Recipients of Donations
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St. Christopher's Inc. Dobbs Ferry, NY
Boys and Girls Club of Mt. Kisco, NY Homes for the Homeless in NYC, Pitch in for Baseball in Harleysville, PA Miracle League of Westchester, NY Community Center of Northern Westchester, Mt. Kisco, NY Boys and Girls Club of Mt. Vernon, NY West Side Soccer League in Harlem, NY P.S. 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School in Jamaica, NY Second Time Around the Rink in Newark, NJ Michael Angelo Middle School in Bronx, NY Peace Passers Restore Hockey in Pepperell, MA Mount Kisco Community Center, Mt. Kisco, NY Hero, Inc Connect3Bridge Guyana Mission:Soccer, Haddam CT West Orange Hockey, West Orange NJ Operation Give , Salt Lake City Utah La Casa De Don Pedro, Newark NJ Tommie Cares, Mt. Kisco NY PS 38 Roberto Clemente, NYC, NY First Esperanza Prep School in Harlem, NY Roberto's Kids, Oneonta, NY Education Care Africa, Coatesville, PA Piece of the Pie, Hamilton VA KAPPA IV, NY NY Children's Home of Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie NY Sparq Yorktown, NY Capuchin Appalachian Mission The Bay Ridge Kings Youth Sports Inc. Canarcie Brooklyn The North Yonkers Boys and Girls Club, Yonkers, NY Pelham Bay Little League, Bronx, NY San Miguel Academy of Newburgh, NY LIWEN Long Island Woman Empowerment Network Grass Roots, Norwalk CT Baseball Tomorrow, Nigeria The Frederick Douglass Academy NY, NY Peace Corps Cariari de Pococi, Costa Rica Yeshua Restoration Ministries Syracuse, NY Gililand Middle School Tempe, AZ Deposit Central School System, Deposit, NY Allies inc. NJ HHC 2-4 TF Mustang Battalion Comsec Bigram Air Field City Year, Roxbury, MD Peace Corp, Costa Rica Deposit NY Midget League, Deposit NY Soccer Academy , KYSA, Kenya Thomas H slater Center, White Plains, NY Easterseals, Chicago, IL HASCO, Spring Valley, NY Acacia Network, NYC, NY Live2serve, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Special Olympics New York Hudson Valley Region, Wappinger Falls NCES KIDS ZONE Brooklyn, NY Peace Corps, Swaziland, South Africa City Year Chicago, Chicago, IL Central Falls Youth Soccer Club, Woodstock, GA Sacred Sports Foundation Inc. St. Lucia, WI Passback Equipment, US Soccer Foundation Hammond Optimist Youth Sports, Hammond, Indiana P.S. 32 Bronx, NY P.S. MS 37 Bronx, NY Coney Island Generation Gap, Brooklyn NY Holy Sport, Hammond, IN Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis, MI Jane Addams Campus Jaguars, South Bronx NY Overstars Academy, Uganda Carballo Youth Baseball League, Bronx NY Our Bright Futures, Brimfield, MA Liberation House, Stamford, CT Bucks County Youth center Doylestown, PA Highfields Inc, Onondaga, MI Roberts Padeia Academy Afterschool Program, Cincinnati, OH Delancey Street Foundation Brewster, NY School 15 Patterson, NJ Musoma Mara Tanzania Secondary School Mazabuka Herz Foundation Michael Lapsley Foundation May 2019
We are truly grateful to Andrew K. Since 2017 Andrew from NJ has been working hard to collect and distribute new & gently used sports equipment on behalf of LPIF. His collected donations found a new home with Playworks New York/New Jersey ! Thank you Andrew for all you do to help give those in need the gift of sports!
April 2019
We are thankful to Kennedy and Lauren from Flushing Queens for organizing a sports equipment collecting on our behalf!!
We are grateful to all who helped them support our mission!! 👍🏻❤️👍🏻 Stay tuned for pictures of the recipients of the gear!!! March 2019
We are so thankful to Christian an 8th grader at Westlake Middle School located in Thornwood, New York. For his Community Leadership Project, he decided to collect lightly used sports equipment and donate it to LPIF!
Many thanks to his family, friends and the Thornwood, New Yorkcommunity for supporting our mission!! February 2019
A big thanks to Andrew K, Matt M, and Noah L from Montgomery High School in NJ for transporting donated equipment to Speedway Academies, one of Newark's middle schools! Additional thanks to Jason Hernould and Coach Peter Asebiomo, who work at the academy, for working with Andrew to coordinate logistics for this equipment dropoff. Thanks to all of you for your support!! 👍🏻👍🏻
January 2019Thanks to Coach Anthony Velez for helping get YOUR donated baseball equipment to Santo Domingo!!
It arrived !! Thanks to all our supporters !! Check it out below! https://www.facebook.com/LetsPlayItForward/videos/590589304733878/ December 2018
We are grateful to Ridgefield Little League, Connecticut for cleaning out their large storage unit full of baseball and softball equipment and choosing to donate it all to Let’s Play It Forward! It will be finding new homes with children in need in the coming weeks. Thank you for making the drive down! You have made many young athletes very happy!! November 2018
We are grateful to Ridgefield Little League, Connecticut for cleaning out their large storage unit full of baseball and softball equipment and choosing to donate it all to Let’s Play It Forward! It will be finding new homes with children in need in the coming weeks. Thank you for making the drive down! You have made many young athletes very happy!! October 2018
Thanks to all you who have donated gear to us!! Jane Addams Jaguars & Coach Jean-Bruce are grateful to everyone of you for helping his team in need!
THANKS SO VERY MUCH FOR SUPPORTING OUR MISSION! September 2018
We are truly grateful to Andrew K from BSA Troop 544 from Long Island NY. We thank Andrew, his family, friends and his community for all they have done for Lets Play It Forward.
Andrew is an amazing young man. He held Car Washes, planned a basketball tournament and held multiple collections on our behalf. LPIF is truly blessed to have been the beneficiary of his Eagle Scout project! We are so thankful for the monetary donation (which could not have come at a more better time for us). Today the gear started to make its way to find new homes. Stay tuned for pics of the recipients of the gear from Andrews Eagle Scout Project!! ❤️💜👍🏻💜💚 August 2018
So thankful to Maura from Fairfield, Connecticut.She partnered with us and held multiple equipment collections.Maura held collections at tryouts, games, and opening day!! Thank you Maura ! All the donated gear has found new homes!!
July 2018
Thanks to each & everyone of YOU who have donated ⚽️⚽️⚽️equipment to us! It found a new home with Jane Addams High School For Academic Careers. TY to Coach Guerino Jean-Bruce for coming from Brooklyn NY to meet Anthony Lombardi in Kisco this week to help all the students in need!!
July 2018
Thnx Arc of Westchester for helping prep boys/girls LAX GEAR headed to The Roosevelt High School Sharks on Tuckahoe Avenue
Yonkers Public Schools Excited to be a part of starting a Girls Lax team there! Thanks to all of our for making this possible! June 2018
Shout out to Jordan & Elijah for creating a club at Livingston High School Livingston Public Schools in New Jersey called Sports 4 All. They collect used and unused sports equipment. We are grateful for their donations to US! Some of the baseball gear is headed to the Dominican Republic through Grand Slam Batting Cages in NYC! Thank you so much!!
May 2018
Your donations have found new homes with teams and children in need in NYC!
Thanks everyone for all your support of us! 🏀⚽️🏀⚽️ May 2018
Your softball donations have new homes! Thank YOU!
