Stix Together would like to thank Henry Schein Cares, the corporate social responsibility program of Henry Schein, Inc., for its in-kind donation of 72 dental kits. Each kit included a toothbrush, toothpaste and dental floss, as well as dental fluoride. The kits were distributed at Baphumelele Orphanage in Cape Town's Khayelitsa township. Henry Schein, a Fortune 500® company and a member of the Nasdaq 100®, is a worldwide distributor of healthcare products and services and is headquartered in Melville, NY. 

Additionally, Stix Together received donations of lacrosse sticks from Lacrosse Unlimited which were also distributed to the children at Baphumelele Orphanage in Cape Town's Khayelitsa township. None of the children had ever held a lacrosse stick prior to receiving the donations. Lacrosse Unlimited is the #1 lacrosse equipment distributor in the United States and is headquartered in Hauppauge, NY.

On December 31, 2014, Stix Together visited the township of Khayelitsha. We brought school supplies, dental kits, clothing and lax sticks. The kids came running when they saw the sticks. One boy asked if it was tennis! We conducted a lacrosse clinic and some of the kids were really good right from the start. I even showed one boy how to do a behind the back shot. If South Africa ever gets a national lacrosse team and you see them doing behind the back shots...that's all me! :-)

I was telling a group of teen girls that I was from Long Island. No one had heard of it. When I mentioned it was in New York, only one girl said she knew where that was. I thought that was interesting. It gave me a new perspective on things. It was humbling and only fair since I had never heard of Khayelitsha (even though it has 10x as many people as my town).!

Thanks to our cousins, Jack and Matt, who helped us put on an awesome lacrosse clinic. It was a great way to spend the last day of 2014 and we are grateful!

xoxo
Regan

Jordan Raeburn has joined Stix Together as The Director of Communications. Jordan is an upstanding citizen (we checked), a 2 sport athlete, an excellent parallel parker (we didn't check) and a great communicator. When he is not hustling people for Stix Together donations, he can be found watching The Blacklist and plotting his next move.