Team Walker’s goal is to improve the lives of Jersey City’s children through academic and recreation programs. Team Walker was founded in 1996 with the personal savings of Jersey City natives Jerry and Jasper Walker. Products of the tough streets of Jersey City themselves, the Walker brothers designed Team Walker around the youth programs they experienced while growing up. Jerry and Jasper credit these programs for “keeping them off the streets and out of trouble.” Team Walker continues the legacy of youth programs started by their grandfather, James “Pop” Curry. Mr. Curry’s youth programs provided a foundation of dedication, determination, and discipline, which propelled Jerry’s success in professional basketball and Jasper’s on Wall Street. Team Walker passes this foundation onto today’s Jersey City youth.