Mission:
Action Sports Kids Foundation is a non-profit in Long Beach, California dedicated to providing youth an alternative to the streets and gangs through sports, education and community involvement . Our efforts in creating the Long Beach Skate Park Program, considered one of the most successful in the country, has proven to lower crime, build self-esteem, keep kids in school, and has saved the lives of many of our most at-risk youth.
The ASK Foundation, a local nonprofit, has been working to fund improvements to the west side's only skate park since 2021.
Long Beach’s own Action Sports Kids Foundation will be featured Monday, Jan. 2, at the Tournament of Roses Parade in connection with the Meet the Nouns float.
Tune into the Rose Parade on January 2 to meet the Nouns, meme-like NFT characters created by Web 3 technology. Join Pickle, Cone and Shark as they jam out with a DJ, dancers and skaters from Long Beach’s Action Sports Kids (ASK) Foundation.
Check out ASK Long Beach in the news! Councilwoman Cindy Allen talks with Mike Donelon about skating opportunities in Long Beach and how important skateparks are to our community. This also features some ASK Long Beach Youth - Jeremiah, Mazel, and Dylan show off some of their skills.
An effort is underway to repair and renovate the only skatepark in West Long Beach, and it just received support from one of the biggest names in skateboarding history.
Thanks to Tony Hawk’s nonprofit The Skatepark Project, Long Beach’s Action Sports Kids (ASK) Foundation is one step closer to actualizing a dream for kids and skaters in West Long Beach: a new skatepark for Silverado Park. ASK is leading the way to revitalize the skatepark, and is now significantly closer to its goal thanks to a $15,000 donation from The Skatepark Project.
The ASK Foundation has organized a team event to celebrate the newly opened skate park at Lincoln Park in downtown Long Beach. There will be demonstrations from skateboarding, roller skating, and BMX enthusiasts from 12-4pm on Saturday, February 26th. There will also be free gear, food, water, and a prize raffle.
Mike Donelon was recently featured on the podcast, Life in Motion, and was interviewed extensively about the ASK Foundation. They provide auxiliary services to at-risk youth and empower them through community involvement. Their program allows kids to be themselves, encouraging them to be their best, while also giving back to their community.
Long Beach News Today Kid Anchor Shemaiah Joy reports on the successful Jeffrey Dempsey Memorial Skateboard event at Houghton Park. Long Beach News Today discusses the inspiration and powerful cause behind the event, and chats with the mom of Jeffrey Dempsey, Jr., Amitra Dempsey.
When 21-year-old Lakewood resident Jeffrey Dempsey, Jr. died after a skateboard accident on a Long Beach street in 2011, his mom, Anitra Dempsey, went to Mike Donelon, founder of Action Sports Kids, to help promote safe skateboarding. The result was the Jeffrey Dempsey Jr. Memorial AM/JAM competition. The event will return Saturday, Aug. 7, for the 10th annual edition.
Silverado “Silvo” Skate Park is a local sanctuary for many skaters. But this summer, it will need the support of city officials and community funding in order to save it from becoming an unusable skate park.
This year, the July 4 “Big Bang on the Bay” fireworks party is back on, and raising money for 5 local charities including the ASK foundation.
It's been eight years since Mike Donelon activated the energy of youth skateboarders to design a skatepark in Long Beach, but that gap ended last Saturday…
ASK had the opportunity to participate in the development of the USC Skate Study, which found that skateboarding improves mental health and helps build diverse relationships…
Skateparks and skateboarding saves lives, featuring an interview with ASK founder, Mike Donelon…
