Sports Gift Tops 100,000 in Sports Equipment Donations
Laguna Hills, CA, February 01, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Sports Gift, a local charity focused on providing sports to underprivileged children throughout the world and promoting sports related community service, announced today that it has surpassed 100,000 pieces of donated sports equipment. Established in 2002, Sports Gift collects and distributes sports equipment to help underprivileged children around the world play sports. From Mexico and Central and South America to Africa, Indonesia, the South Pacific, the Middle East and throughout the United States, Sports Gift works with youth leagues, clubs, schools and other organizations as well as sponsoring sporting goods retailers and manufacturers to provide the gift of sports.
Claire Baxter, Executive Director, commented, “This is a significant and very rewarding milestone for Sports Gift. We would like to thank the hundreds of dedicated volunteers and sponsors who have helped us provide the gift of sports to thousands of children living in poverty around the world. Sports can be a life changing gift for children and families living in poverty and we are honored to provide this gift to so many children in need.”
For more information about Sports Gift, call (949) 388-2359, email sportsgift@cox.net or visit their web page at www.sportsgift.org.
About Sports Gift
Sports Gift is a non-profit organization focused on providing sports to underprivileged children throughout the world and promoting sports related community service among our youth. Sports Gift collects gently used and new sports equipment on a donation basis which it refurbishes and distributes to underprivileged children around the world. They work with youth leagues, clubs, schools and other organizations as well as sponsoring sporting goods retailers and manufacturers. Sports Gift has distributed tens of thousands of sports equipment items throughout the world including the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, Africa, Indonesia, the South Pacific and the Middle East. More information can be found on our website: www.sportsgift.org.
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Media Contact:
Kirk Green
Gonzo Communications
(949) 459-2165
kirk@gonzocom.com
Claire Baxter, Executive Director, commented, “This is a significant and very rewarding milestone for Sports Gift. We would like to thank the hundreds of dedicated volunteers and sponsors who have helped us provide the gift of sports to thousands of children living in poverty around the world. Sports can be a life changing gift for children and families living in poverty and we are honored to provide this gift to so many children in need.”
For more information about Sports Gift, call (949) 388-2359, email sportsgift@cox.net or visit their web page at www.sportsgift.org.
About Sports Gift
Sports Gift is a non-profit organization focused on providing sports to underprivileged children throughout the world and promoting sports related community service among our youth. Sports Gift collects gently used and new sports equipment on a donation basis which it refurbishes and distributes to underprivileged children around the world. They work with youth leagues, clubs, schools and other organizations as well as sponsoring sporting goods retailers and manufacturers. Sports Gift has distributed tens of thousands of sports equipment items throughout the world including the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, Africa, Indonesia, the South Pacific and the Middle East. More information can be found on our website: www.sportsgift.org.
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Media Contact:
Kirk Green
Gonzo Communications
(949) 459-2165
kirk@gonzocom.com
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Sports Gift Inc.
Claire Baxter
949.388.2359
www.sportsgift.org
Claire Baxter
949.388.2359
www.sportsgift.org
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