April 2018
Your donated ⚽️⚽️ equipment will soon be headed to a soccer team in Arcahaie, Haiti. A family from NJ coming to pick up donations this week from us to bring to Haiti. They will now be able to build their team thanks to your support. Haiti children are thankful to YOU. ❤️⚽️👍🏻
April 2018
Thank you to all our ⚾️ gear donors. Your mitts have found a new home with students at Ps 205 Fiorello Laguardia in Bronx NY. Special thanks toVicki Vallender-Durso & Alex Gialanella for reaching out to us on behalf of the athletes in need! ⚾️👍🏻
March 2018
Thank you so much to Jacob for supporting our mission and organizing a collection for his Mitzvah project. He drove over 2 hours to deliver to us today! We are grateful to all who donated ! March 2018
We are grateful to the Temple Israel of New Rochelle community for organizing a sports collection on behalf of us! Your donated gear will find new homes with children in need. Thank you for supporting our mission! February 2018
We would like to thank all of you who have donated baseball equipment. It found a new home with athletes in the Bronx at Grand Slam Batting Cages. On our 6th year anniversary..
We are all grateful to all of you for your support of us! February 2018
Thank you to every single basketball donor!! Your gently used 🏀🏀 have found new homes at 182 Webster Ave with Coach Ty Moore and his athletes! We are all grateful!
January 2018
Frankie, Kyle & Eric, students at Arlington High School (New York) in LaGrangeville, NY worked on a Community Service Project in
Mrs. Benedetto Health Class. Thank you supporting our mission and collecting gear for people in need! We are also grateful to Brewster Sports Center for allowing us to have a collection box on site! January 2018
In December we received a request from Amanda from Winter Garden FLorida. She was visiting Mexico and wanted to put together a sports camp for the kids who were displaced by the recent earthquake. Here is the email and picture we received when Amanda returned.
December 2017
Special Thank YOU to Wilson Sports in Chicago Illinois for their donation of brand new footballs. Today we were able to ship them to US Troops stationed in Afghanistan to help boost morale. Thank you to Shawn's Personal Fitness who paid for the shipping expense! 🇺🇸❤️👍🏻🏈🇺🇸 And Most of all thank you to our SOLDIERS for their bravery, loyalty and courage! 🇺🇸👍🏻
December 2017
Parkchester Pamper Leaugue in Bronx NY receiving donated gear!!! Thank you donors!!
November 2017
Maura K, A 17 year old from Fairfield, CT partnered with Let's Play It Forward and held multiple equipment collections. Maura played with Fairfield Little League Girls Softball from first grade to eighth grade, and she still help out at events now. We are so excited to report... there was a great deal of participation from the Fairfield community. Maura held collections at tryouts, games, and opening day. We are truly grateful to Maura and the CT community for supporting our mission!!
Thank you for your generosity! Maura YOU ROCK!! November 2017
Anthony R continues to AMAZE US! The Stony Point NY Eagle Scout from Boy Scout Troop 61, Stony Point, NY makes his 3rd delivery to LPIF!!! We are thankful to Anthony & Boy Scout Troop 2061 for all their work to support our cause. Today we had coaches from many schools come to pick up the much needed baseball gear for their programs. Check back later for pics please!!! http://www.rocklandtimes.com/…/stony-pt-residents-earn-eag…/
October 2017
Special thank you to the Ardsley Community! We are once again so honored to have been the beneficiary of your collected sports equipment from Ardsley Cares Day! Thank you Ardsley PTAThank you Jared and Antonio for making the pickup!
October 2017
Received a request for soccer balls from a
Peace Corp volunteer ! She provided us with the US Military Base address and they got your donated soccer balls to TANZANIA! 😊👍🏻 Thank you to all our donors! September 2017
Happy to assist the Youth Counselors at Bucks County Youth Center in PA
with sports equipment due to budget constraints . THANK YOU TO ALL OUR DONORS FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. September 2017
Special Thank YOU to Genevieve &
Gabriella from Allendale, NJ. They organized a sports equipment drive on behalf of us for their Girl Scout Silver Award Project and meet Brian Olifiers at our storage facility this past weekend! We are grateful for your hard work and dedication to our cause! September 2017
Glad to have been able to help PS 32 with crayons and school supplies for the students!! Shout out to Antonio for organizing this school supply drive!! And thank you to Mark Slawson for making this possible Mark A. Slawson Sports & Entertainment - MASSE
August 2017
Special thanks to Jibril from Westchester County who attends Colgate University for helping further our mission! We are grateful to him for his dedication to our cause and all the donors who supported us! Looking forward to having you join our LPIF team!!
August 2017
So happy to have been able to support the Tommie Cares Foundation at the Rye Playland event last weekend through New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities and Rob Astorino! Thank you to our volunteers for the help!!
July 2017
We are grateful to Panera Bread for hosting a fundraiser for us!
We are so THANKFUL to everyone who was able to come and support our cause! July 2017
We are so honored to have received this thank you letter from New York State Assembly Majority, District 46! We loved supporting the cause and giving children the opportunity to play the sports they love!
June 2017
Thank you to Mike Touma from Montville Township Public Schools for his service project! We appreciate all of your hard work to support our mission. Also, thanks to Andrew Pugni for volunteering this past weekend!
June 2017
Thank you to PleasantvilleRECYCLES for their support of our mission, your donations have found new homes!
May 2017
Thank you Donors! Grandslam Batting Cages is headed to the DR to help kids enjoy the game of baseball!!! ⚾️ we are honored to have been able to assist!
May 2017
Thank you to Sarah R and the rest of the club members at Fairfield Warde High School in Fairfield CT. After talking with their club leaders, the students decided they would love to give their donations from the sports equipment drive to LPIF. We are honoree that your club was inspired by our organization and the aspect of giving youth a better chance to participate in sports.
April 2017
Happy to have helped Cassidy who is starting a beach volleyball program this June out of RallyCap Sports this summer in Bradley Beach, NJ. RallyCap Sports is a sports program for people with special needs. RallyCap not only promotes social integration but healthy living and self love. Please help support their mission!!
April 2017
Thank you Rebecca from Chappaqua for choosing LPIF as the recipient of your Bat Mitzvah Project. You have made many children in need very very happy!
April 2017
Thank you to all our skate donors who made this possible!
April 2017
The Smithfield Little League uniforms found a new home with these softball players in NYC! Thank you for your donation! We are all grateful!
March 2017
The boys and girls from Madison Square Boys & Girls Club are so thankful to St. Luke Catholic Church, Indianapolis for passing on their Basketball 🏀 uniforms to them!! We are so grateful to our friends in Indianapolis!
March 2017
Thank you to Ali and Sophia from Whitestone NY. They worked on their Girl Scout Silver Award and partnered with LPIF. We are grateful for all their hard work and dedication!
February 2017
Thank you Rebecca from Chappaqua for partnering with LPIF for your Bat Mitzvah project! We are honored!!
January 2017
We are thankful to Alexander from Maryland!! He and his Mom drove all the way from MD to meet us at our storage facility. We are very proud and honored that Alexander chose LPIF to partner with for his GOLD Award!!!!!
January 2017
We are thankful to
Mohs Mt. Olive High School for their monetary collection on our behalf!! The money collected will be used for shipping gear to kids in need!! January 2017
Our soccer balls made it to Port-au-Prince, Haiti with FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students). Thank you Marie for bringing soccer balls to children who are patients at a children's hospital run by the Missionaries of Charity. The hospital cares for the children of poor families in Port-au-Prince.
January 2017
Thank you to Jenna G from Parsippany NJ. Jenna partnered with us and worked on a LPIF
Collection for her Bat Mitzvah Project!! Thank you Jenna and all the donors for supporting our mission. November 2016
Special thanks to the Lambert High School Girls Lax Team for shipping two sets of gently used girls high school lacrosse
uniforms our way all the way from Georgia! October 2016
I would like to thank Pay It Forward Organization for donating a large donation of football gear to the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club Columbus Clubhouse girls flag football team. We received 33 football cleats, 60 different jerseys for basketball and football and pinnies, 6 shoulder pads, helmets, gloves, leg pads, and 10 compression shorts.
