The Oscar Chaplin, III Foundation for Education & Athletics
2025 Year-In-Review…Year 4-Yellow
If you have not received yours and you know that you should be, it is on the way…Thank you for your travel with us from blue to red to green, and now yellow. Next year, we will finish… Read More
CONGRATULATIONS to our 3rd Annual Level-Up Awardees!
On this, what would have been Oscar’s 45th birthday, we close the day by posting a picture of past Level-Up Awardees, Robert Whitlock and Rucker Johnson, taken at the 2024 North American Open Finals in Tucson, AZ…, AND… Read More
Level-Up Awards for 2025-2026 are open!
On behalf of the Founding Board of The Oscar Chaplin, III Foundation for Education & Athletics and the Chaplin Family, we welcome applications for the 2025-2026 Level-Up Awards. Applications are due 4 FEB 2025 at midnight, Pacific Time…. Read More
From 2024 into 2025
As you look over your shoulder back to experiences and memories in 2024 that may feel positive or negative, know that growth in Spirit, Mind, and Body will help us all to see the future in a more… Read More
MERRY CHRISTMAS to You!
May you know the Peace in your Spirit to see the Blessings in the midst the challenges. Spirit. Mind. Body.
Our Service Members
Always grateful beyond words for our military service members and their families, too. The Chaplin and Ebanks families have had several service members, especially in the US Army and US Navy, and have a time-honored tradition of respectful… Read More
The OC3 Foundation on the Move!
After having proudly supported student-athletes in Volleyball, Golf, Baseball, Football, and Track & Field at Savannah State University in Savannah, GA, U.S.A. with the 2nd Bridging the Academic Gap Award, we are excited to announce that we will… Read More
The Olympic Games are Open!
It was awesome to see Team USA enjoying the sights, sounds, and presence of the Opening Ceremonies in Paris. The historic flashbacks and integration of past Olympians, including some that we know were memorable for Oscar (“Diamond”) and… Read More
Happy (Belated) Mother’s Day!
Should we make a big deal about “just” saying Happy Mother’s Day on the day, but not doing all the big celebratory activities every time? Maybe. Mother’s Day was a mix of conventional and unconventional for many this… Read More
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Last Updated: January 4, 2026 by The OC3 Foundation
The Oscar Chaplin, III Foundation for Education & Athletics 2026-2027 Level-Up Awards are open!
Welcome to this year’s Level-Up Award opportunity. If you ever saw Oscar a.k.a. Diamond at a competition, you were quite likely to see his (our) father, Big “O,” not too far behind. Big O provided spiritual, mental, and… Read More
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