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...

 

Food insecurity is a growing problem in New York City. From the New York City Council website:

According to the NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy annual 2022 Food Metrics Annual Report, an estimated 1.2 million (14.6%) New York City residents were food insecure. The...

The 15th Annual StreetSquash Cup raised nearly $3.2 million, setting a new record for the organization. This remarkable achievement, made possible by the efforts of ten teams and the generosity of over 940 individual donors, will have a profound impact on the futures of young program participants.   The highlight...

  Kbudah-Torah Musah ran track in middle school.   But by the time she reached high school at Thurgood Marshall Academy in 2008, the track team no longer existed so she needed something else to do. That’s where StreetSquash came in.   Kbudah-Torah was reserved...