[NEW EPISODE] Ballin 4 Peace

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At Ballin4Peace, we believe that basketball can be a powerful tool for promoting peace and bringing people together. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, you can join us in making a positive impact on the world through this beloved sport.

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00:00:44.900 --> 00:00:50.649 Tommy DiMisa: happy New Year World. It's your boy. It's your boy. He's back the nonprofit scepter

00:00:50.900 --> 00:01:18.250 Tommy DiMisa: connector. That's right. So this is a journey that I started January eighth of 2,021 came up here to the attic after I talked about doing this program philanthropy and focused for a couple of years. I said, II have this mission. I have this idea of this concept. I wanna do. I wanna interview leaders of nonprofit organizations and help them tell their story and amplify their message. And today we'll represent 149 episodes

00:01:18.250 --> 00:01:44.609 Tommy DiMisa: of that journey, that mission. I help nonprofit leaders come on here. Well, they help themselves get on the show, but then I help them tell their story and amplify their message, and that's what it's all about. Got an exciting episode. My guest will be here shortly, and we're gonna jump into that conversation as soon as he gets here. But really, what I want to tell you about is 149 episodes of the thing. That was just an idea, something that I came up with something that I thought I could add value and make impact

00:01:44.700 --> 00:01:56.419 Tommy DiMisa: to the nonprofit sector that has given so much to so many, and the work that the nonprofit sector does. Listen, let's let's be honest helping people who are affected by homelessness.

00:01:56.980 --> 00:02:17.060 Tommy DiMisa: helping people who are food, insecure, helping people with different abilities, helping people with intellectual developmental disabilities. Right? Serving, I say, helping, I should say, serving and supporting people with different challenges in their life. And I feel like it's appropriate because I'm in the timeframe right now of interviewing

00:02:17.660 --> 00:02:19.320 Tommy DiMisa: semifinalists

00:02:19.530 --> 00:02:48.449 Tommy DiMisa: for the Long Island. Imagine awards. So I figure I have this opportunity now to tell you who the semifinalists are in the categories for Long Island. Imagine awards, I'm going to go through them very quickly, but if you want to check this out you go to imagine awards Li com. So this is the this is the diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. These are all semi-finalists. I'm going to go through just going to tell you the title of the organization. This is diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility of best buddies. You have the Mlk Community Center.

00:02:48.450 --> 00:03:12.820 Tommy DiMisa: Long Island coalition for the homeless and Long Island crisis centers. Pfy, which is pride for youth, the LGBT network SEO family services and the women's diversity network. And that's all in that category. And then in the and that's actually the best page. Federal Credit Union category. Beth Page fell Credit Union being the sponsor at that level, then at at that particular

00:03:12.820 --> 00:03:26.479 Tommy DiMisa: that focus, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Then you have the serene associate social impact award. You have Bethany House, Catholic Charities, Girl Scouts of self accounty options for community living rise, live services.

00:03:26.480 --> 00:03:44.849 Tommy DiMisa: SEO family of services and winter center for autism. I'll tell you some of these folks have been on this show. Some of these folks will come on the show. This is my hometown, Long Island. Sometimes we say Strong Island. This is Long Island, and these are the Long Island Magic wars files, the Sir Tillman Ballon, leadership, excellence, Award, Acl. D.

00:03:45.190 --> 00:03:48.680 Cradle of Aviation Museum, East End Food Bank.

00:03:48.830 --> 00:04:16.049 Tommy DiMisa: Here we share new ground. LGBT network again, and options for community living again at some other juncture. When we have more time, I can dive into who those leaders are. In that organization. Then you have the Arts and culture award which is sponsored by the Claire Friedlander Family Foundation Art League of Long Island backyard players and friends. I know a lot about that really important organization, backyard plays and friendship to Ellen, my friend Nana out there. Ellen's been on the Show Co. Dance code dancing classrooms of Long Island.

00:04:16.050 --> 00:04:34.639 Tommy DiMisa: Gold Coast Art Center, Long House Reserve spirit of Huntington Art Center. That's right. You know. I'm on the board there, you know they redid our brand for vanguard benefits. I'm very closely connected to that organization, and then the Westberry Arts also in that category. Then you have Flagstar Bank innovation, award backyard plays and friends again.

00:04:34.640 --> 00:04:48.900 Tommy DiMisa: Ddi. Diversity Disabilities Institute. Make a note. I'll be out there in about a week and a half for a visit, because I will be doing an on site visit with Ddi. So that's exciting Eac network, green inside and out.

00:04:48.900 --> 00:05:17.220 Tommy DiMisa: And then you have America's vet dogs, spirit of Huntington again, and Tigerman school again, supporting that population of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Then you have. I don't do a lot of self promotion about our brand vanguard benefits, but I'm gonna do it right now. So 4 years running, we have been the sponsor of the Rising Star award, and I'm gonna just gonna shout out to my partners, Vince Blasi and Ed Probes and our team at vanguard benefits for sponsoring the vanguard benefits. Rising Star award. You have

00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:41.580 Tommy DiMisa: bringing birthday parties to homeless children. That's their tagline. That's birthday wishes. What a special organization gang here. We share holocaust memorial tolerance center of Nassau County. Little Saint Nick shout out to my buddy, I think I just saw something on the New York Stock Exchange ringing the bell this morning. Ray's been on the show. We gotta get him back on the show sips. Place

00:05:42.070 --> 00:05:59.689 Tommy DiMisa: strength for life, which again fighting cancer with exercise gang. I'm not a doctor that's probably new, that I did not stay at a holiday and express last night, so I can't even pretend I did that. But I will say, you know, there's so much of the mindset, the focus, the mindfulness, and the energy work that we can do

00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:23.300 Tommy DiMisa: to make ourselves healthier. So you know, when somebody gets that cancer diagnosis, there's there's work that can be done. Aside from just the clinical work. And then we connect the dots, which is a stem organization, science, technology, engineering arts and math. We connect the dots that rounds off the vanguard benefits Rising Star Ward. If you didn't catch everything I was talking about. What you can do is go to imagine awards li.com. Imagine awards

00:06:23.300 --> 00:06:37.550 Tommy DiMisa: li.com the Long Island of magic awards, or you can always hit me up Tommy d dot Nyc on Instagram. And at email, Tommy D. At philanthropy in focus.com. This will be the first time. I'll tell you here in the attic here in the attic

00:06:37.950 --> 00:06:44.379 Tommy DiMisa: focus to spell with a Ph. And why would you say that, Tommy D. Why would you spell the word incorrectly? And I would argue that

00:06:44.710 --> 00:06:59.479 Tommy DiMisa: in my world that's how you supposed to spell focus. But I've been saying it for a long time. So here's why. 2 reasons. I love alliteration. It's my favorite grammatical tool, and it's probably the only one I really understand. So philanthropy starts with the Ph focus starts with a Ph.

