Teen's Organization Needs Sports Equipment, Community Support
The program founded by a Lutz teen relies on donations and grants to fund its program, which provides free sports clinics for kids with special needs.
Everyone Can Play!, a nonprofit organization founded by a Lutz teen, needs the community's support to continue its three-part mission to help children with special needs, end bullying and provide leadership experience and growth opportunities for teens. Owen Sarwatka, 18, founded the organization in 2010 as a high school sophomore. As it has grown, so have its needs. Local teens make up the board of directors, and the goal is to have the entire operation run by high school students, Owen's mom and organization director Suzanne Sarwatka said. Their work includes fundraising efforts, researching and writing grant proposals, and other administrative duties, in addition to coordinating the sports skills clinics for children with special needs…
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