A one million dollar gift from The K.H. Hofmann Foundation started the process and vision in 1995, and today the Community Youth Center (CYC) is a state-of-the-art youth sports and academic complex. The CYC was started to help address growing concerns regarding cutbacks in youth programs at a time when young people were being forced to deal with problems like gangs, drugs and crime.

Unfortunately, those 1995 problems and concerns still exist in today's society. The CYC has helped many kids over the past 12 years, and willingly continues to do so today. The K.H. Hofmann Foundation, along with other private funding, continues to support the CYC. The Foundation believes that through controlled sports training and education augmentation, today's youth that take advantage of CYC programs and services will develop discipline, dedication and desire to better themselves. Acquiring those attributes will start them well on their way to securing confidence and self-esteem to develop the foundation to build on as they mature.