00:06:59.990 --> 00:07:22.319 Tommy DiMisa: and when I grew up so I was born in 78, in fact, shout out to me, because tomorrow I turn 46. So I was born in 78. It's interesting how every year this time last year we did the show on my birthday. It was the one hundredth episode. Heather Edwards from Allied Foundation was here today. It's right before my birthday. It's kind of funny how the program started. January eighth, right around my birthday 3 years ago.

00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:33.429 Tommy DiMisa: II just say, II kinda lost what I was gonna tell you about my birthday cause I got focused in my own head there. But last year Heather Edwards was on show. Oh, Philander, being focused, why is it a Ph. Born in 78,

00:07:33.610 --> 00:07:42.489 Tommy DiMisa: grew up here on Long Island and right around the time I was 13. At 14 I found a local radio station called Hot 97,

00:07:42.560 --> 00:08:11.099 Tommy DiMisa: and I became very focused. And II love hip, hop, music. I love the Beatles. I love Nirvana when Nirvana was around. I love rock and roll. I love it all. But you know, we used to say a word when we were kids like yo, that's fat, but that's fat with a Ph, so I give a shout out to the Ph. And focus is reminiscent of that. But it's also reminiscent of the alliteration piece. Look check out the Long Island. Imagine awards, keep in touch with me, Tommy D. That Tommy d at philanthropy and focus

00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:30.029 Tommy DiMisa: pocs.com. If you want to get me on email and I'll always on the Instagram. I haven't figured out this tick, Doc. Thing. There's a tiny thing on tick, tock, but I don't really know how to. I mean, I could dance around. I see my kids trying to go, Dad, let's do the tick dot dance. I don't know if that's really what I was supposed to be doing, but you can find me there too. Otherwise just go to my attic.

00:08:30.390 --> 00:08:46.210 Tommy DiMisa: show up my house, knock on the door. I'm 2 flights up from the kitchen, where I get my coffee. Alright. Listen without further ado. My guest is here. Oh, Iran Horgrave! The organization is called Bowen 4 piece number 4, you know, like I have 4 kids.

00:08:46.290 --> 00:08:49.200 Tommy DiMisa: What's up? Iran? Brother, I'm so glad to hear

00:08:49.510 --> 00:09:12.460 Haron H2O Hargrave: Tommy D. What's going on, and I had it, you know. Make it work. Make it work. You know what I'm saying here, live and direct, you know. You know all as well, all as well. Back back to the ground back to the ground. You see, my, listen, not everybody's watching us. Some people are just listening, but I got my. I got my little bit of swag right? And yc, elite everybody. This is the big. It's I keep calling a tournament, and, in fact.

00:09:12.460 --> 00:09:26.699 Tommy DiMisa: right. I was not never the greatest, and when I went to high school I went to old boys, Catholic High School. I'm not flyers.

00:09:26.700 --> 00:09:27.939 Haron H2O Hargrave: and I'm not Yup

00:09:27.940 --> 00:09:52.099 Tommy DiMisa: Yup, and I was not like a a as your shirt says, elite. I was not elite but so I. So what I got I played 7 to 8 great. I played soccer, and then when I got to show I'm not. II told my kids this the other night. Yeah, I didn't make the soccer team, and like that was kind of sort of it. And I started playing. I started really working in the bars at that point at that point, but I've been calling it, and I know it isn't. But we I've been, and my wife corrects me all the time. Because I say tournament.

00:09:52.180 --> 00:10:10.730 Tommy DiMisa: It's a tournament, she goes, Tommy. It starts with a T. It's A that's and she goes. Apparently we've already established gang. I spell things the way I want to spell things. We've already done that, hey? Hey? Hey? That's how it is, man, you know it is what it is, you know. So you gotta do what you gotta do.

00:10:10.730 --> 00:10:30.640 Tommy DiMisa: You play ball like, because I know you've start playing later, and we're gonna get into all this today. But you didn't see. I played CYO. Ball, and there was always a Christmas tournament or a holiday tournament like you would get how we go out. It's like a double elimination or something like that. So so here's what we're gonna do today on the show. we, you know, we'll go to a break in a short time. But let's just start. Let's start the conversation.

00:10:30.640 --> 00:10:48.140 Tommy DiMisa: Because this really important organization, you're doing great work. We happen no backstory. But you and I happen to connect. And I was at your event just last week. It's only it was, you know, Wednesday, Thursday last week during man fast. How friendships moved super duper fast, man! That's how II like to move it so tell me

00:10:48.760 --> 00:10:54.250 Tommy DiMisa: first of all, your background. I mean, you didn't like II heard a little bit the other day, but I mean, you weren't always playing basketball.

00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:58.199 Haron H2O Hargrave: No, no, I was. I was always playing basketball, but

00:10:58.220 --> 00:11:15.119 Haron H2O Hargrave: I didn't get to play on my high school team. I didn't play high school ball until my senior year in high school, so like. But I've always played like in league and tournaments and things of that nature. I've been playing ball since I was 3 years old.

00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:44.769 Tommy DiMisa: So so yeah, my mother used to run basketball tournaments when I was a little little boy. Anthony Mason got rest, so he played in my mother's tournament. Mark Jackson used to play my mother's tournament, used to be at St. August Park, in Queens, New York. I knew that the neighborhood where we were at Springfield Gardens last week, and we never even got to talk about this, but, like I used to be a salesman for Adp, the Payroll Company, and my territory with southeast queens right right Springfield Gardens, Longton.

00:11:44.770 --> 00:11:54.180 Tommy DiMisa: All right. All that. All those neighborhoods down there. So for me, I mean, it's like II it's funny how life is, because I left Adp

00:11:54.440 --> 00:12:10.579 Tommy DiMisa: in 2,01014 years ago, so I'm not often in the neighborhood over there, but I used to be there like every single day. So it's it's just funny. So I know St. Albans for sure. And so your mom used to run tournaments and or tournaments, as I might say, and tell me about that stuff, man.

