Our Partners

Successful partnerships with businesses and other non-profits that support services to children with serious illness are integral to BounceBack Kids. Partners support our mission and programs in a variety of ways. BounceBack Kids offers basketball instruction at the Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center, a community resource near downtown Durham. BounceBack Kids offers its fitness program at Empower Personal Training, a fitness studio in Durham.

The Emily Krzyzewski Center

The Emily Krzyzewski Center is a tax-exempt nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. It is located less than a mile from downtown Durham, adjacent to the Duke University campus.

Empower Personal Training

Empower Personal Training is a private fitness studio that takes an integrative approach to overall health and wellness. Specializing in designing personalized programs to meet individual health and fitness needs, the staff at Empower offers motivation, guidance and encouragement through every step of the program. Their professional staff is comprised of nationally certified athletic trainers, exercise physiologists, certified personal trainers, yoga and Pilates instructors, licensed massage therapists and registered dieticians.

Empower has been working with the Bounce Back Kids program (formerly Hoop Dreams) since 2003. They have helped many kids improve their physical well-being and develop a stronger sense of confidence and independence. Bounce Back Kids’ participants can join us for our monthly group workouts (one Saturday every month) and/or schedule individual personal training sessions with their own private trainer.

Duke-Carolina Student Basketball Marathon

The Duke-Carolina Student Basketball Marathon is a year-long fundraising event jointly organized by students from Duke University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The marathon is made possible by the Student Basketball Marathon student organization in conjunction with other student organizations. This non-political and non-religious event was created to give students and student organizations from both universities an opportunity to collaborate on an issue which is equally important to both communities- providing opportunities for children with life-threatening illnesses to develop life skills through athletics. The Duke-Carolina rivalry is often considered the best in all of college sports. While rivals on the basketball court, the Duke-Carolina Student Basketball Marathon is just one way Duke and Carolina work together to help build a stronger community. Throughout the year, students from both institutions compete against each other to raise the most money. Each year, the marathon culminates with a Duke vs. Carolina co-ed basketball game. The inaugural year the Marathon broke the Guinness World Record, which now stands at 57 hours and 25 minutes! Duke’s team won that game 3699-3444. BounceBack Kids has been the primary beneficiary of the Basketball Marathon since its inception.

Nickelby Project

The Nickelby Project’s mission is to deliver a little hope and a smile to hospitalized children. As our foundation grows and the needs of the children grows so will our project. Our goal is to provide a gift bag to help ease the worries and fears of children with a chronic or life threatening illness, provide hospital support and educational support.

Rock Against Cancer

Rock Against Cancer works diligently to create greater public awareness of childhood cancers. Rock Against Cancer uses highly successful programs, such as “Stars Night Out” and “Gifts from the Heart” to bring the healing power of music to children and teens battling cancer.

Duke-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation

The mission of the Durham Chapel Hill Jewish Federation is to strengthen and enrich the Jewish community locally, in Israel and throughout the world. Our fundraising supports educational, social service and charitable programs that promote the Jewish values of k’lal yisrael (taking responsibility for one another), tzedakah (charity and righteousness), and tikkun olam (repairing the world).

The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke

The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University Medical is dedicated entirely to the treatment and cure of brain and spinal tumors in children and adults.

T.E.A.M. (Targeted Enhancement of Athletic Movement)

TEAM is a unique performance enhancement and injury prevention program that unlocks the athlete’s potential to run faster, jump higher, move more quickly, throw harder, or swing faster - in short, to play better! Duke Doctors of Physical Therapy, degreed experts trained in movement analysis and exercise, work with experts in skills and strength training to maximize the athlete’s all around performance.