Hi VXC community! 

My name is Kai McCullough, and I’m a captain and 4 year VXC varsity runner. Last year with your help, my non-profit, Trainers For Teens, raised over $4000 to provide new shoes to local teen runners that didn’t have shoes to train and compete in! These students were running in worn old shoes that didn’t fit, and one student even ran in crocs, because that’s all he had! The impact that the new trainers made on these young athletes was incredible! They were all so thankful! You can see the smiles of excitement in the picture I included, as they received their new trainers! One of the coaches tearfully shared how she had planned to buy her team shoes out of her own paycheck, until Trainers for Teens stepped in to help! Many of you in our VXC community were a part of this, and I’m so grateful to you for your support and generosity! It was truly a team effort as your VXC student athletes came together to help me write words of encouragement and decorate cards that were attached to each box of shoes.

This year, I’m excited to see our VXC community come together again in an even bigger way to help students in need thrive and compete in the sport we all love! I want to share how both VXC parents & VXC athletes can be involved this year! Parents, if you’d like to support this mission, any amount helps, but $25 or more will allow your child to be a member of the Trainers for Teens club. This allows them to have a greater role in helping others while being a part of something they are passionate about! 100% of all money donated will enable us to provide these teens with a brand new pair of shoes to go along with the cards that we as a team will write! All donations are fully tax deductible. Both parents and athletes can also help by following and sharing Trainers for Teens on Instagram and Facebook. Your follow will allow me to grow my social media presence to better negotiate and strengthen partnerships with local stores and shoe brands. This helps stretch all donations further, and enables us to provide more shoes to the teens that need them! If you would like to learn more, or see an example of the card VXC athletes will be decorating, all of that can be found on the Trainers For Teens social and donation pages linked below. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions, or if you would like more information on how to help or how your teen can be involved! Thank you for taking the time to read this and for your consideration, help, and support!

Kai McCullough – VXC Captain

Founder Trainers for Teens 

To Donate: https://ctxcf.networkforgood.com/projects/256951-trainers-for-teens-2025

Follow on Instagram: @trainersforteens https://www.instagram.com/trainersforteens?igsh=MXU0ZHBzdDV6ejV3cA==

Follow on Facebook: Trainers for Teens

Contact at: trainersforteens@gmail.com