Ground Truthing Episode 4: Beyond Just Sports - a podcast by Westchester Childrens Association

This month, we are joined by Danny Bernstein, the Executive Director of Backyard Sports.

Backyard Sports was created to bring these powerful youth sports experiences to today’s aspiring young athletes. In 2010 Danny launched Backyard Sports Cares, a not for profit 501(c)3 which brings youth based sports development programming to at risk and special needs children in the Westchester community.

In 2011, the program received the Rosemarie Siragusa Award for Youth Activity Achievement from the Westchester County Youth Board. In addition, the activities have been recently cited by the cities of White Plains, Elmsford, and Mount Vernon for contributing to community life and the advancement of young people through sport and play.

In addition to the sports programming at Backyard Sports, Danny has partnered with Frank Williams of the White Plains Youth Bureau, and Fred Goldberg, retired assistant principal from Scarsdale High School, to host the Keepers of the Dream dinner and discussion group. The group provides over 20 student leaders representing White Plains, Scarsdale, Chappaqua, Yonkers, Irvington, and New Rochelle an open forum to communicate with one another about their feelings on race relationships, engagement with difference, and the issue of gun violence on school campuses. To learn more about this and more, visit byardsportscares.com.

Thank you for tuning in to episode four of Ground Truthing, join us next month as we chat with Katie Pfeifer of Volunteer New York! Katie and I will discuss the importance of data in the community-building process.

Ground Truthing is a Westchester Children's Association production. The show is edited by Eloise Sherrid. Original music is composed by Al Saniuk.

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