People matter
Empowering youth through sports
Our community partnerships with major sports teams the Seattle Storm and Seattle Kraken provide unique, inspiring and potentially life-changing experiences to underserved youth in our community. Our programming focuses on empowerment, teamwork, self-esteem and leadership.
Together we’re making a difference to empower youth
LETS Play by Symetra
Focused on building Leadership, Equity and Teamwork skills through Sports, LETS Play by Symetra engages students during PE class. In 2023, we brought LETS Play to 62 fourth graders attending Renton Park Elementary School, part of the Renton School District in King County, Washington.
The five-week program included sessions on teambuilding and leadership, as well as hockey and basketball clinics hosted by the Kraken and the Storm. The program closed with a special trip to Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena. Accompanied by teachers and 17 Symetra volunteers, the kids got a memorable behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s first net-zero carbon certified arena.
Symetra also pledged a $1,000 donation to the Renton Schools Foundation for every home win by the Kraken and Storm during their regular seasons.
Since 2022, Symetra has donated $63,000 to local schools though the LETS Play program.
Seattle Kraken
We’re proud to be the first Founding Partner of the Seattle Kraken. We’re working together to make a lasting and positive impact on youth, with a focus on leadership, equity and teamwork.
Storm Academy
Symetra partnered with the Seattle Storm to provide a behind the scenes experience of a Storm game at Climate Pledge Arena to 24 girls from Boys & Girls Club of King County and YMCA of Seattle. The group took a tour of the arena and learned about different areas of the sports business, including broadcasting, event operations and marketing. They wrapped up their evening by taking in the game from a suite.
Storm/RAVE Foundation
We’re partnering with the Seattle Storm and the RAVE Foundation on RAVE’s “26 x 26” initiative to build 26 sports fields by 2026 in historically marginalized communities throughout Washington. The campaign’s name is a nod to the FIFA World Cup tournament being held in the U.S. in 2026.
The partnership celebrated the opening of the first field in Seattle’s New Holly neighborhood in May 2023. Work continues on current projects, with another field due to open in 2024.
Our commitment to communities
See how our unwavering commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is at the center of our community programs.
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