You don’t need muscles to change the world — you just need a heart. And a 12-year-old Syosset girl is proving what a heart she has. Gabrielle Sklar was sitting at the dinner table when her mother mentioned the life and death battle her Sportime tennis coach TJ Harvey, 58, was facing against bladder cancer. In…
The Rally for Hope Tennis Party, a tennis charity event in support of The Hope House, has been scheduled for Friday, Aug. 24, from 7:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. at the Blue Point Eastern Athletic Club. The event will raise money for Hope House, a bi-county, not for profit, community-based ministry dedicated to providing comprehensive and competent residential…
Long Beach Tennis Center joined with Cure Mommy’s Breast Cancer on Thursday night in a fundraising effort to raise money for those affected by breast cancer. More than 40 were on hand to come out to support this great cause. The music was blasting and everyone was having a great time doing drills and playing games….
The organization, Glen Cove C.A.R.E.S., has a mission statement that says it will raise the level of consciousness about and increase the awareness of cancer through education and to provide a wide range of services and support for patients, survivors and family members dealing with cancer. And five Glen Cove teens—Sydney Menzin, Michael Rovner, Carly…
Tuesday-Sunday, Aug. 9-12 marks the First Annual Summer Charity Tournament, a fundraiser for Cure Mommy’s Breast Cancer to be held at Long Beach Tennis Center. Cure Mommy’s Breast Cancer was formed in 2000 by Carmela Short when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The non-profit charity provides financial assistance to anyone in need of assistance while…
USTA Serves, the National Charitable Foundation of the USTA, has announced that it has awarded the New York Junior Tennis League (NYJTL) in Woodside, N.Y., a $12,500 grant. During its 2012 spring funding cycle, USTA Serves awarded 44 community tennis and education organizations more than $400,000 in grants. The NYJTL is the largest tennis and education-themed…
Tuesday-Sunday, Aug. 9-12 marks the First Annual Summer Charity Tournament, a fundraiser for Cure Mommy’s Breast Cancer to be held at Long Beach Tennis Center. Cure Mommy’s Breast Cancer was formed in 2000 by Carmela Short when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The non-profit charity provides financial assistance to anyone in need of assistance while…
Forever 9-The Robbie Levine Foundation has announced that it will host its 1st Annual Golf, Tennis and Mah Jongg Outing on Monday, July 30 at the Glen Head Country Club, located at 240 Glen Cove Road in Glen Cove, N.Y. to raise money to further the organization’s mission of placing Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) on youth sports…
Glen Cove C.A.R.E.S. (Cancer Awareness Education Resource) will host a Tennis Fundraiser on Saturday, June 30 from 8:00 a.m.-noon at the Glen Cove High School tennis courts on Old Tappan Road. In the event of rain, the fundraiser will be moved to Sunday, July 1. The mission of Glen Cove C.A.R.E.S. is to raise the level…
Tournament players and brothers Conor and Sean Mullins have been working together to help juniors less fortunate than themselves through a program they created called “Pennies for Players.” Conor, 15, and Sean, 13, from Lloyd Harbor, started playing tennis at age 4, and going to national tournaments by age 7. Three years ago, while traveling…