Softball Tourney in Somers Honors Stephanie Crispinelli
The Somers community will come out to Reis Park on Sunday to help further the mission of one they lost. Stephanie Crispinelli was a Somers resident who was devoted to humanitarian efforts. She died in the devastating 7.0 earthquake that rocked the nation of Haiti in January 2010. Stephanie Crispinelli’s 2nd Annual Softball Tournament, is a fundraiser that will raise money to help to continue her efforts to help those less fortunate.
Last year the tournament had 6 teams and raised more than $10,000.
This year 14 softball teams are scheduled to compete. There will be free food, drinks and entertainment with a DJ and bands providing a soundtrack for the day. In addition there will be raffles and a silent auction that offers many items that were donated from local businesses. T-shirts and bracelets will be sold to support the Stephanie Crispinelli Humanitarian Fund. For children there will be family fun activities such as face painting, hair spray coloring, colored hair extensions, water activities, and inflatables.
The Stephanie Crispinelli Humanitarian Fund, which works in partnership with the Westchester Community Foundation, constructed two elementary schools in a poverty-stricken Jamaican town twice visited by Stephanie on humanitarian trips.
The Stephanie Crispinelli Humanitarian Fund also provides scholarships for students to participate in humanitarian missions and sponsors Stephanie’s Caring Bears to children suffering injury or trauma.
Crispinelli was 19 years old and was traveling on the “Journey of Hope” mission with two professors and 11 classmates from Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida last year when her life was cut short by the Haiti Earthquake. Crispinelli was a sophomore majoring in human services.
Monetary donations to contribute towards the fund can be made by visiting www.stephaniesmission.org or by calling Maria Caltabellotta at 914-299-4726.
Donations are 100% tax deductible. All funds raised will be used to continue Stephanie’s passion or helping the poor by supporting non-profit, U.S.-based charities.
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