Richard Awni has been involved in sports throughout his life from the formulative years through high school and early college which provided valuable lessons in developing life skills, in the early 80's when he was one of the first to pioneer "All Natural" Cosmetic and Herbal product line's called "Nature's Own" moving to 1989 he threw his hand in the Telecom explosion Founding CELL-U4-LESS with over three hundred employees before relinquishing his interest in Technology and acquiring a "World Cup" license in 1994 from Time Warner Sports, all the while attending Summer Olympics, Super Bowls, World Cups, NBA , MLB, World Championship Series etc. Since then he has become involved with the Paralympics Movement (Special Olympians) and while in Atlanta for the 1996 Olympic Games he

During the Olympics he was also invited by Pele (who is the Minister Desportes for the Brazilian Para-Olympic Team) to assist with the Athletes that were there to compete. Originally Richard was introduced to the Olympic Games during the 1984 Summer Games, where he caught the Olympic Bug. He sits on several boards and is a business owner with several commercial interests and was voted Chairman of the Board by the Family First Foundation where the Phoenix Committee also honored him.

became the co-publisher of the Braves Express Fan Publication, during that time he Founded the “Atlanta's Braves Express "Kidz To Kamp” program which was responsible for sending under-served inner-city youth to various camps in Georgia and surrounding States. He also Organized Family Events as well as organizing monthly visits to the Scottish Rite Hospital for seriously ill children bringing Entertainers and Athletes to visit and brighten up their day and was eventually awarded a Mayoral Certificate from then Mayor Mr. Bill Campbell and was honored by the City of Atlanta.

“ Sports and Education go Hand in Hand” 

“It’s not just a tag line for Foundation Programs when we run our camp’s we bring Educational Speaker’s from the School Board District head-quarters among others to instruct Youths on College Entrance Requirements, Anti-Drug Sessions, Sat evaluations, NCAA requirements, etc.”

“ We have also invited guest speaker’s from our local Senate and Congressional Offices and we have also found that many inner-city Youth’s have a mistrust or mis-representation of what our City Services are about and why in place to protect and assist people like themselves so we invite Local Police and Fire Departments to come and speak and interact for a short period, run lights, etc, which we find is a great Community Perception ice breaker.”

“We provide Parents of Attendees an Orientation Sheet on the importance and impact of Sports as a life teaching tool that spells out the Mental and Physical health benefits of participating in sporting activities. We are committed to providing quality programs and opportunities to help as many Youth’s (Children Of Today Leaders of Tomorrow) to become responsible Leaders of their Community. We primarily target 6-13 year age groups, as we feel that that segment is the most teachable still, and are more open to ‘outside the neighborhood’ opportunity’s and vision.

Statement from the President

KENNY FIELDS