Events

• The Right To Play Olympic Challenge For Children – Right To Play (RTP) is a humanitarian organization that focuses on sports as a platform to promote peace, education and social development for the youth in the most disadvantaged areas in the world. SBS has partnered with Right To Play to create a corporate Olympic challenge. which will be used as a fundraising platform for the organization.  The event on April 29th, 2007 will allow corporate as well as philanthropic entities to form teams alongside Olympians while competing in a series of challenges. To find out more information on the event and to see how YOU can get involved, please contact Harrie Bakst at harrie@nyu.edu. Click here for more information
  
  
• The Preston Robert Tisch Center Career & Internship Fair – During both the Fall and Spring semesters, SBS brings the top organizations of the sports industry together in order to create great career opportunities for our fellow students.  Organizations that have attended include: Major League Baseball, Octagon, Wasserman Media Group, and HBO Sports.  For more information on the February 2007 fair, please contact David Terranella at dterranella@nyu.edu.
  
  
• Relay For Life – The American Cancer Society – SBS is an official sponsor of the 2007 Relay For Life at New York University, which benefits the American Cancer Society.  By integrating sports programs into the April event, our goal is to make Relay For Life at NYU the # 1 fundraising program in the United States.
  
  
• The Plan B Sports Clinic – SBS works with the Catholic Big Sisters Big Brothers organization to produce a basketball clinic that utilizes lessons learned on the court in order to teach kids about life off of it, such as the importance of education, work ethic and collaboration.  The clinic was given by the NYU men’s and women’s basketball team, and guest speakers included Cal Ramsey (formerly of the New York Knicks), Jerry Horowitz (National Director of Junior/High School Player Development for the NFL), and Maureen Dillon (Head of Player Development of the New York Jets)
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• The United Nations Global Youth Leadership Summit – SBS was the youth representatives for Right To Play at the 2006 GYLS, which is produced by the office of Sport For Peace and Development. The Summit hosts young leaders, one young man and one young woman from each of the 192 United Nations member states, and seeks to strengthen the worldwide movement to engage young people in decisions about the future of their communities, regions, and our emerging global society.
  
  
• The New York Tolerance Center & Major League Soccer – SBS was proud to assist the New York Tolerance Center and their first sports program, which was sponsored by Major League Soccer, in order to reach out to the local community and promote the breakdown of racial barriers through soccer activities.