00:12:10.650 --> 00:12:35.820 Haron H2O Hargrave: So when I was too young to really realize, recognize it and realize it. But I remember growing up, and in my attic we had tons of like old trophies and stuff like that, like I used to have an attic, you know, growing up in queens. We grew up in houses. So you know, just recently, until I moved into out to Jersey is the first time that I ever lived in an apartment.

00:12:35.820 --> 00:12:49.189 Haron H2O Hargrave: I've never lived in an apartment building until more more recently, the last 3 years in my life. So other than that before. I've always lived in in apartments, I mean in a in a house. So my mother, my mother used to run tournaments

00:12:49.200 --> 00:13:14.390 Haron H2O Hargrave: out of Saint Opens Park and had some of the top top guys there, but remember, I was a little boy, so I didn't really get to see. Yeah. So no, my mother was just. You know, she was a educator. You know. My mother was an educator. She also was a a grinder, so sort of like myself, you know, she used to run a tournament. She used to have play. She was a playwrighter.

00:13:14.390 --> 00:13:25.409 Haron H2O Hargrave: and then director. So a in that spring for high school she used to put on like talent shows. I remember putting on it used to be called putting on the hits, and she used to do

00:13:25.410 --> 00:13:52.859 Haron H2O Hargrave: the Wizard of Christmas. She wrote a play called The Wizard of Christmas and I remember watching that as a kid, and she used to put me in her plays as well, too, at Springfield High School, and I was like probably like in middle school and first grade, like, you know, in grade school and again, we. I remember all of those things we used to. Also a mother used to have icy truck, so in the summertime we used to have a push cart icy truck, our own black owned business, and my mother was a teacher.

00:13:52.910 --> 00:14:18.999 Haron H2O Hargrave: But then, as a teacher, you get 6 checks. I used to remember, cause she tell me, just 6 checks for the summer, and she's off. But instead of just sitting on that, we used to have our own business, I see truck business, and so so like, you know, like Rochdale village in in the neighborhood like the Rochdale village mall and stuff somewhere on the other part of the Globe. Man. You you may I?

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:31.350 Tommy DiMisa: You're not gonna get something. I'm sorry I get myself in trouble all the time. Definitely my top borough. You might not know. Yes, I live on Long Island, everybody. But for the first year, year and a half of my life

00:14:31.350 --> 00:14:58.160 Tommy DiMisa: I live in Bell Rose Queens, and then, when my wife and I got married, we bought a place out in Glen Oaks Queens is basically Bell rose again. Kind of the beginning of Queens, the end of Nassau County, whatever you wanna wanna call it. But selling for adp through queens for many, many years. I mean, that's II that's my heart. I love queens big big mets. Fan shout out to the New York mets, and also like Huron, who I wanna introduce you to was my friends, Brendan Levy and Tom Grech over the Queen's Chamber of Commerce, and when I wanna

00:14:58.160 --> 00:15:22.259 Tommy DiMisa: I wanna introduce you a lot of folks. But some of those people are, are, you know, queens for for for real, just really really well connected people we are gonna take quick break. When we come back. Huron and I are gonna continue to talk. We continue to learn about his organization. So the organization's all in 4 piece ball in 4 piece, we'll share more about that. You're with the nonprofit sector, connector right back philanthropy and focus

00:17:44.560 --> 00:18:09.309 Tommy DiMisa: Wow! Just in case like I'm not fired up enough. And talk about caffeine Huron, my man, I'm so excited to met you. I'm so I mean, like life's funny because I was there on another mission, helping out a company doing some brand ambassador to work, and that's how you and I connected. But I wanna read something before I wanna go back into the story about the ices, and your mom and the you know, with the truck and whole thing is is relevant there, I'll get into it. But gang, who am I speaking to today.

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:28.800 Tommy DiMisa: Professional basketball player, community activist, philanthropist, hip, hop advocate, or Ron Hargrave. He's made a positive and lasting impact in basketball is community and music since graduating campus magnet, high school increase. Now they were there the other day, too. Right? Didn't they play?

00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:54.379 Tommy DiMisa: Jv. Played. And also so what do we talk about gang will explain. We'll talk about Wednesday, Thursday, but I wanna go into a couple of more pieces. I am reading this directly. So pure shooter, lockdown defender. Hargrave earned a scholarship to Sacramento State University, where he led the hornets, and scoring with 13.8 points per game during his senior year, and became known as a Premier guard in the Big Sky Conference.

00:18:54.380 --> 00:19:07.749 Tommy DiMisa: Following this time in Sacramento, right went to play overseas Romania. I was just telling my son's about this. Last night, Romania, Hungary, Dominican, Republic, Colombia, Mexico, or Mexico, for the rest of us, right and Puerto Rico from

00:19:07.750 --> 00:19:26.979 Tommy DiMisa: O. 2,008 to 14. It was back in New York in a tournament. The Sun tournament hoops in the Sun tournament. Excuse me where he got this nickname and that, and what happened was now his nicknames. Oh, you know, like water like in my mason. But why? Because it said the announcer said

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:35.740 Tommy DiMisa: was praising him, saying his drum shot is pure like water, and I said to my son, last night, I was like

00:19:35.750 --> 00:19:58.440 Tommy DiMisa: in my older son plays, and my little guy, please, too. And I was in to. I said, his name's and my, my son's like, Yeah, yeah, cause he's smooth, right? Like like water, right like. And I go. Yo, yeah, no, I don't. I don't know. But I I'll tell you a funny thing. I think I told you yesterday we're talking after being at your showcase last week, which we're gonna dive into.

00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:24.979 Tommy DiMisa: I had the opportunity. A friend of mine invited me to Stony Book basketball game Friday night. So I was with you with a whole bunch of basketball Wednesday, Thursday, and I don't know what it is. It's the time of year something like that. And my wife had taken my son up his team got to his the team he plays for the middle school team. The coach got a bunch of tickets to a forum game. So my wife took kids up to to see a forum game, so when I told her I could get the stoning book she was like, I wanna go. Which to me was like

00:20:25.020 --> 00:20:35.949 Tommy DiMisa: he was digging it. Look basketball. We know. I don't need to tell you. It's a great game. Funny what's gonna happen is the next 2 episodes of this program are, gonna Be gentlemen, that II introduced you to the other night.