Our girls flag football team deeply appreciate your donation. We were in need of the equipment for our flag football games and it definitely helped in a huge way. Thank you so much for passing the torch to make our younger generation much more productive and have a great experience playing flag football. October 2016
Thanks to all our Soccerfest supporters! We raised $100 for shipping expenses. Please check back this week to find out more about the recipients of this weeks shipments! Thanks to all the volunteers and Varsity players!!
October 2016
Happy to help out
Coach Bobby Paige from PS 335 in Brooklyn with their basketball program. Thank you to all our basketball 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀donors! September 2016
Dear Neighborhood Kids,
We are honored to have received this special recognition from your team! Please let all the young players know how much we enjoy helping them play the game of baseball ⚾️⚾️. Without our donors none of this would be possible. September 2016
Thank you softball donors!! Your gear made its way to the Pelham Bay Softball Team in Bronx NY!
August 2016
August 2016
Thank you Coach Velez for naming your bronx team in honor of LPIF. This past weekend the Playing it Forward players received a donation of medals from Tommie Cares Mt. Kisco NY for their end of season BBQ in Bronx NY.
July 2016
So thrilled to have helped start a sports club for children and young adults with Autism at a Chicago therapeutic day school called EasterSeals. Thank you to all our donors, your equipment found a new home!
July 2016
Thank you so much to Frances, Peggy, Audry and Mr. Redox from Arc of Westchester for doing such great work last Wednesday at our Mt. Kisco storage barn preparing the softball gear and lax uniforms for their new home!
June 2016
So happy to have been able to bring tennis and education programs to at-risk children around Fairfield County. This would not have been possible without the help of the Leichter Family from Carmel, IN who held a tennis racquet drive on our behalf!
June 2016
We received this email from Don Moyer last month:
I am with a lacrosse club in central Virginia that is essentially going out of business - lacrosse is finally in the public schools here so our club is no longer needed, which is a good thing. Mr. Moyer sent 6 boxes of lax uniforms and they found a new home with the White Plains Lacrosse Camp & Coach Rubenstein this month!! Thomas was able to also delivery lax sticks, helmets and pads. Thank you to all our lax donors!! May 2016
Christopher Abatecola who is back from Cortlandt delivered donations yesterday to
Coach Velez who coaches a team at Belmont Park on Crotona Ave. He was overwhelmed with the generosity of all our donors. April 2016
Thank you so much to Jason from Maple Wood, New Jersey for collecting gear on our behalf for his Bar Mitzvah service project!!!
April 2016
Thank you to all our generous donors. We have shipped several boxes of field hockey, soccer and baseball gear to the children of the Deposit, NY Central School.
March 2016
We would like to thank the girls basketball team at Connetquot High School for their generous donation of basketball uniforms and basketballs. Thank you for helping us play it forward.
February 2016
Thank you Donors and Brian Olifiers! Your gear made its way to the students in the Deposit NY. Central School district.
February 2016
Proud to have donated these auction baskets to THE SHS SENIOR FASHION SHOW & The SEF CASINO NIGHT this month! Thanks to the Somers Community for all of your support of our mission.
January 2016
We are thrilled to report Sam Kessler Syracuse Class of 2019 is currently our first college intern. She has made a connection with Global Student Embassy. We sent our first shipment of soccer balls to Ecuador this month. We are excited about this ongoing partnership.
January 2016
Happy to have donated hockey helmets to Somers Special Olympics today for their upcoming floor hockey season! Thank you donors!!!
December 2015
We would like to thank Shawn from Shawn's fitness in Katonah, NY. Shawn purchased and donated brand new basketballs to Gililand Middle School in Tempe, AZ for the children to use at recess.
November 2015
Special thanks to Girl Scout Troop 4022 from River Edge, NJ. They partnered with us to earn their bronze award.
October 2015
We would like to thank the community of Ardsley for their sports gear donations during Ardsley Cares Day. We hope to get invited again next year!
October 2015
In recognition of Week of Respect
at Schuyler-Colfax Middle School During the week of October 5th -9th there will be a collection of gently used sports equipment to donate to those in need. September 2015
Barton Elementary in Long Beach, CA contacted us this month requesting playground equipment due to budget cuts. Thanks to your donations and support we were able to help these students!
September 2015
Keep the golf club donations coming. 40+ sets of clubs all found a new home with The First Tee of NY in the Bronx!!
September 2015
Jack Long from Manasquan, New Jersey partnered with LPIF to work on his NHS Project. We are truly grateful for the hundreds of donations he received from the Manasquan, New Jersey community. Thank you Jack for your hard work and dedication to our cause.
August 2015
Thanks so much to Sam & Jack K for delivering the donated tennis gear to Norwalk Grassroots tennis!
July 2015
Thanks to King Kone and everyone who helped make our fundraiser a success! Great job Luigi!
July 2015
We would like to thank Messiah, Thomas and Pearse for organizing the golf clubs that were delivered to The First Tee of Metropolitan NY.
July 2015
Thanks to all of our donors, we are excited to report LPIF has donated soccer balls, basketballs and frisbees to the CYFM mission trip taking place next week to Harlan, Kentucky for a second year in a row!
June 2015
Thanks to all our baseball donors. The gear is making its way to CUBA with ://beisbolacrosscuba.org/.
May 2015
We would like to thank the community of Pleasantvile NY and the Pleasantvile Recycles organization for donating their gently used gear to us. The baseball equipment has already been recycled and found a new home!
May 2015
Thanks to Kathryn Harpin from Waterbury CT for dropping of her gear from her collection today! It was driven up to the Children's Home of Poughkeepsie by Jarrod P !!
May 2015
The lacrosse helmets that the Eastchester youth lax program donated to us found a new home with Community Based Services. They will be using them for the children of the Special Olympics Floor Hockey team in yorktown to protect their heads during their games.
April 2015
Ryan Devine a sophomore at New Egypt High School held a huge collection on behalf of LPIF. We received a ton of gear from his efforts. We would like to thank Ryan, his family and the New Egypt community for their dedication to our cause. We will be posting pics soon!
April 2015
So happy to connect with Jeff Landon from Poway Lacrosse In CA. Jeff shipped gently used lax uniforms and bags to us so that we could pass on to kids in need. Thank You to our donors in CA!!
March 2015
Thank you to Sean McNeil a senior at Sequoyah High School in Woodstock, GA. As part of his Senior curriculum, he had to complete a project that somehow related to the field he would like to work in. He has chosen to go to Kennesaw State University as a Sports Management Major. He chose to collect used sporting equipment to donate to kids who are less fortunate through Let's Play It Forward. THANK YOU SEAN FOR CHOOSING LPIF. YOUR HARD WORK IS TRULY APPRECIATED.
March 2015
Thank you so much to Juliet and Kiera from Girl Scout troop 4011, from Queens, New York. The girls worked on their silver award and collected sports equipment and gift cards on behalf of LPIF.
Thank you for your dedication to our cause!!! January 2015
Happy to report boxes of gently used baseball gear has been delivered to the Hammond High Varsity Baseball Coach in Whiting, IN 46394 again for their 2015 season. Thank you to all our baseball donors for making this happen.
January 2015
Thanks again to Brendan and Jason from Valhalla, NY. They organized another collection this past summer at All Sports Day Camp. Thank you campers for all the donations!
December 2014
Thanks to our Hockey gear Donors the equipment found a new Home with the Special Olympics of New Rochelle.
Thank you for the gift card and the two hockey bags for the New Rochelle Special Olympics. Some might say that your act of kindness might be small but in reality it is MUCH-MUCH more. You are a young man who acts much older than your years. I appreciate your not only providing the equipment but helping me get the two large bags into my vehicle. Your kind and polite demeanor around adults is something that did not go unnoticed. I know you will be successful in whatever you decide to do in life. Please, know there will be many smiling faces in New Rochelle because of you. -Coach Rhonda Logan November 2014
We are thrilled to have been able fulfill the Lax donation request to help the girls Porchester High School.
