Belong. Mentor. Achieve.
The November Saturdays Foundation creates real access for kids, families, and communities through support that is practical, personal, and consistent.
The Mission In Motion.
This is what the work looks like when support stops being symbolic and starts becoming real. Every number on this board points back to something practical, personal, and consistent.
Student Athletes Sponsored
Direct support helping remove barriers to participation before potential gets overlooked.
Families Supported
Practical support meeting real-life needs with dignity and weight.
Pillars
Belong. Mentor. Achieve.
Built To Hold
The goal is not a moment. It is support that actually lasts.
Young Athletes Reached
Support directed toward real sports participation and access.
Programs In Motion
Youth access, bridge initiative, events, and storytelling.
Flagship Event System
Roster Benefit Classic building momentum around the mission.
Doorways Opened
Removing the barriers that keep someone out before they ever get started.
Families Supported
Bridge support rooted in dignity, not distance.
Partners Standing With Us
Trusted organizations and people helping move the work forward.
Core Leaders
Support With Weight
Care that meets people where they are without reducing them to a need.
Sports Is The Door. Support Is The Bridge.
November Saturdays is a sports-driven nonprofit built to connect the power of athletics with the real needs of children, families, and communities. We believe sports can open doors. We also believe access, mentorship, and support have to meet those doors in real life.
Rooted in dignity
Why We Built This.
November Saturdays was built out of what it means to know instability early, to watch systems fail, and to realize how much one mentor, one coach, or one safe place can change the direction of a life.
This mission is personal to us. It is for the kids carrying too much too early. It is for the families trying to hold it together. It is for the people who just need someone to bridge the gap before it is too late.
We are not here to create something temporary. We are here to build something that actually holds. Something that creates real access, real dignity, and real opportunity through sports, mentorship, and consistent support.
The Leaders Behind The Mission.
November Saturdays is led by people who carry this mission personally. This is not distant leadership. This is hands-on, heart-first, community-rooted work.
Kensley Tolliver
Built November Saturdays from lived experience, vision, and a refusal to let children be defined by what they have survived.
Olivia Blankenship
Helps shape the structure, care, and consistency behind the mission, making sure the work stays grounded and intentional.
Jordon Gandy
Brings leadership, community connection, and on-the-ground perspective to the Foundation’s vision and future growth.
Our Programs
Every initiative inside November Saturdays exists to remove barriers, restore dignity, and create real access where it has been missing.
We help cover the barriers that keep kids out of sports before they ever get a fair shot—registration fees, gear, uniforms, league costs, and what it takes to participate.
A response built to close real-life gaps for families and individuals walking through heavy seasons with practical, dignity-forward support that lasts longer than one moment.
Through the podcast and broader storytelling platform, we widen the mission, tell the truth underneath performance, and bring more people into the conversation.
Our Partners
The mission moves further when trusted people and organizations decide to stand beside it. These partnerships help build credibility, widen access, and create real momentum around the work.
Partner With Us
Ex.Clusively: Beyond The Game
This is where the conversation goes deeper—into identity, pressure, purpose, culture, and the person underneath the helmet. The podcast doesn’t sit beside the mission. It helps carry it.
Beyond performance
Beyond the system
Your Influence Deserves A Purpose.
Whether you are an athlete, coach, parent, donor, or community partner, there is room to be part of this work in a real way. Help us create access, restore dignity, and stay present where support is needed most.