00:20:36.320 --> 00:21:02.859 Tommy DiMisa: Chris Noel from New York, rolling fury, and then a guy we have in common. Zoe, CEO zo is coming on the show because he's bringing Gary Forbes foundation on philanthropy and focus later this month. So I don't know how it happened. Alright. So it's gonna be a basketball month here on philanthropy and focus and I was telling my son, I think, and I haven't played ball like in any sort of competitive nature. But maybe I gotta get back out there, man, I'm not in the best of shape, but I sort of have the body

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:28.250 Tommy DiMisa: of like et the extraterrestrial. You remember movie et? I saw like skinny arms, skinny legs, and a little and a little better ice cream. Alright enough self, deprecating humor. Alright! Let's hear about the Italian ices, because I'll tell you there's a connection there. I'll tell you why in a second. But your mom she she was a hustler. She was a grinder. She we got mom still around

00:21:28.290 --> 00:21:40.719 Haron H2O Hargrave: when I was like 19 years old. So a while ago, now you know. I was I was out in college. I was in Shafi at the time when she passed away.

00:21:40.720 --> 00:22:05.750 Haron H2O Hargrave: I got the news. You know she was. You know, she was a grander, very, very strong woman, you know who that's why I got a lot of my you know my my thinking from you know my mother like embedded that into me like you know what I mean, independence and things of that nature. So yes, she was. She's no longer with us, but she's with me every day if that makes sense, you understand. So

00:22:05.750 --> 00:22:21.110 Haron H2O Hargrave: so we had a ice push with the scoop. I see we used to bought a barrel. They used to be $7 a barrel like the low barrel, the scoop cups, and back in the day we sell them for 50 cent and a dollar

00:22:21.110 --> 00:22:38.520 Haron H2O Hargrave: 50 cent for 2 scoops for for scoop for dollar. On Friday we do 5 scoops for a dollar, especially that I used to do. Now. First of all. I I'm connected to this, and I'll tell you why, and and you don't notice about me, cause we're just getting to know each other. But my Dad owns a rouse. Italian is franchise. So

00:22:38.520 --> 00:22:59.499 Tommy DiMisa: month. So I'm known out here in long. I'm known to show up at nonprofit events with tubs of Italian ice on the arm, meaning free, right? So like wanna donate. So you and I will talk about that. Certainly it was 29 degrees this morning. We're not scooping Italian ice right now, when we're in the park, or something like that in the spring and summer.

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:27.650 Tommy DiMisa: So so I do summer events as well, too, so that could be, you know, for my Queen's week event. That can definitely be it. And I've been thinking about coming out and and buying a new pushcart and just doing it, you know, either myself, sometime having people. You rent it out and everything. But at the end of the day I wanna do that and and bring that back from my mom. Be a part of that. And maybe, you know, maybe there's some Co branding we could do together. And and remember, I look at that story. Look at these things. Happen. Tell me about you, man. Let's let's let's get it. So

00:23:27.650 --> 00:23:38.139 Tommy DiMisa: we grew up. But so you start playing. You play balls when you 3, your mom would do it with the tournaments, the whole thing, and so play in a in a college level at that point. Right?

00:23:38.290 --> 00:23:42.690 Haron H2O Hargrave: So so quick story. Grew up in South Side Jamaica queens

00:23:42.730 --> 00:23:56.450 Haron H2O Hargrave: born and raised, you know, started playing ball at a young age. Then, you know, I always made goals for myself, so played at Campus Magnet high School. I only played one year because my junior High School. I'm run through this real quick. My junior high school

00:23:56.530 --> 00:24:02.359 Haron H2O Hargrave: had the ninth grade back in the day. They used to go up to Ninth Middle school used to go to the ninth grade.

00:24:02.410 --> 00:24:16.039 Haron H2O Hargrave: so I stayed for my ninth grade year. So that's a year wasted from high school. You know what I'm saying I couldn't. And then, when I came into high school, I went to Campus Magnet. I was supposed to go to St. John's, prep. I went to Campus Magnet

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:19.529 Haron H2O Hargrave: and I played in Allen Gardens and Long Island

00:24:19.610 --> 00:24:28.320 Haron H2O Hargrave: Allen Gardens, and I fractured my left wrist playing in a tournament out there, so that wasted my whole sophomore year.

00:24:28.630 --> 00:24:35.969 Haron H2O Hargrave: Now, my next year, my junior year right before basketball season in in like in October, or whatever

00:24:35.990 --> 00:24:38.140 Haron H2O Hargrave: I break my left arm

00:24:38.640 --> 00:25:03.550 Tommy DiMisa: I was gonna ask you could see. Cause like look, my my son, right before we had him in batting practice. I get a batting coach all all winter last year right? And he falls down screwing around, playing football in the like in the street, and breaks like all these fingers, and, like baseball season is about to start, and so was it. It wasn't a sport thing. It was just messing around. No, so we it was coming from like an au Gammy, my guy.

00:25:03.760 --> 00:25:27.170 Haron H2O Hargrave: my Guy Keith we use playing around. He used to go to Kanarsi High School, and I was at campus, and right before the season. We used to just wrestling, just wrestling, playing around, and I remember, like I grab them. He had me and I had my arm on the fence, and I like had him on the fence. Imagine, like on a fence, and you got him here, and you're on a fence and just keeping him on a fence like that. He, like pulled off.

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:37.649 Haron H2O Hargrave: and my arm stayed on the fence. Oh, man, my arm is on the fence. and I can't move it. It broke from here

00:25:37.670 --> 00:25:47.649 Haron H2O Hargrave: like right underneath my shoulder. So my shoulders hair like right like right here on breaks.

00:25:48.380 --> 00:26:10.309 Haron H2O Hargrave: So still today is like, when am I, when I grew back like the the bone is actually stronger and like it's very like tough right here. If you broke my left arm it's a little so right here, see right here I can hear right, and my left is a little, so I can't fully.

00:26:10.310 --> 00:26:23.629 Haron H2O Hargrave: But it didn't stop you from playing at a high level after that, right? So you get so yeah, I got, you know, started lifting. Got everything back. Yo. And when you're young, you know I'm May 1516.

