The Backyard Sports Cares Friday Night Teens and Young Adults Plus Program is back and better than ever! More than 45 of our BYSC athletes with special needs, volunteers and family members have been meeting at Bowlero in White Plains once a month for a night of bowling, dinner and good times. For more than … Continue reading “Friday Night Teens & Young Adults Program at Bowlero”
When Danny came up with the idea of a winter basketball league in White Plains more than a decade ago, little did he know that it would prove so successful. The idea was simple enough. Bring fourth and fifth grade boys and girls from each of the five elementary schools in White Plains together for … Continue reading “White Plains Winter Basketball League”
Backyard Sports Cares is passionate about developing youth not just as athletes, but as confident, well rounded and socially conscious people. In partnership with one of our most passionate community partners, Max Pearce, Backyard Sports Cares hosted a celebration of the “Art of an Athlete” collection at Eastchester Community Action Partnership (ECAP) in Max’s hometown … Continue reading “More Than an Athlete”
Owen Zerbib is a junior at Mamaroneck High School. He has been volunteering with Backyard Sports Cares for three years in a variety of ways including two summers at Camp Shape, (BYSC’s summer camp in New Rochelle), at the Boys and Girls Club of Mount Vernon and at YCOP (Youth Community Outreach Program). What makes … Continue reading “Volunteer Spotlight: Owen Zerbib”
A new grant from the Westchester County Youth Bureau that focuses on non-traditional sporting events is providing new opportunities for our athletes with special needs! Sports like surfing, fishing, golf and bowling are all part of a special curriculum that BYSC is rolling out during the fall of 2022. New York approved mobile sports betting … Continue reading “Grant Provides Non-Traditional Sporting Activities for Athletes with Special Needs”
Growing up in Westchester County, NY, my most formative years were shaped by sports. Whether I was trying out for a basketball team, playing kickball in the street after school or spending Christmas Day at Madison Square Garden with my mom, these moments have stuck with me my entire life. The ups and downs of … Continue reading “Coach’s Corner: Making The Extra Pass”
It was a very special day during the fifth week of MVP Summer Camp when Donovan Mitchell, three time NBA All-Star, showed up to offer advice and encouragement to the young basketball players. It was a homecoming of sorts for Mitchell, who attended MVP basketball camp more than 15 years ago when he was just … Continue reading “NBA Star & former MVP Camper Donovan Mitchell visits MVP Summer Camp”
As we do every summer, BYSC was once again at New Rochelle High School running a four week summer program called Camp Shape. More than 150 campers participated in one of three sports: soccer, tennis and basketball. Program participants are New Rochelle students who range in age from 7 to 15 and, while BYSC charges … Continue reading “BYSC’s Camp Shape in New Rochelle”
When we arrived in late July at the Dayspring Community Center to drop off a Gaga Pit that BYSC was donating, we were met with some raised eyebrows from the staff. “What kind of pit is this again?” they asked. Danny assured them they would soon know what Gaga was and that they would grow … Continue reading “Summer Programming at Dayspring Community Center in Yonkers”
Kim and Rich Rosenbaum, and their four children, have been an important part of the BYSC family for more than seven years now. Their 17-year-old daughter Lindsay has participated as an athlete in our Sunday morning Special Needs programs while 15-year-old son Finn has worked as a volunteer. And even Lindsay’s 10-year-old twin sisters KC … Continue reading “BYSC Family Spotlight: The Rosenbaums”
Ethan Sommers is a senior at Edgemont High School. He’s been volunteering at Purchase College on Sunday mornings working with our special needs athletes since he was in 7th grade. We recently got a chance to sit down with him to ask about his experience working with BYSC. How did you get started with Backyard … Continue reading “Volunteer Spotlight: Ethan Sommers”
For the past 12 months at Battle Hill Park in White Plains, the fields have been strangely quiet. No soccer balls, frisbees or baseballs and even worse, no sounds of kids playing. But all that changed in April when Backyard Sports Cares launched a pick up soccer program for kids 8-14. It takes place under … Continue reading “Pick Up Soccer at Battle Hill Park”
Fortunately, I don’t have to reach back too far to recount a personal, but formative sports experience which has shaped the introduction of one of our recent initiatives. Shortly after settling in Westchester with a young family in the mid ‘90’s, I participated in a weekend early morning sandlot soccer game with neighboring dads (and … Continue reading “Coach’s Corner: A “Pick Up” Pick Me Up”
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