Together We Can Make a Difference

While on a family trip to Jamaica in 2018, Noah LaGrange, a current 10th grader at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C., visited the Boy’s Town School in Trench Town (the home of Bob Marley and the birthplace of reggae).  There, he learned from the Director and Head Football Coach that they were in great need of cleats, shin guards, and uniforms. Knowing how much joy playing soccer brought him over the years, Noah decided that he would start collecting soccer cleats for students at Boys’ Town as a way to give back.  With the help of his family, friends, teammates, and school, Noah was able to make his dream of giving back to this community a reality. In less than a year after that first visit, he collected, cleaned, and organized over seventy pairs of cleats, along with other soccer equipment and sneakers, and hand-delivered the first shipment in August 2019. Since then, there have been two other trips to Boys' Town to deliver over 150 more pairs of cleats plus jerseys, balls, basketballs, cones, regular sneakers, cricket equipment, nutritional supplements, and more than $600 in cash donations.  As Boys' Town's needs have evolved, Cleats4aCause continues to support its mission to empower communities through youth involvement in sports and education.