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Sports Backers Youth & Community Active Living Programs include activities such as sports, fitness, running, biking, walking, swimming, and workouts. The programs also offer free fitness classes and support school-based run and fitness clubs through Kids on the Move and other initiatives. The Active Living Leadership (ALL) Stars program serves a cohort of 20 ALL Star Student-Athletes through in-person and virtual learning opportunities.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: The Active Living Leadership (ALL) Stars program provides education, hands-on experiences, and mentorship to a cohort of 20 ALL Star Student-Athletes over the course of 10 months.
Sports Backers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire people to live actively. During the past 34 years, Sports Backers has developed programs and events that are designed to inspire people to live actively and owns and produces many events throughout the year, including some of the largest and most successful of their kind in the country. Sports Backers’ training teams are led by experienced volunteer coaches.
Active RVA is a regional collaborative movement that works with businesses, schools, and early childhood organizations to get every corner of the community moving, and its Certification and Awards program recognizes employers and schools that are implementing programs to promote physical activity, with hundreds of organizations earning certification. Fitness Warriors offers free fitness classes throughout the community every week, and Bike Walk RVA advocates for safe, connected spaces to bike and walk for all ages and abilities while serving as the lead organization advocating for the completion of the proposed 43-mile Fall Line trail from Ashland to Petersburg. Sports Backers focuses on collaborative partnerships with organizations, businesses, local governments, and faith-based institutions, supports 25 other sports tourism events owned and operated by nonprofit organizations in the Richmond region, and engages about 8,000 volunteers annually in its events and programs.
Last updated July 25, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: The Active Living Leadership (ALL) Stars program provides education, hands-on experiences, and mentorship to a cohort of 20 ALL Star Student-Athletes over the course of 10 months.
Sports Backers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire people to live actively. During the past 34 years, Sports Backers has developed programs and events that are designed to inspire people to live actively and owns and produces many events throughout the year, including some of the largest and most successful of their kind in the country. Sports Backers’ training teams are led by experienced volunteer coaches.
Active RVA is a regional collaborative movement that works with businesses, schools, and early childhood organizations to get every corner of the community moving, and its Certification and Awards program recognizes employers and schools that are implementing programs to promote physical activity, with hundreds of organizations earning certification. Fitness Warriors offers free fitness classes throughout the community every week, and Bike Walk RVA advocates for safe, connected spaces to bike and walk for all ages and abilities while serving as the lead organization advocating for the completion of the proposed 43-mile Fall Line trail from Ashland to Petersburg. Sports Backers focuses on collaborative partnerships with organizations, businesses, local governments, and faith-based institutions, supports 25 other sports tourism events owned and operated by nonprofit organizations in the Richmond region, and engages about 8,000 volunteers annually in its events and programs.
Last updated July 25, 2026.
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