Fifty students from the University of Central Florida, University at Buffalo and the University of Vermont participated in the Hope for Stanley Alliance’s 18th volunteer trip to New Orleans. From March 9 – 13, the volunteers renovated three little league and high school baseball fields with the New Orleans Recreational Department and worked on several home renovation projects in the Lower Ninth Ward with the organization Historic Green.

The Hope for Stanley contingent contributed 1,360 hours of service to the Greater New Orleans area. Volunteers were responsible for cleaning up 2,500 pounds of weeds and trash along the St. Claude Avenue corridor in the Lower Ninth Ward, as well as delivering four tons of sheet rock to Lower Ninth resident Brenda Dupre. Read more...

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The Hope for Stanley Alliance has partnered with Sports for a Cause, a non-profit foundation focusing on the rebuilding of schools and playgrounds in the New Orleans area. Sports for a Cause was founded by Brandon Tosti and Kieran Cain, both sport administrators for Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids. Recently, Hope for Stanley located a recipient and delivered soccer equipment donated by Sports for a Cause. The Jesuit High School boy's soccer team and Lakeview Soccer Academy were recipients of brand-new cleats, socks, shin guards and pennies. The donation was made by Sports for a Cause which has also donated 1,000 Little League uniforms to the New Orleans Recreational Department (NORD).

Thanks to the donation of Krista Prestigiacomo of Nike, Hope for Stanley was able to deliver 35 baseball and softball cleats to the Warren Easton Senior High baseball and softball teams. The donation was received by Coach Steven Costa, athletic director at Warren Easton. If you would like to make a donation of sporting equipment for New Orleans schools and clubs, please contact Hope for Stanley.