The Quarterbacks of Life Student Success & Leadership Program run by the Beating the Odds Foundation aims to help students achieve success in school and life. It teaches students life skills and lessons through role models and assemblies. The program has partnered with many organizations over 25 years to inspire hundreds of thousands of students. It includes activities like a NASA research project where students apply language arts skills to learn about NASA's successes. The program uses former athletes and others who overcame adversity as mentors to students.

1. Quarterbacks of Life® Student
Success & Leadership Program
HELPING STUDENTS ACHIEVE
SUCCESS IN SCHOOL AND LIFE

2. – Don Wagner, Principal, Bellwood-Antis Middle School
"Since partnering with the Beating the Odds Foundation on the
Quarterbacks of Life program, we have seen a noticeable change in our
student body. Students have begun to internalize the Stepping Stones to
Success and are facing the challenges of daily life with a game plan for
success.
Furthermore, the fantastic assemblies delivered by amazing role models
have been a huge hit with our students. There is a noticeable buzz in the
school following the assemblies and the students have truly been inspired by
the speakers’ stories of overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
Thanks for all you have done."

3. Our Mission
The Beating the Odds Foundation's
mission is to serve the needs of
students by fostering in them the
desire to achieve success in all that
they do and to live lives of purpose
and meaning as caring human
beings and builders of caring
communities.

4. – Warren Moon
“I got involved with the Beating the Odds Foundation in 2007 when I heard
the Foundation’s mission. This program is all about helping young kids; I’m
in a position now where I can give advice to young people of what I’ve
learned throughout my journey. Beating the Odds Foundation and
Quarterbacks of Life is all about providing young people with knowledge
from people who have experienced adversity in their lives and persevered.”

5. The awesome power of dreams and the undeniable influence of those
who awaken them in us!
BeatingTheOdds.org
25 Years of Partners
Now Brings Powerful Life Lessons
Over the past 25 years, Beating the Odds Foundation has partnered with numerous
organizations, corporations, and agencies including NASA, AOL, E! Entertainment,
U.S. Army JROTC, NFL Alumni Association, Sports 1 Marketing and individuals from all
walks of life, that we call Quarterbacks of Life® (QBOL™). All of our partners over the
years have made it possible for hundreds of thousands of students to be reached with
the “beating the odds” message and POWERFUL Life Lessons.
Today, we have an innovative and inspirational program called the Quarterbacks of
Life® Students Success and Leadership Program. The POWERFUL Life Lessons
taught in this program, in person and through technology, help students become
proficient in Language Arts Skills, Interpersonal Skills, and life skills through activities
such as Quarterbacks of Life®/ NASA partnership.

6. To the Moon
In the game of football, Quarterbacks are
leaders and team players who are charged
with moving the football down field, putting
points on the scoreboard, and winning
games in the face of opposing team
strategies and challenges. Since 2007,
former NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback
Warren Moon has served as a Quarterback
of Life, where his story of triumph over
adversity gives hope to students.
Quarterbacks of Life are individuals from all
walks of life who have dreams and goals
and a never give up state of mind. They
face life challenges, experience self-doubt,
and overcome adversity with resilience and
the support of others in their quest for
success. And, they support others in their
journey to reach their full potential.

7. Quarterbacks of Life
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks to
students from Mapletown Junior-Senior High
School, West Greene Middle-Senior High School
and Margaret Bell Middle School during the NASA
Hubble Space Telescope Research Project
Capstone NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

8. Quarterbacks of Life
The Quarterbacks of Life Student Success and Leadership Program’s curriculum
comprises various activities/projects that demonstrate to students what they are
learning in school shapes their success in school, life, and a career.
Beating the Odds Foundation teamed up with NASA for this very special activity/
project. Students apply their language arts and interpersonal skills and the Program’s 5
Stepping Stones to Success in researching NASA’s record of success regarding its
many missions. Students likewise will understand what they and the many people
working on the Hubble mission share in common regarding what it takes to succeed in
life and a career.
At the conclusion of this research project, students have a useful definition of success
and a blueprint for success to use in advancing their education, preparing for a career,
and orchestrating a life of success.

9. Innovative and Unique
25 Years of producing powerful Quarterbacks f Life® stories, along with the curriculum
called Stepping Stones to Success is what makes this Program innovative and unique.
Teachers, administrators, parents, and community leaders are excited about the
positive impact this Program is having on students.
Former Pittsburgh Steeler and Vietnam War Hero Rocky Bleier, and Soul Surfer and
Shark Attack Survivor Bethany Hamilton, along with NFL Quarterback and Hall of
Famer Warren Moon, Co-Chair this initiative. In addition to students meeting
individuals, called Quarterbacks of Life®, students also have the opportunity to visit
such institutions as NASA and hear how astronauts achieved their dreams.
To learn more, please visit PAST EVENTS and read about our success stories

10. Quarterbacks of Life
NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback
and Founder of Sports 1
Marketing, Warren Moon; and
CEO of Sports 1 Marketing and
author of Connected to
Goodness, David Meltzer speak
to students at NASA
Headquarters in Washington,
DC.

11. Our Reach
Challenger Center for Space Science
Education is a nonprofit educational
organization with its headquarters in
Washington, DC. It was founded in 1986 by
the families of the astronauts who died in the
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January
28, 1986.
The organization offers dynamic, hands-on
exploration and discovery opportunities to
students around the world. These programs
equip students with the knowledge,
confidence, and skills that will help better our
national social and economic well-being.
Challenger Learning Centers give students the
chance to become astronauts and engineers
and solve real-world problems as they share
the thrill of discovery on missions through the
Solar System. Using space simulation and
role-playing strategies, students bring their
classroom studies to life and cultivate the skills
needed for future success.

12. – State Rep. Bill McCamley
“With this center, we're giving our children an opportunity that no one else in
the state has, and very few people in the world have — to get this type of
education, and to spur this kind of excitement.”

13. 45 Locations
Around The World
The Challenger Learning Centers reach into
communities around the globe, engaging
more than 400,000 middle school-age
students and 40,000 educators each year.

14. – William Henderson, Superintendent of Schools, Southeastern Greene School District
“This program has provided our students with the tools and resources
necessary to achieve success regardless of the obstacles that they may
encounter. I believe that the students of Southeastern Greene School District
have benefited greatly from this program and we look forward to many more
positive outcomes in the future.”