Before the Dreams’ Annual Youth Combine is a fiscally-sponsored community program seeking to bring together youth from Pittsburgh area communities and beyond through yearly day-long football events during which they display their athletic abilities in an NFL-style combine. The purpose of “Before the Dream” is to nurture amateur sports competition; lessen the burdens of government, lessen neighborhood tensions, eliminate prejudice and discrimination, combat community deterioration and juvenile delinquency, and advance education. The Combine helps expand young athletes’ horizons and promotes meaningful interactions among peers, with instructors, and coaches by engaging them in healthy activities, fostering a positive self-image, and by encouraging sportsmanship. The Youth Combine began with 30 participants in 2016 and saw a record 190 attendees from all over the city of Pittsburgh and surrounding communities in 2025. Each year, the positive impacts of this project reverberate across every single participant’s community of origin. In practice, every single community in the Pittsburgh area and its surroundings is set to be impacted.
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