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L.I. SPORTS IMPACT CHALLENGE FOR THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, THE W20 FOUNDATION’S PROJECT TEAM UP 4 COMMUNITY CHALLENGED YOUTH ATHLETES TO GIVE BACK THROUGHOUT OUR LONG ISLAND COMMUNITIES IN THE NASSAU VS. SUFFOLK CHALLENGE. #NASSAUVSSUFFOLK NASSAU COUNTY IS THE WINNER, TALLYING MORE HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE THAN SUFFOLK COUNTY! CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED AND HELPED MAKE AN IMPACT. MORE THAN $593,350 WAS RAISED BY THE ATHLETES FOR CHARITABLE CAUSES. $1,296,896 449 ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IMPACT SERVICE PROJECTS 153,479 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE DONATED OVER 44,729 ATHLETES INVOLVED W20 FOUNDATION Founded on Long Island in 2007 by former NY Islander Steve Webb, the W20 Foundation is committed to creating an environment where our youth athletes and others want to partake in community service and surround themselves with other like-minded, positive people who care about social responsibility. In 2011, the Foundation launched Project Team Up 4 Community (TU4C). TU4C engages and empowers youth athletes and others to initiate community service projects through its online challenges. The platform also provides them with an interactive set of resources to advocate and promote their social responsibility amongst their peers, family, schools, organizations, and communities. TU4C serves as a central hub and a launching pad to help develop new programs to meet athletes, organizations, and community needs. Since the launch of Project Team Up 4 Community, the Foundation has recorded an estimated economic impact of over $16 Million Dollars Nationwide! On Long Island alone, there have been 148,714 Youth Athletes who have participated in over 2,475 Community Service Projects and have performed 556,204 Hours of Community Service Work. Team Up 4 Community’s Online Challenges are making community service contagious! Our goal this year is to raise money to further advance the Team Up 4 Community online interactive platform and mobile application throughout Long Island, New York State Public High Schools, CYO of Long Island and across North America within the Hockey Community. Thanks to our youth athletes service more of our fellow Long Islanders in need have warm coats to wear, toys for their children at the holidays, food to place on the table and not to mention the incredible contributions they have made towards important medical issues. Together we can inspire more of our youth to partake in social responsibility and influence millions of dollars of community service through athletics. With Team Up 4 Community, all athletes are invited to engage in community service and create a ripple effect of social responsibility by participating in the challenges and using this instrumental platform. Your support from this Banquet lends a strong hand in aiding the Foundation to further the growth of these youth athletes’ community service projects and education; expanding the number of individuals and lives they can impact, as well as their own. More importantly, community service instills in them a personal responsibility to contribute to their own development and the community that supports them! “Similar to athletics, volunteering helps build character and self-esteem in young people, while simultaneously helping make a difference in the lives of others,” -- Steve Webb Founder W20 Foundation & Project Team Up 4 Community Our most heartfelt thank you to Chase & Stephanie Coleman for your generous support of Project Team Up 4 Community CONGRATULATIONS TO MIKE RICHTER THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE FOUNDATION IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE W20 FOUNDATION NHL, the NHL Shield and the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. All Rights Reserved. Mike Richter Mike Richter played in 666 games during his 14-year NHL career, all with the New York Rangers. He had 301 wins with the team and he helped the club win its first Stanley Cup in 54 years. Playing full-time for the Rangers beginning during the 1990-91 season, he was a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goalie in just his second full season in the NHL. In 1993-94, Richter was selected as the MVP of the NHL All-Star Game and went on to set a Rangers’ single-season record with 42 wins in leading the team to the President's Trophy and its first Stanley Cup title since 1942. Beyond making a huge impact for the Rangers, Richter also was an integral part of the U.S. program for parts of three decades. He is one of just 10 Americans ever to compete in at least three Olympic Games, including in 2002, when the team captured the silver medal. In addition, he led Team USA to the World Cup of Hockey championship in 1996 