00:26:23.630 --> 00:26:36.960 Haron H2O Hargrave: When you're that young your bone, your body is hill. You're like wolverine at that age, you know. So I got back. and I got ready. But at the end I always were playing at tournaments, like, you know, tournaments. So everybody knew me.

00:26:37.100 --> 00:27:02.020 Tommy DiMisa: you know, from hooping autonomous and stuff, and then but I just didn't get the high school. So see again, II took that out of context because when you on the mic and again we talked about it. At your events, you're not always on the mic. It's not about you. It's about the mission right. But I didn't know it was literally the only time that I spoke that whole entire event. Well, and what you brought up when you spoke, though, was that piece about how like you, you know, you wanted to play, and you reached out to some coaches

00:27:02.020 --> 00:27:09.990 Haron H2O Hargrave: that when that happened I was just saying how unfortunate I wasn't able to play

00:27:09.990 --> 00:27:25.969 Haron H2O Hargrave: high school sports, but I was still playing basketball. But it's just that every time that it came to the high school season some nonsense happened, you understand, like, right before the season. But I wanna play my senior year. Average 18 and 8 assists 8 8.8 assists

00:27:25.970 --> 00:27:33.390 Haron H2O Hargrave: average 3 of 4 stills a game I may honor. Mention all cities. First team, all queens

00:27:33.940 --> 00:28:00.430 Haron H2O Hargrave: in my one year. But my grades. Wasn't that good, so I didn't have the the grades, the guy that I was praised, and my God, Tippy, his name is Thomas. Returning I came to him at the end of my senior year. I met him at the end of my senior year, not during literally the season was over, and I'm like trying out for, like the wheelchair classic did this, did that. I didn't have the grades. So I went. He had something called big apple sports, and I went to

00:28:00.510 --> 00:28:02.910 as a it's like a

00:28:02.950 --> 00:28:17.260 Haron H2O Hargrave: a junior college exposure for that junior college kids. So I'm gonna be linking up with Tippy a lot, too, as well now as as I'm getting these kids, scholarships and things of that nature. So I went there. And that's where I got seen.

00:28:17.450 --> 00:28:42.309 Haron H2O Hargrave: And I didn't wanna go to Junior college. I wanted to play at least another prep year, cause I only play one year high school basketball. So we gotta explain that some people we're gonna go along on this break because we we're working into that. But like Juco was like an angle like guys, look, I gotta get my grades up. I gotta get some time on the court, whatever, and it doesn't have to be. Basketball could be anything right. But your what does that mean with prep like you were able to. There's another year. The difference between prep. School is extended. High school.

00:28:42.370 --> 00:29:07.249 Haron H2O Hargrave: that's what I mean. So it's like another prep school. Yes, it's like the fifth year of high school, and you can even graduate. But it's like a post graduate year like, even if I graduate, I could have went there for fifth year. Let's just say it's an individual finish all those requirements they could still go through. Yeah. So now you're doing that. And now you're prepping for college so you could take college preparatory classes

00:29:07.250 --> 00:29:13.039 helping you go to college. Right? So I didn't go there, though I didn't.

00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:19.920 Haron H2O Hargrave: that's a whole nother story that while that didn't happen. But tell me what you went then you did go to Junior college.

00:29:20.150 --> 00:29:47.270 Haron H2O Hargrave: I went to Junior College so Junior college. Your career. The clock starts. So now you have 4. Used to have 405 to play 4 used to only have 5 years to play 4 year window in that window 5 year window. You can play 4 and 5 right? So once your clock starts, that's how it is. But now I don't know what's going on is guys who who started in 26 still

00:29:47.440 --> 00:30:11.289 Haron H2O Hargrave: playing right now. It's just one flight is they still only get 4 years or no, they can play. They have more eligibility than that. They have 4 years, but it's I don't know how it is now. It's spread out between this and that like you could get a red shirt. Yeah, a gray shirt. Yeah, that's like an injury. It's it's so many different things you can say, mitt, they have mental illness with it can't like play fit.

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:25.980 Haron H2O Hargrave: They're they're they're accepting a lot more. Back in the day there was lot a lot less either use this clock started, so if my clock started I didn't want to go to Jane College. I wanted to get my grades up so I could go to a 4 year school. But I want to. I wound up going to sell in Community College

00:30:26.060 --> 00:30:28.489 Haron H2O Hargrave: on Labor Day. I wasn't even supposed to go there.

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:42.990 Haron H2O Hargrave: My aunt got rest. Her soul, my aunt sharing my mother's older sister she very into education. My mother at that time, wasn't you know she wasn't the best at at she kind of, you know. She had to. Diabetic and

00:30:43.020 --> 00:30:45.249 Haron H2O Hargrave: just health wasn't the best.

00:30:45.450 --> 00:31:04.420 Haron H2O Hargrave: so my aunt kinda helped me out with these processes and colleges and stuff like that. But these people, you know, ya, ya, aunt and your parents. They just want you school school school school. They don't care about the basketball aspect of it. Play basketball again, me playing one year high school basketball, then going to a division, 3 junior college, which is Sullivan Community College.

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:18.319 Tommy DiMisa: There's no way that I'm gonna make it to division one now, right? And people's mind like, how the hell are you gonna make it to division. You're not the only guy trying to get in these schools and and get on the court and only playing one year high school

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:33.600 Haron H2O Hargrave: didn't make the play off your senior year did very well individually, had only other one, me, one of 2 seniors with me, and a guy named Andrew Gordon, with the only seniors. Everybody else is freshman and sophomores on the team. They don't care. They got more years right, you understand. So

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:56.999 Tommy DiMisa: so just doing that the process. I don't have the resume. Man, how am I gonna get to? Yeah, alright, let's let's do this. Let's put a quick PIN in it. We're gonna come right back. And I wanna finish that story. Cause I wanna get into. Really, you know, obviously, your backstory is critically important. How we all get here what this organization is about. But I know how passionate you are about the work this organization is doing. And it's going to do.

00:31:57.000 --> 00:32:07.630 Tommy DiMisa: So we're gonna dive right into that. It's your boy, Tommy D, the one and only nonprofit sector connector. I mean, there might be other nonprofit sector connectors out there. But I made up the nickname, so I think I'm the one and only we'll be right back.

00:32:07.810 --> 00:32:08.779 Haron H2O Hargrave: Let's get it.

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:38.230 Tommy DiMisa: We're back sector, connector. I call myself sometimes El Nino. You know the kid.

