Boards for Bros OC Skateboard Build
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Boards for Bros is a nonprofit that uses skateboarding to help at-risk youth develop creativity, confidence, and perseverance. We work with local skate shops and community partners to collect and refurbish skateboards that we distribute to kids in the community who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford a board.
This Spring, we are partnering with the Boys and Girls Club of Westminster to distribute 40 boards to kids enrolled in their after school and summer programs. Your contribution is essential and will help us buy the materials we need to make sure every child we work with has a high quality skateboard to use as they learn new tricks and the life lessons skateboarding teaches.
We are also lining up partnerships with other youth-centered non-profits in California. With your help we will build and distribute a minimum of 100 completes in 2017.
Boards for Bros focuses on at-risk youth, but our project engages the entire community. Local skateboarders donate new or gently used skateboard parts. Fundraising helps us fill in the gaps by purchasing the missing parts we need to make complete skateboards. These items are sold to us at or below cost through our industry supporters.
Once we've gathered all the necessary materials, we schedule a community build day. These events bring local skaters of all ages and backgrounds together to assemble the boards.
Finally, we hold a distribution event where the new skateboarders are paired with with volunteers to help them learn the basics they'll need to enjoy their new skateboard.
Giving a young person a skateboard invites them to join a creative, supportive community that encourages acceptance of everyone, regardless of race, socioeconomic status, gender, or sexual orientation. It also gives them an opportunity to learn how to see the world differently, to work through pain and frustration to achieve their goals, and to become confident in their ability to succeed.
Your contribution makes all of this possible, and we thank you in advance for supporting skateboarding in the Orange County community.
The $2000 we raise through this campaign will be used to purchase (at below cost prices) the new trucks, wheels and bearings we need to assemble a minimum of 100 skateboards and purchase helmets for our distribution events.
Thank you for giving the gift of skateboarding to the youth of Orange County!
This Spring, we are partnering with the Boys and Girls Club of Westminster to distribute 40 boards to kids enrolled in their after school and summer programs. Your contribution is essential and will help us buy the materials we need to make sure every child we work with has a high quality skateboard to use as they learn new tricks and the life lessons skateboarding teaches.
We are also lining up partnerships with other youth-centered non-profits in California. With your help we will build and distribute a minimum of 100 completes in 2017.
Boards for Bros focuses on at-risk youth, but our project engages the entire community. Local skateboarders donate new or gently used skateboard parts. Fundraising helps us fill in the gaps by purchasing the missing parts we need to make complete skateboards. These items are sold to us at or below cost through our industry supporters.
Once we've gathered all the necessary materials, we schedule a community build day. These events bring local skaters of all ages and backgrounds together to assemble the boards.
Finally, we hold a distribution event where the new skateboarders are paired with with volunteers to help them learn the basics they'll need to enjoy their new skateboard.
Giving a young person a skateboard invites them to join a creative, supportive community that encourages acceptance of everyone, regardless of race, socioeconomic status, gender, or sexual orientation. It also gives them an opportunity to learn how to see the world differently, to work through pain and frustration to achieve their goals, and to become confident in their ability to succeed.
Your contribution makes all of this possible, and we thank you in advance for supporting skateboarding in the Orange County community.
The $2000 we raise through this campaign will be used to purchase (at below cost prices) the new trucks, wheels and bearings we need to assemble a minimum of 100 skateboards and purchase helmets for our distribution events.
Thank you for giving the gift of skateboarding to the youth of Orange County!
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Costa Mesa, CA
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