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| Recipient Organizations The following organizations have or will receive donations from GetGear.org. Is your sports program or school in need of gear? Contact us today for information on what gear we have in stock or to tell us what you need. We'll do our best to get it to you as quickly as we can!  Founded in 1891, Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco serves more than 1,200 youth (ages 6 to 18) per day, offering a safe place to learn and grow. GetGear.org donated a large van full of tennis, baseball, soccer and basketball uniforms and gear to enhance the clubs' sports programs.   Inkanyezi Waldorf School founded in 1988 Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa recently received a large donation of soccer uniforms. Inkanyzi educates 300 students from kindergarden through 7th grade. Their soccer teams are now outfitted to win!
 The Holmes family of Lakeport, California travelled to the Galapagos islands in Ecuador and delivered soccer gear to a local school. The school is on Isla Floreana, one of the smaller islands with little tourism and, as such, little income. (Photo Credit: eatswords)  Barrio Planta Project in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua is a community development, education and arts initiative that provides the children and adults from the low-income neighborhood, ‘La Planta’ with free English classes. Through these classes, along with extra-curricular activities and community development projects, they are able to discover their skills, passions, confidence and pride for an overall more fulfilling, successful and rewarding life. BPP is starting a sports program this year, and GetGear.org donated baseball, soccer and basketball gear to get them started!  The Boys & Girls Club in Logan Heights, CA received a large GetGear.org donation of baseball, soccer and basketball gear that was collected from school drives in San Diego County. The Bolden Family of Del Mar, CA collected and delivered the gear. Thanks folks!  The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz, CA received a donation of sports equipment from GetGear.org to help equip their sports activity programs. The donation included basketballs, soccer balls, volleyball balls, Wiffle balls, footballs and soccer jerseys.  Urban Promise Academy, a middle school in Oakland, CA, is a part of a 12 team, 180 player soccer league. Matthew Linzer, the director of the soccer program at UPA, contacted GetGear.org for equipment assistance. Budgets are tight and the teams needed help. We donated over 100 balls, more than 60 pairs of cleats, many shin guards and a variety of other items. Watch a 1:54 second video of Matthew describing the program and its needs. The photo below shows kids lining up to get their gear! 
 Michael Azarcon works with the Peace Corp. in Belize. His mother hand carried a shipment of soccer gear to him from GetGear.org which was delivered to the San Bosco RC school in Cowpen-San Juan, Belize.  Kick For Nick collects soccer balls for the children of Iraq and Afghanistan. While home on leave from Iraq in July 2006, Private Nicholas Madaras rounded up as many soccer balls as possible to take back to the children near his post. Being a passionate soccer player, he wanted to give the balls to the children as a gesture of good will. Unfortunately, Nick was killed by an IED on September 3, 2006 and was never able to distribute the balls himself. Instead others have taken up a crusade on his behalf to fulfill his dream. GetGear.org is proud to be among those donating balls to Kick for Nick.  GetGear.org donated basketball and soccer gear to the Linge Primary School, grades 1st through 8th in the Nyanga township in Cape Town, South Africa.
 The Salinas Valley Youth Soccer Leage, in Salinas, CA, was the recipient of 40 soccer balls and more than 25 sets of cleats. SVYSL is a recreational league dedicated to children and sportsmanship. Each year, SVYSL provides scholarships and equipment to about 100 youth players in need. Thanks to Program Director, Maria Reynosa, for coordinating the gear distribution to these players.  First Tee of Monterey County provides young people of all backgrounds an opportunity to develop life-enhancing values such as confidence, perseverance and judgment through golf and character education. GetGear.org provided them with a large donation of golf balls.
Escuela El Castillo, a school in El Castillo, Costa Rica, was the recipient of 40 soccer jerseys, 10 soccer balls and a number of pairs of soccer cleats. The equipment was hand carried on behalf of GetGear.org by the Friedman/Supplee family of Santa Cruz, California on their vacation.  
The Guatemala Friendship School Foundation is a non-profit organization working to provide a quality education for those who otherwise couldn't afford to learn. Students attending the GFSF middle school in Momostenango, Guatemala were the recipients of the first donation of sports gear from GetGear.org. We outfited their championship girls and boys soccer teams with complete uniforms, pinnies, balls and cones. Watch a short video of the girls team playing with Amaya, GetGear.org co-founder. And, here's a brief video of co-founder, Jacob playing with the boys team.
Grupo de Apoyo Ray Thomas has worked for over 20 years in Southern Baja California, Mexico to provide sports and nutrition programs to children in need. They currently assist more than 2000 children. GetGear.org shipped baseball and soccer gear to GART. They are in need of gear for both of these sports, as well as for basketball and a new volleyball program. Watch Ray Thomas discussing the organization in this short video.  Ben Dawes of the United Kingdom is about to embark on an eipc journey. In April of 2010, he will walk from Cabo San Lucas at the tip of Baja California, Mexico to Tijuana. His trip will take him over 1000 miles across brutal desert. He will be raising money for Grupo de Apoyo Ray Thomas (above), the Los Cabos Children's Foundation and other charities. GetGear.org will provide Ben with gear that he can give out to children on his trip. Visit his website, Walk 1000 miles in Their Shoes, to learn more and to follow him on his amazing trip.
 Roots International Academy in the Oakland Unified School District in California had a middle school in need of soccer uniforms and cleats to outfit two boys and one girls team. They were unable to play in their league without a donation from GetGear.org. We delivered balls, cleats and more than 45 uniforms in February 2010 in time to kick off the season. Watch teacher and coach Jeff Embleton describing the situation in this very short video.
 GetGear.org is currently collecting complete team sets of soccer jerseys for the Mathare Youth Sports Association in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. MYSA serves over 20,000 kids in need. Players earn additional points in the league standings by doing community service in their neighborhoods.As many as 10 teams share ONE set of uniforms each season. Help us reach our goal of collecting 18,000 soccer jerseys to outfit the more than 1500 teams in the MYSA league! Contact us now for information on donating your team's or club's soccer jerseys.
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