My name is Paula Sarles, I am currently a teacher at Port Chester High School. The girls here would like to start a lacrosse club. Eventually, we would hope the club becomes a team. Being a club however, leaves us with a limited budget and a lot of the girls here are not in the position to buy equipment. We are looking for any donations of used equipment such as girls' lacrosse sticks, goggles, unused mouth guards, lacrosse balls, lacrosse goal, or any other equipment you might have available that would help us start the PCHS Lacrosse Club. If you have equipment that could be donated please let me know. Or if you have any other suggestions to help to start this club I would greatly appreciate it. October 2014
Thank you to the Ardsley Cares Team for their donations!!!! We are honored to have been selected as the charity for your annual sporting collection!
October 2014
Thank you to the 10U SHELTER ROCK REDMAN!
The 10U Shelter Rock Redmen team was started in 2011 by Coaches Mark Ungania and Ralph Bonelli. This travel team is comprised of boys in the local town of Shelter Rock Long Island. Over the past 3 years they have really formed a tight bond with each other. They play in both the NJBL and many tournaments throughout the year. The boys have always been taught by the coaches about the importance of helping out those who are less fortunate than themselves. This team is not only about baseball, it is about helping others in their community. As a team the boys have had a BandAid and lollipop drive for the Winthrop Cancer Center for Kids, collected baseball caps for children in South Africa through Caps Count, baked goods at the Ronald McDonald House for families staying there, sponsored a field day for the children at AHRC a school for handicapped children, sent care packages to US troops in Afghanistan, and most recently collected gear for Lets Play It Forward! Thank you boys for all your hard work and most important for being great role models!! August 2014
Thank you Emma from Croton on Hudson, NY for picking LPIF and donating the sports gear you collected from your Bat Mitzvah project !!
August 2014
July 2014
Thank you to Lucas and Ben from Montclair New Jersey for partnering with us and collecting over 600 pieces of sports gear as part of their Bar Mitzvah Project!
July 2014
Boxes of baseball gear made its way to The Bay Ridge Kings Youth Sports Inc. so that we could help make the sports program something special for the Canarcie Community.
June 2014
We are honored to have been selected to receive The General Federation
Of Women's Club Youth Service Award. Thank you GFWC members! We are grateful! May 2014
Many thanks to Brian & Kevin ,8th graders at Somers Middle school held a lacrosse collection this month for the children of Harlem Lacrosse Leadership. If you have any Lax gear in good condition that your child has grown out of please contact them at [email protected].
May 2014
Thanks to Meredith Wilson & the SERVICE CLUB at SOMERS MIDDLE SCHOOL for having a RECYCLE/ REUSE collection on behalf of LPIF.
May 2014
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO Marc from Basking Ridge, NJ. He partnered with LPIF for his Bar Mitzvah project and collected sports equipment and monetary donations to help further our cause. All your hard work is greatly appreciated Marc!!!
May 2014
Thank you to Max from Long Island NY.
He worked hard collecting gear for kids in need for his Bar Mitzvah project. May 2014
Soccer balls, basketballs and baseball gear delivered to the Special needs program at Lodi High School.
Thanks to all our donors for making this happen! April 2014
Basketballs made their way to HOOPS FOR HOPE IN KISSEMEE FLORIDA !
Video Below... April 2014
Thank you for the soccer uniforms donated by Center Soccer Association in State College, Pa. They are making their way to Operation Love The Children of Haiti
April 2014
Thank you Brewster Sports Center for allowing LPIF to put a collection box at the center and your donations of basketballs and gear.
March 2014
Lets Play It Forward would like to thank Rippowam Cisqua School for their donation to help further our cause. The equipment found new homes!!!
February 2014
We were happy to help out PS 38 Roberto Clemente in Harlem, NY this month with a donation of new Physical Education Equipment for their students to enjoy!
January 2014
Thank you lax and hockey donors we were able to give 15 lax/hockey helmets to the Special Olympics of Somers for thier floor hockey program and 25 lax and hockey helmets were donated to Special Olympics of New Rochelle.
January 2014
Thank you to the students of Whippany High in Whippany NJ. They held a service project on behalf of LPIF and collected hundreds of items for kids in need!
January 2014
LPIF partners with Rob Astorinos office and NFL Environment
October 2013
Thank you Soccer Donors!
Soccer Balls and uniforms shipped to Mercy Corp to assist with Mine Risk Education in Asia. Mercy Corp in Myanmar, recently launched a conflict management program using landmine as an entry point. One of the components of the program is promoting Mine Risk Education (MRE) through Sports and Leadership program for children and youths in Kayah state. Having sports equipment and uniform is one way of motivating them to carry on with the MRE sports activities. The program will train 20 youth leaders/coaches using a unique soccer sport curriculum called Sports for Change that Mercy Corps has developed and used in other countries. Said curriculum will use soccer games and exercises as a metaphor to explain simple safety messages about landmine and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW). LPIF would like to continue to help this cause. Please continue to donate your gently used soccer bibs, balls cones and cleats for these children. November 2013
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Kelly O'Neil delivereded 1451 pieces to us in November as part of her Girls Scout Gold Award project! October 2013
Thank you to all the players on Randolph High School's Field Hockey Team for helping us Play It Forward!! Love your LPIF Shirts!!
October 2013
Thank you to Masters School in Dobbs Ferry NY for having a collection on behalf of LPIF. Your donations will be packed and shipped to Operations Give on Make a Difference Day
September 2013
Thank you to our donor from New Rochelle, NY. The 13 pairs of cleats will find a new home.
September 2013
A very Special Thank you to Christopher Shay who just turned 9. He had his birthday party at a Lakewood Blueclaws baseball game and asked his friends (and baseball teammates) to bring a donation in lieu of a gifts. We received the gear donated. We will find it a new home for sure.
August 2013
Thank you to Brendan and Jason CIT's at All Sports Day Camp in Tarrytown for organizing a collection on behalf of LPIF.
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Thank you Father Augustine for taking balls to Ghana with you and thank you Ryan Wilson for helping prepare the shipment.
June 2013
Thank you to KenMont & KenWood Camps in Kent, CT for the generous donation of soccer and basketballs. They have already found new homes with the boys and girls club of Mt. Kisco and African Charitable Soccer Organization.
June 2013
LPIF was happy to donate $250 to help H.E.R.O (Help expand recreation opportunities).
May 2013
A special thanks to Justin Grey of North Caldwell, NJ for collecting gear on behalf of LPIF for his Bar Mitzvah project. Justin collected 193 pieces of equipment for LPIF.
April 2012
Many thanks to Somers CrossFit for hosting our fundraiser with the help of Tom, Cassie, and Holly and everyone else who came to work out LPIF raised $7,000.
