For forty years, the John J. Byrne Community Center has been where Uniondale’s children play, learn, and grow. Right now, 150-200 young athletes use our fields every season - and those fields need real investment: safe turf, fencing, lighting, and the infrastructure a growing community deserves.

We have applied for a $150,000 New York State grant opportunity for Phase 1 of our fields project, and awards favor projects with committed community co-investment. That is where you come in: every dollar pledged here strengthens our application AND builds the fields directly.

Your gift joins local businesses, families, and volunteers - including coaches who planted 52 trees and donated their own labor to irrigation - in proving what Uniondale already knows: our kids are worth it.

Here's What We're Building
What your gift does:
$25 - Team water and game-day supplies
$52 - Honors the 52 trees our coaches planted
$100 - A season of field maintenance for one young athlete + Donor Plaque recognition
$250 - Green Leaf on our donor tree
$500 - Bronze Leaf - a vital part of the Center’s support system
$1,000 - Silver Leaf + season sponsor recognition
$2,500 - Gold Leaf + your name on the season donor banner at the fields + a newsletter spotlight reaching 1,800+ local households
$5,000 - Platinum Leaf + all Gold benefits, recognition from the podium at the Heroes in the Community Gala, and an invitation to the ribbon-cutting when the fields open

Every leaf is engraved on the donor tree that stands in the Center’s main gathering room, where our whole community assembles - and every one can be personalized: your name, your family, your business, in memory of, or in honor of someone you love.

Leadership naming opportunities - from field features to naming the complex itself - are available from $25,000. Contact David Greaves, President, directly at (516) 761-6581.

And mark your calendar: this campaign and our Heroes in the Community Starlight Gala are two engines of the same mission. On Saturday, October 24, gala night features the Build the Fields paddle raise, live on the ballroom screen at Hofstra. Host a table or join us: byrncenter.org/host-a-table

Uniondale Neighborhood Center, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization (EIN 11-2815433); gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. Prefer a check? Payable to Uniondale Neighborhood Center, Inc., mail to 800 Jerusalem Avenue, P.O. Box 53, Uniondale, NY 11553.

And before you give, check whether your employer matches charitable gifts - many companies match dollar for dollar, doubling your impact at no extra cost to you.

The Byrne Center Challenge Match - Build the Fields Our Kids Deserve

Every dollar you give is doubled in strength.

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