Tag Archives: fundraise

Rodney Street Tennis

Rodney Street Tennis 1101 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Contact: Tina Tharp, Managing Director 302 256-0235 tinatharp@comcast.net Founded in 1979, the Rodney Street Tennis & Tutoring Association, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization operating in Wilmington and New Castle County, DE, builds lives through tennis and education for at-risk inner-city boys and girls opportunities for children in the Great Wilmington Region to reach their full potential on and off the tennis court.  The lessons learned from this program go far beyond tennis.  RSTTA combines academics, athletics, nutrition, and civic responsibility to encourage the development of a child from a […]

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PeacePlayers International

PeacePlayers International 1200 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Suite 875 Washington, D.C. 20036 Contact: Adam Hirsch ahirsch@peaceplayersintl.org 202-408-5111 PeacePlayers International uses the game of basketball to unite, educate and inspire young people in divided communities, based on the premise that children who play together can learn how to live together. (PPI’s affiliate in Israel and the West Bank, PeacePlayers International- Middle East, promotes peaceful coexistence among Arab and Jewish young people in the region and provides positive extracurricular outlets for those from disadvantaged communities.) Children who play together can learn to live together. That’s the idea behind PeacePlayers International, a nonprofit organization that uses basketball […]

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Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation

Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation 3601 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19148 Contact: Maria Leonetti, Finance & Development Manager mleonetti@esyhf.org 215 952-4196 The mission of the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation (ESYHF) is to use the sport of hockey to help educate young people to succeed in the game of life. Snider Hockey is a cutting edge program that uses the sport of hockey coupled with a rigorous off-ice life skills curriculum and supplemental educational services to build character and academic skills for high-risk inner-city boys and girls from Philadelphia and Camden, NJ. The foundation provides full equipment, ice time […]

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Legacy Youth Tennis and Education Center

Legacy Youth Tennis and Education Center 4842 Ridge Ave., Phila., PA 19129 Contact: Ben Hirsh, Coordinator of Youth Leadership and Volunteer engagement, 215 487-9555, bhirsh@ashetennis.org The mission of the Legacy Youth Tennis and Education Center, inspired by the life of Arthur Ashe, is to create meaningful opportunities for a diverse cross-section of young people, especially those from under-resourced families and communities, to achieve success as individuals and as active, responsible citizens. We attain this mission through innovative tennis, education, life skills, and leadership development programming in neighborhoods throughout the Philadelphia area and at our state-of-the-art Legacy Youth Tennis and Education Center. There is a wide […]

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Music for Autism

Music for Autism 401 Park Avenue S., 10th Floor New York, NY 10016 Contact: Laura Lazar 646 964-6487, laura@musicforautism.org. Music for Autism is enhancing quality of life and raising public awareness through autism-friendly, interactive concerts developed specifically for individuals with autism and their families. The concerts, held in the United States and the United Kingdom, feature professional musicians, including Tony Award winners, Grammy-nominated classical artists, and Pulitzer Prize winners. To ensure equal access for all, every Music for Autism concert is fully subsidized. Families note that the concerts help fill a major psychosocial void, enabling them to enjoy enriching activities […]

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Project Harmony Israel

Project Harmony Israel 318 W 100th St, Apt 6A, New York, NY 10025 Contact: Meg Sullivan, Co-Founder/Co-Director meg@projectharmonyisrael.com 917-476-6296 Project Harmony is a 4-week English language summer camp that aims to create a safe social space for Arab and Jewish children from Jerusalem to relate to one another as kids. We believe in working towards peace through shared experience, one summer at a time. See our website for fun pictures from previous summers!  Launched in the Summer of 2010, Project Harmony is a 4-week English language summer camp that aims to create a safe social space for Arab and Jewish […]

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Lev LaLev

Lev LaLev 14 Melnick Drive PO Box 1210 Monsey, NY 10952 Contact: Sheena Levi -Director of Outreach 845-367-7130 x 105 sheena@levlalev.com Lev LaLev Fund is a non-profit organization that works to support the Rubin-Zeffren Children’s Home in Netanya, Israel. The home supports all the needs for over 100 girls, ages 5-18+, who have been abused, neglected and abandoned by their families. Beyond basic needs they often also require mental health facilities. The girls are mainstreamed and given the same opportunities as anyone’s own daughter would including higher education and assistance in paying for their weddings. Lev LaLev has a special Bat Mitzvah Project […]

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Keren Or

Keren Or 350 7th Ave., Suite 701 New York, New York 10001 (Center is located in Jerusalem) Contact: Elizabeth David Dembrowsky info@keren-or.org, 212 279-4070 Keren Or (Hebrew for ray of light) is the only center of its kind in the world under Jewish auspices devoted exclusively to the care and rehabilitation of children with visual impairment who are also physically and/or mentally disabled. Keren Or’s state-of-the-art facilities, dedicated staff, and individualized therapy programs allow each of their students to reach his or her maximum potential. There are several ways to make a difference in the lives of blind children with multiple […]

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Boys Town Jerusalem

Boys Town Jerusalem 333 E. Lancaster Avenue, #351, Wynnewood, PA 19096 Contact: Deborah Zarwin Rose, Executive Director Mid-Atlantic Region drose@boystownjerusalem.org 215 887-1590 Boys Town Jerusalem is one of Israel’s premier institutions for educating the country’s next generation of leaders in the fields of technology, commerce, education, the military and public service. Since its founding in 1948, BTJ has pursued its mission of turning young boys from limited backgrounds into young men with limitless futures. From Junior High through the College level, the three part curriculum at Boys Town-academic, technological, and Torah-is designed to turn otherwise disadvantaged Israeli youth into productive […]

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American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA)

American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA) P.O. Box 52158, Phila., PA 19115 Contact: Sharon Schmidt, Greater Phila. Area Director AFMDA 215 947-7007 Magen David Adom is Israel’s ambulance, blood-services, and disaster-relief organization, serving as emergency medical first-responders for the state’s more than 8 million people. MDA is the only organization mandated by the Israeli government to serve in this role, but it’s not a government agency, so it relies on people like you for funding. So we’re asking students to join us to do a mitzvah and save a life! Members of youth groups and children preparing for bar […]

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