Category: Backyard Sports Cares

After one week of crowd funding, BYS Cares has reached 72% of it’s goal! This is a huge accomplishment as BYS Cares and Jefferson Elementary School would like to thank our supporters. With one month to go we are almost at our goal but need to keep reaching. To donate go to www.byssportsmatter.com. Thanks again for everyone’s … Continue reading “One week down, One month left, 28% to go!”

    The whistle has blown as BYS Cares crowd funding begins. Addressing an issue of unsupervised, early morning elementary school drop offs, Backyard Sports Cares created the Jefferson Early Morning Soccer program to provide soccer equipment, coaching and games prior to the start of the school day. The impact of the program has far surpassed … Continue reading “Support Early Morning Soccer at Jefferson Elementary School!”

Backyard Sports Cares has been selected by Dick’s Sporting Goods to participate in a fundraising campaign to help us raise $8000.00 to support our early morning sports program at Jefferson Elementary School in New Rochelle.  We must raise $4000.00 directly through on line crowd sourcing.  When we achieve our goal, Dick’s will contribute the matching … Continue reading “BYS Partners with Dick’s Sporting Goods!!”

  Friday nights at Sound Shore Tennis in Port Chester, NY belongs to Backyard Sports starting in May to help boys and girls ages 8-18 to play a sport they have never been exposed to before. We will be partnering with local professionals as they look forward to teaching new skills and creating a wonderful … Continue reading “Backyard Sports Cares Rallies with Sound Shore Indoor Tennis”

Another BYS Plus soccer season has come to a close. We were very excited to teach and watch the players perform numerous soccer skills, and grow throughout the program. We look forward to another exciting season next year with returning and new players. Check out some of the photos from the program at our Facebook … Continue reading “BYS Plus Soccer scores another goal closing out it’s 5th season of soccer!”

On Saturday March 29th over 150 players supported by an equal number of spectators filled the MSG Training Center in Tarrytown, NY to witness the second annual Backyard Sports Cares 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament.  Adult and high school players from across the county including many of our organizational partners engaged in a great afternoon … Continue reading “2014 Backyard Sports Cares 3 on 3 Tournament”

Awesome day on the slopes of Thunder Ridge Mountain with ten rookie teen age skiiers from the Carver Center in Port Chester.  Kids were assisted by the father and son team of Michael and Cameron Moser who helped navigate and shepard the participants down the mountain.  We are very grateful to Noel Muyskens, the Executive … Continue reading “Thunder Mountain Ski Day with the Carver Center”

Chloe and Amanda Shuster, students at Scarsdale High School have participated in gymnastics since they were children.  Together they have shared their expertise and passion with young girls from the Edward Williams School in Mt. Vernon.  They appreciate the opportunity to teach an activity they have practiced for so many years.  Their father, David Shuster, … Continue reading “Gymnastics at Mt. Vernon”

As a leading provider of community team sports for kids of all ages in Westchester County, we are happy to host our 2nd annual Three-on-Three Basketball Tournament. The action will take place on March 29thh from 9am – 3pm at the MSG Training Center in Greenburgh, NY. Backyard Sports Cares offers programs for children who have limited access … Continue reading “2nd annual Three-on-Three Basketball Tournament”

BYSC brings access to school age athletes with little or no access.   Ethan Bunzel, a junior at Scarsdale High School and member of the Varsity Golf team pioneered a golf program at the Amazing Afternoon Program in Mt. Vernon.  Read Ethan’s perspective. “The game of golf has given me so many opportunities and has opened … Continue reading “Edward Williams School, Mount Vernon Plays Golf”

Don’t forget to sign up for our Backyard Sports Cares 3×3 tournament on Saturday March 29th, 2014. The action will take place at the MSG Training Center in Tarrytown, NY.  It will be an exciting day filled with basketball games, entertainment for our participants and special needs children. A few BYSC sponsors include Powerade, Houlihan Lawrence … Continue reading “BYSC 2nd Annual 3X3 Basketball Tournament Reminder”

Here are photos from the Lakeland Special needs program which meets on Saturdays under the supervision of Vin Minotti and our awesome volunteers.  See photos

For the past three years, Backyard Sports Plus and Eastchester SEPTA have united to provide afterschool recreational programming for special need students at the Anne Hutchinson Elementary School in Eastchester.  Read this recent article posted by a Eastchester High School student in the Hamlet Hub