00:34:38.230 --> 00:34:59.180 Tommy DiMisa: although I will be 46 tomorrow. I will always be your boy, and I'll always be the kid. Let's go back on the show. Let's get it going. So all right. So you you get into you go play. Let's I wanna speed this story up because I really wanna get into the nonprofit side. So let's talk about. So you end up at solving, and then you play there and then you end up. How?

00:34:59.200 --> 00:35:31.250 Haron H2O Hargrave: So? I end up at Celiba Community College. Do very well there. A coaching Chadby, and he was there at the time I went from not even supposed to be on the team to the Mvp. Of the team. You know, leading them into, you know, the you know, to the playoffs and everything like that. They did a big article and stuff. And I'm I'm too young. I don't really understand these things at that time, or or what we're actually doing at this point is just basketball to me. I wanna yeah. So I wound up going there did very well. Division 3 junior college, but one of the top division 3 junior college in Nason. Sullivan is

00:35:31.250 --> 00:35:36.480 I wound up. Leaving there. I made a pit stop somewhere else. My rural Rochester

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:47.340 Haron H2O Hargrave: that was one of the worst decisions that we could have did in my life. The coach Chad beat and left from Sullivan to go to Vegas, and it Kinda messed me up, but I went out there.

00:35:47.340 --> 00:36:06.300 Haron H2O Hargrave: I had to get a hardship red Shirt, from the guy named Tippy. That's where the guy Tippy came in. He helped me get that process and everything, and the the the baseball coach at Monroe. Rochester helped me get my paperwork together, cause the head coach of the basketball team wasn't trying to help me get my paperwork together. My mother was sick at the time.

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:19.180 Haron H2O Hargrave: but it was. It was crazy, anyway. I wound up. That kind of comes come through. I wound up, going to Shape and rancho Cucamonga, California. This is Junior college and Rancho Cucamonga, California. I wound up, being

00:36:19.230 --> 00:36:34.450 Haron H2O Hargrave: one of the best like I let them in scoring. We went to the Elite 8 at that time, where we beat Long Beach city, but they had a whole bunch of individual ones recruits, and we went the first that we did at that point in time and safety. Basketball history.

00:36:34.610 --> 00:36:38.659 Haron H2O Hargrave: I led them as scoring and everything. But with that hardship Red Shirt.

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:46.559 Haron H2O Hargrave: I had to wait. I didn't know that I would can able to play until literally a week before the season started, because I had to wait. So I literally left.

00:36:46.600 --> 00:37:12.470 Haron H2O Hargrave: and had I went out to California, not knowing if I could play or not because I had to wait for that thing to go through. But again, that story insane. So we'll spend 2 h on that. Sorry, because, you know, there's something in that. I mean, we got an agenda perseverance, adversity taking a shot, not knowing if you're gonna if it's gonna happen. But you go in any way on faith, right, all that.

00:37:12.570 --> 00:37:16.039 Haron H2O Hargrave: all of that. And I literally I moved out of the

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:27.350 Haron H2O Hargrave: man. Just think about it makes me sick sometime, because I moved out of like the dorms with the players, so I had to train on my by myself. I had to get with the football team, and over at Monroe.

00:37:27.410 --> 00:37:55.070 Haron H2O Hargrave: Get with a couple of players ran with the track coach things that Nature played in Meryl basketball during that time, just to stay in basketball shape that was crazy. Why, that's what it is. It ain't about. Oh, I'm sorry, man, II can't get Jim time, or I can so get outside and run, do something right. No, II pretty much man. II did it all, man I it was. It was. Imagine being in a school that you had a scholarship, that, and you still have your scholarship.

00:37:55.070 --> 00:38:02.959 Haron H2O Hargrave: But you're not playing on a team, and you're not practicing with the Co. The team at all. Nothing, no team activities. I had to

00:38:02.990 --> 00:38:15.410 Haron H2O Hargrave: create my own my own my own schedule. 100, you know, and that was that would that could at that time could

00:38:15.410 --> 00:38:35.119 Haron H2O Hargrave: man. The thing that I think about sometime that I came over came is sometime it's crazy. Come, cause I don't talk about this stuff all the time. We're just getting to know each other right? I think we're gonna know each other a long time. But I think that is my opinion. The stuff you should be talking about, you know. Maybe there's a book here. Maybe you have your own show, whatever that story is crazy. And I tell people that all the time

00:38:35.120 --> 00:38:49.609 Haron H2O Hargrave: when I get a chance to talk about is like, Wow! That ri! Wow! Wow! Wow! Oh, oh, my God, like, you know. And then so I went to Chaffey. My mother passed away when I was at Chaffee, so I got the hardship Red Shirt, and then she she passed away. In December eleventh

00:38:49.630 --> 00:38:50.720 Haron H2O Hargrave: of

00:38:50.900 --> 00:39:09.689 Haron H2O Hargrave: 2,004, my mom passed away. So now I almost 20 years. 20 years. Well, this should be 2019, yeah, 19 crazy crazy. But so you know that happened and that has to overcome that

00:39:09.690 --> 00:39:36.979 Haron H2O Hargrave: finish out the season. I get a wound up getting a full scholarship to Sacramento. State. Sacramento State is individual. One program, big Ci conference. My, that's the only school that I play 2 consecutive years in my junior senior year. If you think about a high school one year, Sullivan so, and then my senior led them to score and broke 3 Point record sales record all that stuff. Big Sky led the team the I was looking at the accolade. They send me some stuff sometime, and I'm like, wow! I did all that. And

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:40.519 Haron H2O Hargrave: you know, at my side I'm not the biggest guy in the world.

00:39:40.950 --> 00:40:03.749 Tommy DiMisa: I'm like, 5, 11, 6 foot. Yeah, my old man and I, although he's like kind of shrinking at this point. Life, you know, in his age, right? He loves when I call my old man. No, he doesn't at all. But you know he always said cool, and I'm gonna just put him out there. But he would go. Yeah, I'm 5, 11 and a half, you know. Let me tell you something, man, even if I was 5, 11 and a half, I'm 6 foot. I don't care

00:40:03.750 --> 00:40:24.479 Haron H2O Hargrave: 6 even quick.

