For 37 years, the Chicago Area Alternative Education League (CAAEL), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has successfully provided a full spectrum of interscholastic academic and athletic programs to over 100,000 of the Chicagoland area's most at-risk boys and girls ranging from ages 7-21. These students have been removed from their mainstream schools and placed in alternative schools for a broad range of behavioral and emotional issues. We are looking to expand the reach of our organization to include more at-risk students in many other locations outside of the Chicagoland area. With every event's emphasis on positive leadership and SPORTSMANSHIP rather than winning, CAAEL students build character and learn necessary social skills. CAAEL engages alienated youth and helps reintegrate them back into the mainstream. It is a powerful motivator and offers hope of a brighter future for our most vulnerable youth.