A special thank you to Somers 202 for providing lunch and hats off to Luigi Olinto for organizing the fun event. Click here for video clip of Tom, Cassie, and Holly hard at work |
VIP Somers Soccer
Big Brothers & Big Sisters Hudson Valley Cerebral Palsy of Westchester Bright Beginning Learning Center for students with Autism in Fairfield New Jersey Steph's Place Jamaica, West Indies Ladies First Basketball of White Plains, NY Starlight Children's Foundation in NY, NY Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy, MA Renaissance EMS, Brox, NY Neighborhood Link, Mt. Kisco, NY No More Sidelines Hope For Humans, San Antonio, Texas Youth Community Outreach Program (Y-COP) Camp in Mt. Vernon, NY The Carver Center, Port Chester NY African Charitable Soccer Organization, Silver Spring, MD Outreach With Lacrosse & Schools (OWLS), Chicago, Illinois Queen of Peace Prep Junior High School, Ghana PowerPlayNYC, NY, NY Special Olympics, Somers NY Hammond High School, Hammond, Indiana Special Olympics, New Rochelle, NY PS/IS 123, NY,NY Hoops For Hope, Kissimmee. FL Veterans, Memorial Middle School, Camden, NJ P.S. 146M, NY, NY Harlem Lacrosse & Leadership, NY, NY Mercy Corp in Myanmar, Asia Friends of the Children of Ghana US , Edgewood Cliffs, NJ Banda Bola Sports Foundation, Glenville, NY 12084. The Pover Middle Project, NY, NY KIPP Westchester Heights Middle School, NY, NY Astrakhan Baseball Federation (Russia) CYFM Harlan, Kentucky Port chester NY families in need Barton Elementary School Long Beach, CA Wilson Park Community Center, Syracuse NY Boys and Girls Club of Chattanooga Beisbol in Cuba Operation Love The Children of Haiti Wire Soccer Academy, Kenya Changes Soccer Academy,Nairobi, Kenya Global Student Embassy, Bahia de Caráquez, Ecuador One Ministry Foundation, Knoxville, TN Football team "Frunze" Frunze Village, Republic of Moldova Kids Soccer Clinic, NY, NY (Run by Miguel Constable) Rochester Kids, Pitford Ny Arise, Ukraine Connecticut Alliance for Tennis and Education Kibuyefootballclub, Kenya, NY Ornellia Cole |ACACIA NETWORK NYC, NY New Rochelle Youth Tackle Coach Nate Adams, New Rochelle, NY P.S. 335 Granville T. Woods, Brooklyn, NY Northeast Ohio Buckeyes Youth Football League, Cleveland, Ohio Poughkeepsie Youth Baseball Softball League, Poughkeepsie, NY Greenport High School, Greenport, NY Peekskill Central School System, Peekskill, NY Baseball Miracles, Newburgh, NY New World High School, Bronx, NY Rally Cap Sports, Bradley Beach, NJ Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis, Southeast, MO Gloves Go Far, Belmont, MA The Metropolitan First Tee White Plains NY Keystone Adolescent Center, Greenville, PA Empower Charter School, Brooklyn, NY International Leadership of Texas, Rexana, TX World Vision, WV Escuela de baseball Divino Nino, Dominican Republic Grand slam Sports, Bronx, NY Syracuse RBI, Syracuse, NY Eagles basketball Academy, Ghana Olivet Academy, Dover Town, NY Special Olympics, Glasgow , KY Bagram Airfield World Cup, Afghanistan Oval Community Youth Program Bronx, NY Christian NGO, Nigeria Robert Padeia Academy May 2019
The gear arrived !! Thanks to all who made this possible. We are grateful to all our donors!
April 2019
Thank you Patrick C for contacting us and organizing a collection on our behalf! Your donations will be picked up tomorrow from Brewster Sports Center. We are grateful to you and everyone who helped support our cause. Thanks to the sports center for allowing us to have a collection box on site all these years!!!
March 2019
We are grateful to Sydney from LI for selecting LPIF for her Bat Mitzvah Service Project. Thank you to her family, friends and community for supporting our mission of giving the gift of sports to all those in need.
February 2019
We are thankful to Brandon and his twin Brother Ben from Harrison NY for working hard on a service project on behalf of LPIF. Their delivery came this weekend. Special thanks to their Family , Friends and the Community Of Harrison NY for supporting our mission. ♥️👍🏻❤️ January 2019
THANK YOU HAYDEN FROM NJ FOR CHOOSING TO HELP LPIF FOR YOUR BAR MITZVAH SERVICE PROJECT!! We are so grateful to you, your family and community for supporting our cause! December 2018
So happy to tell you soccer donations have found a new home this week in NJ with The Bergenfield United Soccer Club !! The Coach of the Dumont Tigers from Paramus NJ arrived at our storage facility last week to pick up your donations!! Playing it Forward from NY to NJ! 👍🏻❤️Thank you everyone for making this possible! November 2018
Happy to have found a wonderful new home for all the baseball gear donated these past few weeks with bulldogballclub.com in Bronx NY! Thanks to all who made this donation possible! October 2018
We are so thankful to Jason and Ellie From Yorktown Heights NY. They chose LPIF as the beneficiary for their Mitzvah Project. We are grateful for all of their hard work and dedication to our cause. Thanks to all the donors who are helped further our mission during this project! You have made many children very very happy. 😊 ❤️👍🏻 September 2018
We are so thankful to Jason and Ellie From Yorktown Heights NY. They chose LPIF as the beneficiary for their Mitzvah Project. We are grateful for all of their hard work and dedication to our cause. Thanks to all the donors who are helped further our mission during this project! You have made many children very very happy. 😊 ❤️👍🏻 August 2018
So thankful to Volunteers of America - Greater New York Operations Backpack for donating the backpacks to Lets Play It Forward! We would also like to thank Coach Antonio Luis Velez for volunteering to distribute the donated backpacks to students in need in the NYC area!!
Great stuff! July 2018
Special thanks to Jake from NJ. He chose LPIF as the beneficiary of his Bar Mitzvah project! Most of his gear has already found new homes. THANK YOU JAKE & Family and everyone who supported him! We are grateful.
July 2018
Lacrosse gear delivered today to Yonkers Public Schools!
Thanks to everyone who has donated to us!! Roosevelt High School in Yonkers is very thankful to all of you as well!! Thanks to Antonio for making the delivery & to Mary for accepting on behalf of the Roosevelt HS Sharks in Yonkers NY today!! #playingitforwardtogether June 2018
So thankful to Nathan from NJ!! Nathan decided to organize a donation drive in his community on behalf of Let’s Play It Forward!! The donated gear found a new home with Afya Foundation - The Official Page. It will be making its way to orphanages in Tanzania through AFYA in a few weeks. The donated weights, ⛳️ clubs and ⚾️ mitts made there way to Delancey Street Foundation today!! THANKS NATHAN FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK !!
May 2018
Thank YOU so much to Westchester Recreation and Parks Society - WRAPS and all those who dropped off donations today! We are Grateful!
Thank you to all our volunteers who also came out to help sort count and organize. Anthony Lombardi, Ryan Wilson, Chris Abatecola, Jt Olert Kaitlin Ann Rose, Brianna Penzo, @HannahNorowitz, ChrisCouture, @NickCarvalho, Fred & Linda and thanks to Coach Anthony Velez for all of your help with finding these donations a new home! May 2018
So proud of Jordan from Long Island NY!! Jordan selected LPIF as the beneficiary of her Mitzvah Project. She has been working very hard collecting gently used sports equipment and monetary donations to help further our mission! WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO JORDAN & HER FAMILY Holly Kamlet AND HER COMMUNITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF US! Looking forward to finding new homes for all she has collected! 💜
April 2018
Special thank you to Marisa who came all the way from NJ today to drop off the gently used sports equipment she collected as part of her Mitzvah project! She even had a bake sale on behalf of us and we will be using her monetary donation to help ship basketballs to Madison Primary Center in South Bend, Indiana!! Marisa YOU ROCK!
We are grateful to YOU and all that supported our cause! ❤️ April 2018
Thank you to Brian W from NJ for organizing a sports collection for his Bar Mitzvah project for us!! We are grateful for all your hard work to support our cause!
March 2018
Thanks to Shane F for selecting to partner with Lets Play It Forward for his Bar Mitzvah project! We are grateful to you and to all your family and friends who helped our cause! March 2018
February 2018
Thanks so much to Trey for
volunteering his time to deflate the donated soccer balls to prepare them to be shipped to children in need! February 2018
Thank you to all our Lax Donors! All the stix, pads, helmets & balls making their way today to the students at Empower Charter School in Brooklyn NY! Stay tuned for more pics!!
