San Diego teen starts sports nonprofit clinic for low-income, homeless youth NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

Sports4Kids’ first clinic of the season happened at Chollas-Mead Elementary, a Title 1 school in San Diego’s Chollas View neighborhood.

“Schools like these have around 85-90% of the students that are low income,” 15-year-old Arden Pala, the founder of nonprofit Sports4Kids, told NBC 7. “Unfortunately, they have lost the access to a professional athletic coach for P.E. because of budget cuts.”

The free clinics help fill the gap with free practices and a professional soccer coach.

Pala founded the clinic. He’s still a full-time student at Francis Parker High School. He was also the youngest person selected nationwide to receive the President’s Council Award in Washington, D.C.

“Well, I mean, it’s not easy,” he said. “The main message I’m trying to bring out is that youth have passion to make a difference. They don’t just do it for college or for community service. I would say, really, a lot of …