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:40.139 Tommy DiMisa: Hello career. When you add it at that, you know. Then you go to the pros. Right? I wanna move the pros because I wanna get back to why does this organization exist? So next time you come back on the show we'll talk more about you to career. Why, why is this the thing, man

00:40:40.530 --> 00:40:48.979 Haron H2O Hargrave: both of pieces. It's a lot of things that transpired in my my life. And then you know, my best friend, Mark Amerton, was killed, gunned down to Hollis, queens

00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:54.079 Haron H2O Hargrave: and I started something during that time, and we did a lot

00:40:54.230 --> 00:41:10.859 Haron H2O Hargrave: during that time. That kind of bring awareness to the senseless acts of violence that was going on. And then, you know, later on you have the Eric gardener, the Mike Brown situation where senseless act, you know. Joy Floyd things that makes it just happen, and things will happen, and people dying over, since every

00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:26.579 Haron H2O Hargrave: Eric Garner lost his life. Lucy, loose cigarettes, loo loose cigarettes. They said he was selling loose cigarettes. Okay, who cares? Why, you choking them out for you, choking them out? Kill boom, you know Mike Mike Brown.

00:41:26.750 --> 00:41:31.000 Haron H2O Hargrave: you know he lost his life for a snickers bar, they said. He stole a snick.

00:41:31.030 --> 00:41:44.710 Tommy DiMisa: You know. You know the kid lost his for skittles, you know. He lost his life from a a vigilante. Some went random. Who's people don't realize. So I've had a lot of friends on on the show.

00:41:44.760 --> 00:42:01.310 Tommy DiMisa: you know, avenues for justice. As an example, my friend Bobby Brown, she's the executive director, young New Yorkers, you know. These are organizations. They get get involved when people get incarcerated, or they get arrested, and you know, intervention and kind of alternative to incarceration. So look.

00:42:01.370 --> 00:42:25.030 Haron H2O Hargrave: PE, there was a cool, but tho that's not even my message, you know. That's not. That's that's not my message. My message is piece through sports right? My my message is the more sports that we played the more you know, live, we save, you understand. We just play sports. We save, you know. That's because we're teaching kids my experiences with people.

00:42:25.170 --> 00:42:44.919 Tommy DiMisa: But people do sports. I meet people do Swiss. All the time I played in foreign countries. I didn't know we didn't speak the same language. Basketball Court. We spoke this. You have instant report, like being in a room that at your event last week I had report these people, you know, cause, and it was a connection

00:42:45.020 --> 00:43:05.529 Haron H2O Hargrave: right away. So piece through sports right? And I know that because I played that and I live, it literally is something that I do that, you know, can adapt to everybody else and it and it has, because I'm not the first person who's done this. You understand what I'm saying. I'm not the first person who's played basketball, and I'm not the first person who connected

00:43:05.530 --> 00:43:20.120 Haron H2O Hargrave: on the team I we had come from all different backgrounds. There's people who live in the suburbs. There's people who live out of the country different places. But when we're on that court we're one. We're one. We're we're together. We're trying to win. Even when you're playing pickup. You're playing pickup ball.

00:43:20.200 --> 00:43:24.890 Haron H2O Hargrave: You may be a good defender, right? You're a good defender, but not that good of a shooter.

00:43:24.890 --> 00:43:50.770 Haron H2O Hargrave: Bro, you gonna lock up, get that still, give it to me the point, guard, and I'll make the decision. You understand what I'm saying. So we know how to use people and what they do best in sports. He's a big, tall guy. Finish around a RAM, Dunk the ball thing to that nature. So this is why I started ball of a piece through sports because of all the senseless acts of violence that was happening, and I wanted to do something positive, and I want to bring people together. And what better way to do that? And

00:43:50.770 --> 00:44:17.020 Haron H2O Hargrave: sports, but particularly basketball, haven't been in the gymnasium last week for 2 days the Jv. Teams on Wednesday of last week, and then the Varsity teams coming through, you know I mean the you know. Second day. I was there from like 8 30 in the morning till almost 930100'clock at night. So there was people all day like II just if you wanted to be, you know II I've been telling people about it for a week. I it was one of the coolest things, so

00:44:17.020 --> 00:44:25.780 Haron H2O Hargrave: hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people coming through throughout the day. Cool man it would. And I made a whole bunch of new friends.

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:39.580 Haron H2O Hargrave: So that was, you know, we you know that was the evolution of all of a piece with the High school classic and everything like that. But we start out with our celebrity games celebrity, basketball game, our first game with that Baru college. January.

00:44:39.620 --> 00:44:51.480 Haron H2O Hargrave: January 2420 15, was our first celebrity game. We had so many people wanna do it. We did it during New York City Peace week organization called Knife Camp. And we did it during New York City Peace week.

00:44:51.500 --> 00:45:05.789 And we just kept it going. We had Jim Jones, Mac wow, little Mom, or Fred. The guy sent irises. So we had a whole cast of like loving hip, hop, New York. At the time they were very hot. Then the list goes on and on. All of we have so many people there

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:26.600 Haron H2O Hargrave: that we had to do 2 celebrity games. We did 2 of them, because it was so many committed to the game. Oh, yeah, we just had it our seventh annual, because the Covid we had 2 year kind of you know, we had. Whoopi Goldberg came out last game that was at Lima College and

00:45:26.600 --> 00:45:47.290 Haron H2O Hargrave: June third, yeah. You know, I saw that when I was Googling you the other day, and I was like, Wow, man, that's like that is a celebrity man like that's a different level man, different level, different level celebrity. So yeah, so we still do those. We're gonna do that again in June, first week of June. We're gonna lock in a new spot for that. But

00:45:48.110 --> 00:45:50.880 Haron H2O Hargrave: yeah, again. How many people come out for an event like that?

00:45:51.080 --> 00:45:52.080 Haron H2O Hargrave: Sheesh

00:45:52.730 --> 00:46:16.379 Haron H2O Hargrave: tons Bro. Tons thousands like, you know my first game. We had over 2,000 people as well, too. You know what I'm saying. So we do. The syllabi basketball. We do the flag football game back to school supply drive. We play with Nypd and softball and then flag football, and then we also we do our bowling holiday bowling toy drive.

00:46:16.380 --> 00:46:25.160 Haron H2O Hargrave: We didn't get to do that this year, because I had to put so much focus in on this the elite 32 to end out the year, but we usually do. It's a holiday. Yes.

