WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A nonprofit is using a $198,000 grant from the Sedgwick County Crime Prevention Fund to help change the lives of local youth.
Masters and Mentors takes the strategy of chess and turns it into life lessons. They use a chess-based cognitive development program meant to help mentor kids and strengthen their decision-making, emotional regulation and social skills.
Chess is a mental game packed with strategy and skill, and Tony Ballard preaches these strategies for a living every day. His journey is what shapes the program, as he served 25 years in prison and used chess as an escape…