Sunnyvale PAL Boxing
Hours:
Monday-Thursday 4:30pm-6:00pm and 6:15pm-8:00pm
Children between the ages of 7 and 12 MUST be accompanied by a parent.
Annual membership: $50
Hand-wraps $5 mouth guards are $1.
Members are required to bring a mouth guard and hand-wraps which can be purchased at the front desk. Gloves, headgear, and belts are provided for use at the gym, though members may bring their own equipment if they wish.
Dress code is enforced
Members should wear workout clothes and athletic or boxing shoes.
Neutral colors MUST be worn i.e. black, white, gray-no red or blue is allowed.
Anyone wearing inappropriate colors, logos, or gear, will be asked to change their clothing or leave.
The Sunnyvale Police Activities League (PAL) exists to build and strengthen relationships between youth and public safety officers in our community through providing athletic and extracurricular opportunities that otherwise would not be accessible to the participants. In 2003, PublicSafety Officer Jose Ramirez started an afterschool boxing program for middle school youth. The program flourished serving more than 700 students over the next three years until the facility they were using became unavailable. The club searched for a new home and finally found it at The Gateway Neighborhood Center. The Sunnyvale Boxing Club re-opened in April 2011 to host young boxers seven years old and older. In the first 6 weeks more than 200 youth had registered for the program. Staffing is covered by volunteer coaches and administrative assistants. Each afternoon, Monday through Thursday 25-50 youth and their parents gather to work out and learn boxing techniques.
In the fall of 2010, Sunnyvale Dept of Public Safety partnered with Reach Potential Movement to implement the Sunnyvale Youth Mentoring Program. The pilot project of this program grew from a DPS Crime Prevention Unit pilot program called Youth & Horses, which teaches at-risk high school youth about values through working with horses. The first session of Youth and Horses ran during spring of 2011. In addition to Youth & Horses, the Sunnyvale Youth Mentoring Program continued with the students providing mentoring and partnering with the staff at the boxing program as there was much crossover interest between the programs. SYMP provides quarterly special events and outings such as laser tag, fishing, hiking and horseback riding.
