Mission
The organization's mission is to clean and rebuild playgrounds and youth athletic facilities in the Gulf Region that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Objectives:
1.) Restore damaged playgrounds and youth athletic facilities in the Gulf Region.
2.) Collect and distribute sporting goods equipment to schools and recreation departments in the region.
 3.) Generate awareness of the need for safe playgrounds, facilities and schools that still exist today.
Background

Sports for a Cause is a Denver, Colorado based 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization created by Brandon Tosti.  Tosti resides in Denver, Colorado, and has been employed in the sports industry for over 10 years.  The project was inspired by an article that Tosti read in an August 2007 issue of Sports Illustrated.  The graphic pictures provided a shocking reality of the state of New Orleans schools and youth athletic facilities nearly 2 ½ years after the storm.  Knowing that many people wanted to help but didn’t know how or where to start, Tosti realized that the sports industry provided the perfect mix of knowledge, experience and networks necessary to successfully execute a project of this magnitude.

The program’s purpose is to provide athletic opportunities for youth, which currently do not exist in certain neighborhoods.  Some playgrounds are still condemned and some schools will have to be demolished.  Shortly thereafter, he called the Recovery School District, Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation to start the research and fact finding process that led to the establishment of the organization, Sports for a Cause.

 
***NEWS\UPDATES***

Sports for a Cause will be hosting an equipment drive the week of September 21st-25th. Over 35 companies located in Denver will be participating in this drive. The equipment will be distributed to Denver Public Schools in need as well as public schools in New Orleans.

*Special thanks to our sponsors, Ginn Mill for hosting the Team Captain Kickoff Party and Alpine Waste for donating the recycling bins for the week of the drive.

In 2009, Sports for a Cause expanded its programming and services to Denver, Colorado. Tosti attended and completed the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce Impact Denver Leadership Program, which is a six month civic leadership engagement specially designed for Metro Denver’s next generation of community leaders. At the conclusion of the program, each class embraces a philanthropic project to further support, and the 2009 class selected Sports for a Cause.

2009 Impact Denver Class Goals:
* Manage two sports equipment drives to benefit Denver Public Schools (DPS) with future expansion to other metro Denver school districts.

* Renovate one athletic field for a DPS school.