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Celebrating 10 Years
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Nov. 7-15, 2009 • Volunteer Trip to Mexico
Join us for a truly inspirational trip to Mexico, and help distribute much needed sports equipment to the children in and around Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico...
(Details coming soon!)
Our efforts in Mexico and Uganda continue! Our storage facilities are currently filled to the rafters with equipment ready to be delivered and/or shipped out to deserving children in need. Can you help? A $68 tax-deductible donation will provide complete baseball or soccer uniforms (including balls, excluding shoes) to an entire youth team in Mexico or Uganda. A photo of the team in their uniforms will be personally mailed to you once the uniforms have been delivered. To donate, click here for our Support page.
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SWC's sports equipment and school supply collection drive is a year round event. We are currently collecting donations for the following sports equipment distribution collaborations/programs:
Katrina's Angels
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SWC's "Communities Play" sports equipment distribution program
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We need:
Our sports equipment collection efforts have temporarily ceased, as our warehouses are currently full, and we focus our energy on raising much needed funds to get our equipment out to where it's needed. Thank you for considering SWC for your sports equipment donations. If you have any questions, or are interested in shipping your sports equipment donations directly to an area/organization overseas in need, please contact us.
If you can offer any of these items, please click here.
The Sports for the World’s Children Foundation believes that all children need love, encouragement, and the opportunity to grow.
We also believe that they need to play... just play... and BE children.
Through the efforts of Sports for the World’s Children, children with limited resources are given the opportunity they deserve to play and learn and grow. |
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July 18 & 19, 2009
SWC's 12th annual "They are Worthy" Benefit Softball Tournament, held in Daly City on July 18 and 19, 2009, at Westlake Park, was a great success. Approximately $2,400 was raised and hundreds of pounds of sports equipment donations were collected from participating players and teams, all for for SWC programs. More Info & Results
July 12 & 13, 2008
SWC's 11th annual "They are Worthy" Benefit Softball Tournament, held in San Francisco on July 12 and 13, 2008, at Moscone Recreation Center, was a great success. Approximately $2,600 was raised and hundreds of pounds of sports equipment donations were collected from participating players and teams, all for for SWC programs. More Info & Results
Apr. 19-27, 2008 • "Following Freedom" Volunteer Trip to Mexico
10 volunteers from five (5) states helped deliver hundreds of pounds of much needed sports equipment to over 1,700 deserving kids in 17 different leagues, schools, and sports clubs in the communities of Caduano, Miraflores, El Cardonal, Buena Vista, Los Barriles, La Ribera, Las Cuevas (El Campamento), El Triunfo, Santa Cruz, San Bartolo, La Paz, Agua Escondida, Marquez de Leon, and Insurgentes. More...
Highlights
(NEW!) SWC Travels to Uganda to Support Girls' Soccer
March 12-29, 2008
In June of 2007, the Africa Youth Ministries submitted a Needs Application requesting sports equipment donations from SWC, as they have been trying to integrate sports into their HIV/AIDS, drug, teen pregnancy, and street kids education programs. Since then, we had been trying to find an opportunity to travel to Uganda during one of their sports programs in order to research their needs, with hopes of possibly organizing a future volunteer trip to Uganda to distribute equipment...
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The Sports for the World’s Children Foundation and Hornblower Cruises Team Up to Benefit Children in Mexico
SAN FRANCISCO, November 10, 2007 – Despite the oil the spill, there are some good things happening on San Francisco Bay. On Friday, November 16, the Sports for the World’s Children Foundation (SWC) and Hornblower Cruises will embark on a 6-day ocean journey on the M/V Freedom to deliver hundreds of pounds of donated sports equipment to children in need in Mexico. More...
10th Anniversary Celebration Event Honors Volunteers and Supporters
Local radio station Alice Radio's morning DJ, "No Name," was the Master of Ceremonies at the early dinner event that celebrated 10 years of service, honored various organizational supporters and individual volunteers, and reunited volunteers from around the country. Words of appreciation from SWC Founder/Executive Director can be found here.
Partial listing of honorees included:
Corporate: Alaska Airlines, YMCA of San Francisco
Individual: Emery Clay III (CA volunteer), Kellee Fong (CA volunteer), Martha Perez (CA Board Director), James O'Neil (MA volunteer), Fred White (WA volunteer)
DVD copies of the 10th Anniversary video tribute, "All Stars - Going the Extra Mile," are now available. More...
(NEW!) Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association feature Sports for the World's Children on their community home page in conjunction with the 2007 MLB All-Star Game in San Francisco
"Recently, BTF sat down with Ms. Ina to discuss her organization, her passion for the game of baseball and what giving back has done for her. In the process, we discovered that with inspiration, passion and hard work everyday people can become All-Stars to children around the world." More... (click on "7/06/2007 Q&A with Sports for the World's Children")
 MLB Grant
SWC receives grant from the Baseball Tomorrow Fund, a joint initiative between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players' Association. More...
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