Cody Levy realized quickly that StreetSquash was a way to get him out of his shell. He started the program at the recommendation of his mother in the summer of 2004 at 13 years old. He graduated in...

 

Just for fun, we asked students and staff how many M&M's they thought a squash ball could hold. 

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[caption id="attachment_25290" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Thomas Overton (left), Khissaiyia Spencer (center), Osiris Perez (right)[/caption]   Since StreetSquash’s inception, founder George Polsky always referred to squash as a “hook” to get students into the building. From there, participants would receive help gaining access to whatever opportunities they wanted to pursue. That...

  Ladonis Gaillard was one of StreetSquash’s earlier participants, beginning the program in 2002 as a 12-year-old. She learned the game of squash on the courts at The Harvard Club and Columbia University when StreetSquash ran programming from those facilities.   Like many participants, she...