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Gear Up A Child Program |
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Gear Up A Child is a program that provides human services year round to youth, their families, and community organizations. The objective of this program is to provide new and previously owned athletic equipment, computers, along with financial support to disadvantaged children or organizations. The Gear Up A Child Program currently has partnerships Ingram Micro Inc. and AAA of Western and Central New York. Both of these organizations have had employee drives to help collect athletic equipment which in turn was given to little league football teams, families, day cares, and community youth centers! The program was able to furnish each graduate from our past summers’ Spanish classes with a Spanish / English dictionary. We also helped cover some of the expenses of two children to travel to Rome New York to compete in the 3 on 3 Gus Macker Tournament. New cheerleader uniforms were donated to Burgard High Schools’ squad. Youth basketball teams that participated in both spring and summer leagues were sponsored. Several elementary and high school aged students enrolled in the Buffalo Public School System just received free desk top computer systems. These educational gifts will help these children and their families bridge the digital informational gap. This alone provided numerous youth an opportunity to enjoy free and safe recreation during non school hours.
We have sponsored this new upcoming soccer program called Buffalo International Chili Peppers, which now has three different age groups competing in league competitions. We have split payment for their league fees and provided over $1600 in kind services by providing van transportation to out of town games. These team are made up of new refugees from various countries such as; Burma, Senegal, Bukina, Fazo, Rwanda, Thailand, Turkey, and Russia.
Our nonprofit organization has supported the efforts of chess ambassador Mike McDuffie by being the official trophy & awards sponsors for several of his tournaments that have taken place in the Western New York area over the past year. One of his teams have won regional competitions and travelled to Nashville Tenn. for a national chess competition in which they have placed in the top five in the nation. Our organization continues to evaluate other educational and sports programs that may be worthy of our support within the Western New York area that correspond with our philosophy for youth. If you are an individual or company that has this kind of community services at heart, please contact our program coordinator so that we can continue to bring joy to those who don’t have. Also if you are an individual or agency in need, contact us so that you can be a recipient of our love. Ms. Jael Henderson: Program
Coordinator
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