Athletics Corporate Sponsor Teams With Bay Area Youths

San Jose State University athletics corporate sponsor RBC Wealth Management recently shared its wealth with one of San Jose's most-deserving youth programs - the Bay Area After-School All-Stars.

At the San Jose State-Stanford non-conference baseball game on May 12 in San Jose's Municipal Stadium, RBC Wealth Management presented a $2,500 donation to the Bay Area After-School All-Stars during pre-game ceremonies.

"At RBC Wealth Management, we believe that relationships within the communities that we serve are the foundation of our business," said Phil Castaneda, director of the San Jose branch of RBC Wealth Management. "We are proud of our relationship with San Jose State University Athletics and are excited to give back to the Bay Area After-School All-Stars - a great community organization."

The partnership between RBC Wealth Management and San Jose State University athletics is a product of Spartan Sports Properties - a property of Learfield Sports, the leader in the collegiate sports marketing arena.

San Jose State University senior associate athletics director/deputy director of athletics John Poch served as the executive director of the After-School All-Stars of Greater San Jose from 2000 to 2008 and remained on the renamed youth organization's Board of Directors after accepting his current job with the Spartans.

About San Jose State University Athletics

San Jose State University athletics is a 16-sport, NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics program. Approximately 400 student-athletes represent the university at the highest competitive intercollegiate athletics environment available nationwide. The Spartans are members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for 14 sports and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in two sports. San Jose State boasts 10 NCAA team championships and 50 individual titles - the most by any current member.

About Spartan Sports Properties

Spartan Sports Properties (SSP), a property of Learfield Sports, is the official media rights holder for San Jose State Athletics. SSP presents the excitement, color and pageantry of college athletics through advertising, marketing and promotional opportunities designed to best impact one's business by reaching loyal Spartan fans and alumni in San Jose and throughout California. SSP offers many inventory items to meet marketing and advertising goals: radio, television, print, internet, event impact and game-day marketing, and corporate marketing and promotions.

About RBC Wealth Management

In the United States, RBC Wealth Management operates as a division of RBC Capital Markets Corporation. Founded in 1909, RBC Capital Markets Corporation is a member of the New York Stock Exchange, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and other major securities exchanges, as well as the Securities Investor Protection Corp. RBC Wealth Management has over $160 billion of assets under administration and more than 2,200 financial consultants operating in over 200 locations in 42 states.

About the Bay Area After-School All-Stars

Founded in 1992 in Los Angeles as the Inner-City Games by then-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the San Jose chapter was founded in 1997 originally as the Inner City Games of Silicon Valley with significant support from the Silicon Valley Sports Authority. The program's purpose is to give inner-city youth positive alternatives to drugs, gangs and violence. Today, the Bay Area After-School All-Stars runs programs in 26 schools directly reaching over 2,600 students everyday with an annual operating budget of nearly $4-million.

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