January 2018
We are grateful to Zachary Racusin CEO of RaxHax Pro Baseball Instruction in NJ. He held a holiday equipment drive and teamed up with us to deliver the gear to athletes in need. The baseball gear is headed to the Parkchester Wildcats & Grand Slam Little League on Tremont Ave! Thanks to Zach & everyone who supported us during the collection! ⚾️⚾️❤️⚾️
January 2018
A very Special thank you to Jennie Conroy Event Manager & all the Johnson & Johnson employees and families in New Brunswick NJ. Each year Johnson & Johnson has a holiday party for the families of their campus and incorporate a charitable way that their families can “give back” to the community. This year they collected gently used & new sports equipment to donate to Let’s Play It Forward Inc!! Some of the gear was shipped today to Cincinnati Public Schools for their after school program! Thank you to Shawn's Personal Fitness for taking care of shipping costs! We are grateful to all!!
December 2017
Thank you to Jacob W from Fairfield County for supporting our mission during his Bar Mitzvah Project. Jacob collected gear from his family and friends. We can’t wait to find all the collected equipment new homes with children and organizations in need. Thank you Jacob and Family for your hard work and dedication to our cause!
December 2017
We would like to thank Tyler W from Rye New York for picking Lets Play It Forward as the recipient for his Bar Mitzvah Service Project! We are happy to report all the items have found new homes!!! Thank you Tyler for your dedication to our cause!!
November 2017
Special thanks to Jess L from Westport CT!!
Jess partnered with LPIF to collect sports equipment for her Bat Mitzvah Project. We were honored to receive the gear as well as monetary donations to help support our cause! Thank you to Jess for all her hard work and dedication and to all who helped our cause! November 2017
All the baseball equipment collected by Anthony R from Boy Scout Troop 61, Stony Point, NY for his Eagle Scout project is finding new homes this week with children at Parkchester Baseball We are so thankful to Anthony and all who supported our cause!
October 2017
We are grateful to Ryan H from
Glen Ridge, NJ. Ryan choose LPIF as the recipient of his Bar Mitzvah Project. Thank you to everyone who supported our mission through Ryan’s great work! Kristin Staley Hirsch! Every piece will find a new home ! Check back soon to see the recipients and their smiling faces! 😊 Thank you RYAN!!!! October 2017
Thank you so much to all our
Golf Donors!! Your youth clubs have found a new home with The First Tee Metropolitan New York in White Plains NY!! September 2017
Yesterday we delivered to the Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon once again! Five years later still going strong thanks to all of you!
Thank you SSK Baseball USA for the new mitts, bats and gloves! September 2017
We are grateful for the generous donation from SSK Baseball USA Brand new mitts and bats were delivered to Syracuse RBI Baseball this past weekend! SSK Baseball USA giving a helping hand one mitt at a time!
August 2017
Thank you to Meghan and Mia from
East Islip, NY for delivering their collected gear from their Girl Scout Silver Project today! We are honored they chose LPIF as the recipient of the donations. Thank you also to the community of East Islip for all your support!! August 2017
Special Thank you to Mark Slawson and the Tenafly Youth Services in NJ. Your donated school supplies have found a new home with Community Center of Northern Westchester 📚 ✏️
July 2017
We'd like to thank St. Rose Church in Newtown CT for the donations from its Vacation Bible Camp!! Look at the boxes full of gently used sports equipment and uniforms collected at MEGA Sports Camp®!!!
July 2017
Thank you so much to Cassandra from Yorktown for donating to Let's Play It Forward for her Girl Scout Silver Award!
June 2017
Special thank you to Mohawk Day Camp and Country Day School for donating their skate gear to us. They have all found a new home with the children at Coney Island Generation Gap! You have made many children very very happy 😊!!
June 2017
We are grateful to New York Soccer Club from Westchester and Jennifer Young Meschewski for organizing a collection of ⚽️ gear on our behalf. Our recipients are so grateful!
May 2017
Special thank you to Joshua Burke, an 8th grade student at Canton Middle School in Canton, Connecticut. At the end of their Middle School careers students are asked to do what's called a M.A.G.I.C. Project for their school. This project requires Joshua to do something that he has never done before. Some people in his class are making meals for their family, others are raising awareness for causes, etc. Joshua organized an event and reach out to his community for gently used or new sports equipment to donate to those in need. Joshua you ROCK!
May 2017
Thank you so very much to Megan and Christina & the the rest of the Girls Softball Team from Rye High School (Rye, New York) for having a collection to benefit us! We are honored!
April 2017
Honored to have been the recipient of Ethan's Bar Mitzvah Service Project. Thank you to Ethan, his family and all of the donors from his East Lyme CT community! Thnx to
LOLSC (Lyme-Old Lyme Soccer Club) for donating their BRAND NEW ⚽️UNIFORMS for others in need!! April 2017
Thanks to Coach Antonio these 🏀,⚽️, 🏈 will find new homes this week!!
April 2017
The Lady Tigers from MS 22 in NYC are so thankful to Oregon High School Volleyball from Illinois for sharing their uniforms! We are grateful too!
April 2017
Thanks to the students at Brunswick School for collecting on our behalf for a second year in a row! We are grateful to your community!
March 2017
March 2017
Thank you to all our GOLF DONORS 🏌. .TODAY OVER 40 sets of clubs headed to the children at The First Tee Metropolitan New York at the Mosholu Golf Course in the Bronx!
February 2017
Special thank you to smith field little league & their equipment manager David Antunes for dropping their gently used uniforms to us!
January 2017
Thank you to Harding Academy for the gently used Nike Basketball Uniforms! They will find a new home soon! Honored that you found us all the way from Tennessee!!
January 2017
Thank you to AMANDA FROM NJ!!! She partnered with us for her Silver Award for Girl Scouts. Amanda delivered over 650+ pieces of sports equipment today!!!!!
January 2017
Happy to have been able to help Coach Rocky & his Special Olympics Team in the Mount Vernon NY school district. He coaches the Pioneer league and we were able to suppy the children with hockey equipment for indoor poly-hockey. Thanks to Jared and Jack for delivering!
December 2016
Thank you so very much to Montvale Girl Scout Troop 4748 for collecting on behalf of LPIF to
earn their Bronze Award. November 2016
Thank you to all our baseball donors! You have made these children living in Santo Domingo so Happy!! Thank you!!!!
October 2016
We are honored to have been the recipients of the collection of gear organized by Kim Goldhirsch (Teacher,Red Hook CSD Advisor & Coach). Special thanks to:Red Hook Central School District, Linden Avenue Middle School, NYSCLSA and the RED HOOK NY community for their generosity and supporting our cause.
October 2016
LPIF participated in a Dosomething.org campaign in October. We collected over 500 pieces of equipment. The gear found a new home with the children at a Special Olympics in Wappinger Falls.
September 2016
LPIF RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM A YOUTH FOOTBALL COACH IN NEW ROCHELLE WHO HAS SOME FAMILIES WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD FOOTBALL GEAR. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SOMERS COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING TOWNS FOR ALL OF THE DONATIONS THAT CAME IN TODAY. We are still accepting any type of gently used football donations (Helmets, Cleats, Pads, Jerseys, Shoulder pads, girdles, gloves) AT OUR VAN TASSELL DROP OFF HOUSE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A RECEIPT PLEASE EMAIL US AT [email protected]
Thank you so very Much!!! August 2016
Thanks to the Somers and surrounding communities the Football gear was delivered to Nate Adams in New Rochelle today. Coach Adams is starting a new youth tackle team in his community!
August 2016
Thank you Anthony for organizing all the donated gear that made its way to the Rochester Kids Foundation in Rochester NY.
July 2016
We are grateful for our partnership with The Lambert High School Volleyball Team for their continued support of our mission all the way from Georgia!!!
July 2016
Honored to have helped Girls' House of Refuge by donating all our tennis balls to assist with massage therapy on their medical mission to Cambodia in July. Thank you Dr. Jodi Kennedy, Integrity Chiropractic for giving your time to Cambodia!
June 2016
Thanks to our soccer donors and Ms. Fisher going on a humanitarian mission in July, we were able to send balls and cleats over to this Kenyan soccer academy!
