Our Impact
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YOLO Strong donated 2 BEE Carts to Cohen's Children's Medical Center which hold sensory items to provide calm and comfort to hospitalized children with special needs and sensory processing disorders. Nassau, NY
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YOLO Strong assisted a local family who lost their child to cancer with funeral costs. Oyster Bay, NY
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YOLO Strong donated 6 months of car payments to a family with two medically fragile special needs children. Mineola, NY
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YOLO Strong donated 2 adaptive strollers for two autistic children. Nassau, NY.
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YOLO Strong donated toys & clothing to a low-income family for Christmas. Nassau, NY.
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YOLO Strong gifted a 3-wheel bicycle to a non-verbal autistic child. Massapequa, NY.
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YOLO Strong donated an Ipad & baby monitor to a medically fragile child. Massapequa, NY.
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YOLO Strong donated a Chromebook to a student undergoing medical procedures. Queens, NY.
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Gifted two $250 scholarships for local Middle School special needs students.
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Donated $500 to OBEN School District SEPTA (Special Education Parent Teacher Association).
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Donated $4,000 from ASCF to The Morgan Center through YOLO Strong Foundation's A Dollar per Mile Campaign.
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Donated $1,000 in supplies & gift cards to Friday Friends, a monthly RESPITE program where children with special needs can join & bond with teen volunteers in the community on a one-to-one basis.
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Paid off the remaining balance of a car for the parents of a 12 year old girl who Coxa Vara. In addition, YOLO bought a portable wheel chair to help with transportation.
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Paid off $3,000 in medical bills for a family whose 6 year old son was diagnosed with Ependymoma Grade ll/lll Anaplastic brain tumor.
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Paid $3,500 towards medical bills for a family with a 6 month old boy diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1. This family had spent 6 months in & out of hospitals.
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Donated gift cards to the Matthew Fetzer Foundation for children in hospitals.
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Paid for an elevator to be built in the home of a medically fragile child.
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Assisted in getting a Pop-up Trailer donated to a local family for a medically fragile child who underwent heart surgery, which allow her to be transported & receive treatment in a sterile environment.
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Donated $27,500 to The Morgan Center in 2018 for tuition for preschool children undergoing chemotherapy treatments.
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Gifted two $500 scholarships for local High School special needs students.
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Donated $107,000 to The Morgan Center in 2017 for tuition for preschool children undergoing chemotherapy treatments.
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Donated over $104,000 to The Morgan Center between the years of 2013-2016.
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Donated 25 Build-A-Bear Teddy Bears to the Children of The Morgan Center.
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Mill Neck Manor Christmas Magic Event Wreath Sponsor.
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Donated ipads to underprivileged non-verbal children with Autism.
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Sponsored tuition for children attending The Morgan Center.
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Donated money for children to attend a Christmas event.
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Donated school supplies for The Morgan Center.
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Participated in Cuts for a Cure.
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Attended the ASCF Gala.
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Attended & participated in the Michael Magro Volleyball fundraiser.
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Partnered with the Matthew Fetzer Foundation to collect and deliver toys to children in the hospital.
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Created “smile bags” for ASCF and delivered them to children with cancer in the hospital.