants, 1,600 volunteers and 40 program offerings throughout the year. Gold Crown Enrichment, launched in 2003, is a free, drop-in program operating throughout the year at the Best Buy Teen Tech Center in Lakewood and the Gold Crown Clubhouse at Edgewater, and has served more than 6,000 youth since 2004, with more than 500 active members and 20 mentors. The Health Huddle program, started in 2019, focuses on overall physical and mental health of youth, including mental health, healthy habits and sports performance, and includes the Healthy Kids Expo, which is free and open to the public and engages around 800 youth and their families in interactive activities ranging from sports to mindfulness and nutrition. Gold Crown Foundation offers free facility use to community partners such as Special Olympics Colorado, National Sports Center for the Disabled, Jeffco Adaptive Athletics, Easter Seals, Colorado Wheelchair Basketball, and Adam’s Camp, and provides nearly $900,000 each year in subsidized program fees. Gold Crown Enrichment is part of the Computer Clubhouse network with 100 members in 20 countries, and in 2014 it hosted the National Clubhouse Conference with over 200 participants from 20 countries. In 2009, Gold Crown hosted the NWBA Championships, described as the largest wheelchair basketball event in the world, and through its officiating program it assigns more than 15,000 basketball games throughout the year.
The organization’s leadership team includes Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Bill Hanzlik; Executive Director Kevin Petty; Impacts Director Fran Baker; Director of Finance Tara Leipheimer; Development Director Coby Chaney; Marketing Director Meghan Overton; Partnership Development Manager Jordan O'Brien; Digital Marketing Manager Cat Miller; Sports Operations Director Jeff Petty; Sports Program Director/Outreach Mark Rusch; Sports Programs Directors Jordan Crowe, April Thompson, and Sean Fredrickson; Facilities Director Dillon Barkman; Facilities Assistant Director Alyssa Svalberg; Facilities Coordinator Landrey Terry; Enrichment Director and BBTTC Clubhouse Coordinator Brittany David; Enrichment Innovation Director and Edgewater Clubhouse Coordinator Career Pathways Coordinator Galen Shoe; Mentor Coordinators Seth Kenton and Oscar Guevara; and Assistant Clubhouse Coordinator Celine Maes. The foundation’s history includes the opening of Coca-Cola All-Star Park in 1998, the launch of the Gold Crown Jr. Golf Association in 1999, the start of the Gold Crown Girls Volleyball League in 2000, the construction and opening of the Gold Crown Field House in 2003, the opening of the Gold Crown Jr. Golf Learning Center in 2007, and the launch of Health Huddle in 2019. Coca-Cola All-Star Park is 90% to scale of Coors Field, and Gold Crown Enrichment has become one of 100 members of the Computer Clubhouse network located in 20 countries.
Last updated July 28, 2026.
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