and was named the tournament's MVP. Richter, a three-time NHLN All-Star, enrolled in Yale UniversityUniversity afterafter retiringr from hockey. He entered thethe universityuniversity tthroughh the highly competitive EliEli WhitneyW Students Program, Yale College'sCo admissions program for non-traditionalno students and receivedrec his degree in Ethics, PPolitics,oli and Economics with a concentration in Environmental Policy (EP&E). RRichterichter is a founding partner at Healthy PlanetPlanet Partners, a sustainable power financefinan and consulting group, and EnviEnvironmental Capital Partners, a $100 million private equity fund focusingfocusinfocusing on resourceresource efficiencyficiency. AdditionallyAdditionallAdditionallyy, he servesserveserves on theththee BoBBoardoaard of Directors fforor RiverkeeperRiverkeeper, the Board ooff Trustees fforor the Adirondack Nature Conservancy, and sits as a member of the National Advisory Council for the Sierra Club. He also collaborates with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in their effort to bring the best ecological practices to the sports industry and launched Athletes for a Healthy Planet. This is an organization dedicated to fostering an under- standing of the connections between environmental issues, human health, economy, social justice, and well-being. He is the chairman of the Aspen Institute's Sport and Society Program dedicated to improving the quality and quantity of athletic participation in society, as well as the NHL Ambassador to Beyond Sport, an NGO chaired by Tony Blair, whose mission is to use the power of sport to promote social change. “Helping out with these organizations is one of the best gifts you can give back to society because everyone truly benefits from it.” - Mike Richter Joining Us Tonight from the NHL Family Mike Richter Mike Komisarek Steve Webb Eric Cairns Rick DiPietro Butch Goring Pat LaFontaine Ted Nolan Ed Westfall Bob Nystrom Eric Boulton Shawn Bates Arron Asham Matt Martin Benoit Hogue $ 30OFF first order of $100 or more and free delivery or pickup for 60 days* Enter code PEAPOD30 Freshness delivered to your door. *$30 offer valid on first order of $100 or more (before taxes and after all other coupons and savings are applied). We’ll waive your Delivery and Pick-up fee on first order and then on all subsequent orders of $60 or more if placed within 60 days of first order. Valid for first-time residential customers only. Offer excludes alcoholic beverages, gift cards, postage stamps and any other purchases prohibited by law. Offer is not transferable. Limit one per household. Enter code PEAPOD30 at first order checkout. Not valid with any other offer. Expires 12/31/19. A SINCERE THANK YOU TO THESE VERY GENEROUS SUPPORTERS T P T U C Pogram Bethpage High School Hockey Team would like to take this STICK IT TO CANCER opportunity to thank everyone who participated in our 2018 L.I. Holiday Heroes Community Service Challenge. The work our youth athletes, VIE THE VIEO teams, schools and organizations P William Floyd Cheerleading are doing to make a difference in Giving Back this Fall the lives of others is commendable! By showcasing this great work together we are assisting in inspiring others to give back and make a difference in their communities! VIE THE VIEO This Holiday Challenge recorded P 10,834 athletes performing over Farmingdale Pink Out Football Game 29,517 hours of community Make “Cents” out of Breast Cancer service! This is valued at an economic impact of $249,420 given back to our communities! Thank you again for your time and CONTRIBUTION. VIE THE VIEO T P T U C Pogram V S N P E would like to take this opportunity They visited 4 elementary schools in to thank everyone who participated Valley Stream District 13 to teach lessons related in our 2019 L.I. Spring Sports to health and wellness. Heroes Community Service Challenge. The work our youth athletes, teams, schools and organizations are doing to make a difference in VIE THE VIEO the lives of others is commendable! P By showcasing this great work S H S I C They held a dance marathon through the together we are assisting in Children’s Miracle Network which raised funds inspiring others to give back and for Cohen Children’s Medical Center. make a difference in their communities! This Spring Challenge recorded 14,791 athletes performing over 58,941 hours of community service! VIE THE VIEO This is valued at an economic P impact of $498,050 given back to N H S our communities in service! These They raised over $6,000 for Make-A-Wish helping athletes also raised $337,234 Connor’s Wish come true and they dressed as Madison Anderson’s favorite characters helping towards their charitable causes. to complete her Make-A-Wish day. Thank you again for your time and CONTRIBUTION to making a difference in the lives of others. U R VIE THE VIEO THANK YOU TO OUR