May 2016
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE SOMERS MIDDLE SCHOOL SERVICE CLUB FOR COORDINATING A SPORTS DRIVE ON BEHALF OF LPIF FOR ANOTHER YEAR!!!! We appreciate all you do for us!!!!
May 2016
Special thanks to the 4th graders at the Murray Avenue School in Larchmont NY for spearheading a sports equipment collection for the 2nd year in row!! Thank you also to John and Luigi for making a presentation to all the 4th graders at their assembly during the pickup!!
April 2016
Thank you Tim for delivering all the golf donations to Catholic Charities Community Services of Dutchess County
In Poughkeepsie, NY April 2016
We would like to THANK ALL OF THE FACULTY AND STAFF AT SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL FOR HAVING A DRESS DOWN DONATION DAY ON APRIL 20th!! The continued support of our community means so much!!
February 2016
We are honored to have received 80 reversible Creeks Lacrosse Pinnies. They have made their way to the students at the Deposit Central School System in Deposit, NY.
February 2016
Happy to have donated a raffle item to St. Christopher's Inc in Dobbs Ferry NY for their annual Gala.
February 2016
Happy to have fulfilled this request below! Thank you John Lombardi for spearheading! We were able to send pinnies, soccer goals, jump ropes, bases, orange cones, basketballs, playground balls, wiffle bats/balls and a football!
My name is Jim Gaven and I am now in charge of a new athletics program at the non-profit I work for, Allies, Inc. (www.alliesnj.org), who supports and empowers people with developmental and physical disabilities. In starting the program, we are going to inevitably need sports equipment, but at this time, not exactly sure what yet. I’d love to open the lines of communication and speak further with you about a possible partnership/sponsorship opportunity with our organization to support those we serve through exercise/fitness. Please feel free to reach out to me at your earliest convenience as I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much for doing what you do and have a great rest of the day, Jim January 2016
Special thanks to Shawn at Shawn's Fitness in Katonah Ny. Shawn donated basketballs to Gililland Middle School, Tempe AZ. We received a request from Kelsey Bretl in December. She told us that her title 1 school district and students love playing basketball and volleyball in the morning and during recess. However, the balls that the students use are always deflated or broken. Shawn was able to fulfill their basketball request and LPIF TOOK CARE OF THE VOLLEYBALLS!! Thank you to our donors for making this possible!
December 2015
For a second year in a row Miss. Marquez's 7th and 8th grade students did an amazing job working to collect gently used sports gear. We would like to thank them for their hard work and dedication to our mission.
December 2015
Thanks Casey and Anthony for picking up the equipment and thanks Alexa for dropping it off at somers community center for Operation Santa Claus!
November 2015
A BIG Thank you to the
VILLA MARIA ACADEMY Lower school in Immaculate, PA. October 2015
We would like to thank all of the employees at PepsiCo in Somers, NY for their overwhelming generosity during the employee annual giving campaign. We were honored to have been invited back for a second year in a row!
October 2015
Thanks to the Mallon family from The Harvey School for helping us prepare the soccer balls for delivery to kids in need.
September 2015
Our sneaker donations made their way this month to local families from the Community Center of Northern Westchester.
September 2015
Thanks to Mrs. Mazzola, Casey C and all of our soccer donors. The first donation is making its way to Fredrick Douglass Academy in Harlem NY!
August 2015
Gear making its way today to LIWEN (Long Island Women Empowerment Network). They are a non-profit community based organization that provides essential housing and referrals to needy and homeless families.
July 2015Thanks to everyone who came to our storage facility to help sort today! We appreciate it so much!
July 2015
Thanks to Luigi for delivering the collection box to Jason and Brendan from White Plains NY. They will be working on a collection again this year at All Sports Day Camp!
July 2015
Thanks for your donations that we were able to donate a Sports Gift Basket to support Stephanie's Mission.
June 2015
Thanks Lax donors your lax gear found a new home with the Port Chester High School Lacrosse Club!!
May 2015
Thank you to Darien from
Harrison NY for the hard work you put into your Bar Mitzvah Service Project on behalf of LPIF. 
Danielle& Nicole from the Girl Scouts in Flushing successfully completed their silver project and delivered lots of lightly used sports equipment to donate to help our mission! We thank you for all the work you put in and helping us! Your monetary donations will help us defer our shipping costs!! Thank you to all your family and friends from FLUSHING who helped make this possible!!
May 2015
Happy to announce LPIF was able to contribute to sending underprivileged youth to the DeMatteo Somers Block and Tackle camp this summer. Thank you donors!!
May 2015
Thanks to all our soccer donors your gear made it to Geraldine Johnson School in Bridgeport, CT. The students are so happy!
April 2015
We appreciate all of the sports gear that we receive every month from the Community Center of Northern Westchester. Every piece has made a child in need so happy!
April 2015
Thanks to Rippowam Cisqua School in Bedford, NY they ran a used sporting goods drive/sale . We were thankful to receive the bags of extra equipment for a second year!! Thanks Tucker for making the pickup!
March 2015
SHOUT OUT TO Alison Showalter who
has been collecting slightly used sports equipment to donate to kids in need for her Senior project at Mountain View JR/SR High in PA. Her first shipment sent out to us consisted of 5 boxes full of gear: 2 baseballs, 11 baseball mitts, 29 pairs of soccer cleats, and 14 baseballs helmets. She tells us there is more on the way!!! March 2015
February 2015
Thank you John for delivering the Baseball gear to KIPP WHMS (Washington Heights Middle School) in NY for their afterschool baseball program! Kids were thrilled ! Many thanks to all our baseball gear donors for making this possible.
January 2015
Thank you to all our sneaker donors. We are happy to report that we have donated 40 pairs of sneakers to the Somers High School NHS Midnight Run to take place on January 16th, 2015
January 2015
Thank you Marc Maestri for organizing the shipment of basketballs to Hoops For Hope in Amagansett, NY. We have also made a monetary donation to help assist Hoops For Hope in their mission.
December 2014
Thanks so much to St. Francis CYO For delivering the gently used uniforms. We so appreciate your support of us!
October 2014
Gear made it's way to Cambodia!
Thank you to Rachel Yoo and her missions team!! We all just wanted to thank you and your organization for acting upon our request with such short notice on time. The donations you sent us were way more than we ever expected, and we are truly grateful for all that you have done. We weren't able to get great pictures because we were all amateur photographers; however, here are a few we were able to capture. Have a wonderful day, and I hope that this will not be the last time working with Let's Play it Forward in order to share the blessings of sports equipment in the US with kids around the world. Thank you once again. Sincerely, Rachel Yoo and her Cambodia October 2014
Thank you to The Longhorn Youth Lacrosse Organization from
Atlanta GA for their donation of new lax uniforms for St. Christopher's Inc. In Dobbs Ferry NY. The kids at ST. Christopher's Are thrilled!! September 2014
Thank you to the Northern Westchester Community Center in Katonah NY for their donation of kids tennis shirts. We passed them unto Hero Inc who will give them out at there Tennis Carnivals this year and in 2015. Hero's mission is to actively seek out people with disabilities and provide them with recreational opportunities.
September 2014
Thank you to SHS Student Council for choosing LPIF as the Charity for the Bonfire. We collected over 133 pieces of gear that evening. Thank you to all who donated to help further our cause!!
August 2014
Casey from Walden, NY turned 10 on August 4th and for his birthday party He decided he didn't want his guests to bring him presents and instead, he wanted to donate somehow. He thought about it and asked if there were kids who wanted to play sports but couldn't. Casey feels so lucky he is able to play 3 or more sports a year and wants to #payitforward! What a terrific young man!!!! Thank you Casey for being you!!
July 2014
Many many thanks to Maureen Kramer and her fifth grade girl scout troop from White Plains. They worked on their Bronze Award by holdihg many sports equipment collections and donating the gear to LPIF. Many children who are not able to afford equipment will be sooo happy!!
