Once OA, always OA.
Graduation is not goodbye. When our student-athletes finish high school and head into their first year of college, we keep showing up for them, with Home Team Boxes packed by the athletes who come next.
A little bit of home, right when they need it.
Every OA graduate receives two Home Team Boxes, care packages sent during their first semester of college, built around a wishlist they share with our staff.
Welcome to Campus
Arrives as they move in or start classes
Dorm essentials, school supplies, and comforts from home to help them settle in and feel ready on day one.
Midterm Pick-Me-Up
Arrives halfway through the semester
Snacks, encouragement, and favorites from their wishlist, right when the work gets real and home feels far away.
Built by the home team.
Our current athletes pack every box, along with handwritten letters of encouragement for the alumni who came before them. Younger athletes see where they are headed. Our graduates know their OA family still has their back.
Alumni share a wishlist
Graduates tell our staff what would help most as they settle in at their new school.
Athletes pack and write
Current OA students put each box together and write personal letters of encouragement.
The box ships to campus
Our team sends it out, once at move-in and again at midterm.
We stay with our kids beyond the program, into college and the life that comes next.
The Class of 2027
Our first graduating seniors will receive the first Home Team Boxes when they start college in fall 2027.
Devin Gideon
Samaya Horsley
Emma WeeksHelp us send a little bit of home to campus.
Every Home Team Box is made possible by donors. Your gift covers the items on a graduate’s wishlist, packing supplies, and shipping, so no graduate goes without a box from home.
- Dorm & school essentials
- Snacks & favorites
- Handwritten letters
- Shipping to campus
Join the Home Team.
Want to fund a box, donate items, sponsor a graduating class, or help our athletes pack? Tell us how you’d like to help and our staff will be in touch.