Company:Washington Properties, LLC

In 1994, Washington founded the The MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation, which promotes academic achievement and positive life skills to disadvantaged children through the game of tennis. In eight years, 254 first- through sixth-grade students have gone through the intense 5-day-a-week after-school program. The free program provides three hours daily of academic tutoring, community service work and character development, using tennis as a reward. The foundation also has touched thousands of kids through free tennis clinics.

You can contact MaliVai Washington at Washington Properties, LLC, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL; 904/273-6398; malwashington@aol.com. Contact the MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation at 904/301-378; www.malwashington.com.

In addition to being a 2022 Good Neighbor Award Winner, MaliVai Washington was also a 2007 Good Neighbor Award Honoree.

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