July 2014
Thank you to: Hanna Watkins, Brooke Gleason, and Danielle Major from Manhattan Beach, CA they are high school sophomores who started Kleats 4 Kids club. Their club has grown immensely since the beginning of last year and they donated soccer gear to us and we in turn have passed it on to Friends of the Children of Ghana, U.S. Thank you girls!!
July 2014
75 pairs of gently used sneakers on the way to
the boys and girls in Chituka Village. Thanks sneaker donors!!! Thank you for helping the boys and girls in Chituka Village. May 2014
Thank you to The Archbishop Stepinac Rotary Interact Club who held a sporting goods drive this month at their school. Thanks for all your hard work to further our cause.
May 2014
Thank you Somers Lions Club Donors basketballs have been shipped to PS 147M in NY NY!!
May 2014
Our very first donation from a Varsity College Team. Thank you Manhattanville Valiants for the softball gear. It will make its way to children in need this summer!
May 2014
We were able to send soccer balls and basketballs this month to help
KAPPA IV school in Harlem. Enjoy the donations!! April 2014
Thank you to our donors and volunteers we received 339 pieces of gear at the Lions Club Pancake Breakfast.
April 2014
Thank you golf equipment donors. All of our golf gear was delivered to Moshulu Golf Club in Bronx NY to help children learn how to play golf.
April 2014
Thank you Max Wasserman from Long Island NY for partnering with LPIF for his Bar Mitzvah project. Max spent countless hours collecting gear. He also collected monetary donations on our behalf and purchased new sports gear for LPIF to pass forward to children in need.
March 2014
Thank you to Jared Scheff who has collected over 200 pieces of equipment for his Bar Mitzvah project and donated it to Let's Play it Forward during the month of March.
March 2014
Thank you baseball uniform donors. We shipped all the uniforms to Robertos kids this month. (Thank you to Matt Mariani for organizing)
February 2014
LPIF is happy to report that we helped Esperanza Prep school in Harlem NY start a girls volleyball program at their school this month with a donation of volleyball gear. Gym equipment and baseball gear for their new baseball program!
February 2014
5 boxes of mitts, baseballs, catchers gear, bats and baseball cleats arrived in Indiana today (Feb. 3) to assist the varsity baseball team at Hammond High school. We will also be providing them with t-shirts with donation money we have received! Thank you to all our baseball donors!
January 2014
Special Thanks to Jackson Yaegar from Cortlnadt Manor NY. He partnered with LPIF and worked on collecting gear for his Bar Mitzvah. Great Job Jackson!!
December 2013
Preparing for our trip on 12/7 to Guyon Rescue center in Staten Island NY. See home page for link to pics of our service trip!
November 2013
A special thank you to Christina Polimini from
Oceanside NY. Christina is organizing ongoing collections for LPIF. Thanks for the donations you delivered to LPIF on 11/2/13. The gear will be brought to the Guyon Rescue center in Staten Island for sports leagues affected by Hurricane Sandy. Thank you to all the donors that helped make Christina's project possible!! October 2013
September 2013
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April 28, 2013 - May 3, 2013
Thank you to all who donated equipment during Somers Green Week at SMS.
April 7, 2013
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April 2013
A special thanks to the Nero family from Harrison, NY. They collected gear on behalf of LPIF at the Harrison soccer games. Thank you to all the Harrison NY donors.
March 31, 2013
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December 2012: Soccer Balls Being delivered to Steph's Mission in Jamaica, West Indies
December 2012
Through your generous donations LPIF was able to provide inner city students at Pope John Paul II Academy in Dorchester, Massachusetts basketball uniforms so they could participate in an organized basketball league.
Fall Classic November 17, 2012
LPIF collected gear as well as hurricane relief items for babies and pets on November 17, 2012. Thank you to all our donors. We collected over 1,000 pieces of gear and over 100 items for hurricane relief. We will be delivering the relief items on December 2, 2012.
Stephanie's Mission - October 2012
200 soccer balls MADE their way down to the children in a poverty stricken town in Jamaica through Stephanie's Mission.
AYSO Soccer June 16, 2012
LPIF was very proud to partner with AYSO Soccer this past
Saturday, June 16th, to collect gently used sports equipment. . Collection boxes were on site at Fireman’s Field, Upper Reis Center, and Van Tassel Park. We collected over 50 soccer balls. Thank you to all who donated. Many of the soccer balls have already been donated to the children of P.S. 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary Schools in Jamiaca New York. The soccer balls will also be enjoyed by many children in Ghana. Father Augustine will be bringing them on his next visit Tennis Fest May 19, 2012
Let's Play it Forward participated in Tennis Fest in Mt. Kisco, NY at the Saw Mill River Club. The donated items are going to Bridgeport Community Tennis and Ossining Community Tennis. We were proud to partner with USTA Eastern in this event.
Spring Fest April 28, 2012
April 28th, 2012 Let’s Play it Forward partnered with the Somers High School Booster Club and attended Spring Fest. We collected 121 pieces of equipment and $66 in donations. The money was used to purchase pop-up soccer goals for West Side Soccer Leauge in Harlem, NY.
Lions Club Pancake Breakfast April 15, 2012
On behalf of everybody at Let's Play it Forward, we express our sincerest thank you for your donations at the Pancake Breakfast. We collected 503 pieces of equipment at this event. Much of the equipment you have donated has already had an impact on children and teens in the local area. Your gear has been given to two separate campuses at Saint Christopher's Inc. in Dobbs Ferry. We personally gave the equipment to the children and we are happy to let you know they were overjoyed with the contributions.
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First Ladies Basketball, White Plains, NY
A big thank you to a Somers family who helped us help a girls basketball team in White Plains with basketballs for their team. A special thanks to our Yorktown donor for donating pinnies and cones for this team.
La Carpio, Costa Rica October 27, 2012
150 soccer balls were shipped to La Carpio, Costa Rica. We are currently raising more money to ship some more balls down to the children at this refugee camp.
Soccerfest October 13, 2012
LPIF had a booth set up at Soccerfest this past Saturday at Reis Park in Somers, NY. We collected 1,400 pieces of equipment which includes over 1,000 brand new soccer balls. Collection boxes were set up at Reis Park Pavillion, Upper-Reis Park, and Primrose. Thank you to all who donated. Some of the soccer balls have already found new homes : Hudson Valley Cerebral Palsy of Westchester, Bright Beginning Learning Center for students with Autism in Faifield New Jersey, Steph's Place Jamaica, West Indies. The remainder of the balls will be donated to: Starlight Foundation NY, NY, Carver Center in Porchester NY, Maria Ferrari Childrens Hospital, Blythdale Childrens Hospital, Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy in Dorchester MA, and La Carpio, a refugee camp in Costa Rica.
The Burger Joint June 15, 2012
Thank you to all our supporters who joined us on the evening of June 15, 2012 from 6pm-10pm to celebrate the end of school. The owners of the Burger Joint in Mt. Kisco, NY graciously donated a percentage of their sales to LPIF. We are in need of storage space and will use all money raised for a storage shed to store donated equipment while we find a new home for it. Thank you for your support! We met our goal and the shed will be purchased this summer!!!
FC Somers Drive May 6th, 2012
We partnered with FC Somers Soccer and collected over 100 pieces of equipment at Reis, Van Tassel and Somers High School. Thank you Helen Brady for reaching out to us and making this all possible.
April 18th-April 25th, 2012 Let’s Play it Forward participated in Green Week at Little People’s Learning Center in Lincolndale, New York.
SYSO Baseball Donation March 17, 2012
We would like to thank Bill Smith, Commissioner of SYSO Baseball. He helped us contact the Parks and Recreation Department and assisted us in obtaining permission from our town to donate all of the unused baseball equipment at the Van Tassel Barn. We were able to give all the used gear another season by donating it to Pitch in for Baseball in Pennsylvania.
We have teamed up with the STAT Club at Somers High School (Students Taking
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