00:46:25.160 --> 00:46:44.740 Tommy DiMisa: shout out I got. I need more gear, I'm telling you I saw some of those short. I love the the logo, everybody. So I'll share. We're gonna go to a quick break in a second. But it's a bird, right? It's like it's all everything like, you know. Shout out to my God, Thomas, for that!

00:46:44.740 --> 00:46:57.729 Haron H2O Hargrave: Who? Who? The guy? He's the guy like your creative guy. He's creative, you know. He does all, all the merch. He does everything. Yeah, I love it. Can can we go to a quick break? Can you give me? Maybe I know you're you're on the clock right now.

00:46:57.730 --> 00:47:16.040 Tommy DiMisa: So we got like a shot clock going for for right now. But I wanna take a break. We'll come back, and then you just let me know when you gotta go, and and then I'll and we'll we'll we'll cut it off there sounds good. So we'll be right back gang. I'm gonna share the website ball in Number 4, piece ballinfor piece.org. So hold on, I'll be right back.

00:49:07.650 --> 00:49:36.780 Tommy DiMisa: We're back. I like to say, nonprofit sector connector. All right. So listen, here we are. We're at the final what I like to call the lightning round the lightning round because I would want to be a game show host. So you I'm doing it. So here's listen. Let's just let's just hit it strong on a way I know you gotta get back to because you're on the clock. Yeah. What's that hat you wearing? By the way.

00:49:36.900 --> 00:49:55.399 Haron H2O Hargrave: so says, love. Yeah, heart like love and basketball. You know what I mean.

00:49:55.400 --> 00:50:13.000 Haron H2O Hargrave: We're about to do some limited merch with that limited line of merch with the piece sign and everything like that ball for Peace Fair. No one, apparently, so fear no one meaning like you. Don't fear anything. You know what I mean, you can't live with fear, you know. That'd be an imagination, anyway. Say again.

00:50:13.700 --> 00:50:28.590 Tommy DiMisa: I said, it's all in your imagination, anyway, you know. So on your imagination, anyway. Gang think about that. We we, you know, on this show we we drop knowledge, and that's why I pulled right here. It's all in your imagination gang you, you know, if you think you can or you think you can't.

00:50:29.080 --> 00:50:40.440 Haron H2O Hargrave: you're right, right. It's all about that's about vision. It's about seeing what what you want, man, I love that I don't see. I don't see any Bru people.

00:50:40.580 --> 00:50:54.460 Haron H2O Hargrave: It's a lot of stuff that goes on people always saying, oh, you didn't see I did this. I didn't probably tunnel vision when, especially when it comes down, like we have so many different things going on in New York, or or in the city and in Jersey, other events.

00:50:54.460 --> 00:51:13.309 Haron H2O Hargrave: But if those people was supposed to be connected to to us and our event, they would have been there, or if they was supposed to be over there, and they gonna be there at the end of the day. I can't. When I realized that I can't control anything that anyone else does. That was when I was the most empowered over myself.

00:51:13.310 --> 00:51:25.039 Tommy DiMisa: I empowered, and also your, I guess, freer now, like, alright, right? And that's it. And II teach my kids admin like, look, it's not about what happens. It's about how we react to what happens right. It's it's all that. And it's like.

00:51:25.160 --> 00:51:49.660 Tommy DiMisa: you know, you can control what you can control, which is very little. I realize as I get older and older, but you know it's it's good. Listen. We you and I could talk for days. II wanna have just do. One day I think what I. If it's cool you one day we just do a Facebook live, and we just kick it, and we have no time clock, and it's just you and me, man, I just was supposed to have a little bit more time, but I didn't today. But

00:51:49.790 --> 00:52:19.589 Haron H2O Hargrave: We could tap on. We could tap in. We can go on Instagram live, or something like that, too, you know. That's so much knowledge to really drop on folks. So so tell me what you need for this organization. That's how I so I called the Lightning round. But it's really look, we've established what the organization's about. We've told people who the leader is, what do you need, man like? How do we help? How do I get you some connections? We we need knowledge, right? We need to know how like we need the knowledge, like people, a lot of people who hold back like information, we need information.

00:52:19.600 --> 00:52:40.409 Haron H2O Hargrave: You understand, we need the information on how to do certain things. We we would. We have a proven rec track record of bringing people out right. We can get the people to come out. We do a lot of grass root and things, and we do like like a lot of does this stuff with on a shoestring budget on a shoe. We don't have we? You know I haven't. I have yet to receive a grant.

00:52:40.750 --> 00:53:06.630 Tommy DiMisa: Alright. Never receive the grant. 2 things I gotta drop for you that we need to talk about you, and I'll take this offline. But we, meaning my partners and I and a couple of the friends, started something called the nonprofit resource hub, which is a trade organization for nonprofit leaders and their teams to learn nonprofit resource hub.org check it out or or send me an email, Tommy D at philanthropy and focus. Poh, s.com, you know. But you and I'll talk about Iran. I'll get you hooked up with that. Also, I want you to be my guest

00:53:06.630 --> 00:53:11.820 Haron H2O Hargrave: at the Long Island. Imagine awards, if you're in New York and you could be on Long Island.

00:53:11.820 --> 00:53:36.709 Haron H2O Hargrave: That's it. May first of this year our Country club will work out the details. But the imagine awards, my friend Ken Sarini, who founded the imagine once he's a Cpa who works with hundreds of nonprofit organizations. I mean, we have the resources. I have the people. So if it's knowledge, that's that's yeah. That's what we need. That's all we need knowledge information. And then, you know, I'll tell people this all the time.

00:53:36.710 --> 00:53:58.220 Haron H2O Hargrave: We got options for people to support with their purchase, you know, when they come out support with your purchase, you know. Come in and you know, do you gotta do, and and make things happen on that end. You know, we, we're giving out a really good product. We have a really really good product that we're pushing out. And a really good organization that's forthcoming. And we we do. We gotta do. We? Don't.

00:53:58.220 --> 00:54:17.720 Haron H2O Hargrave: you know we don't. We don't. We don't skip any, you know, steps. We do all the things that we gotta do, what people see us. We look like a Nike. We look like a you know, a Deda, we look like, you know, different, bigger organization when they're pushing these brands out. And it's like, Oh, why wait? Why don't I know you about you? Why don't I want to know more about you? So

00:54:17.720 --> 00:54:28.460 Haron H2O Hargrave: as long as you know, other people are coming and they're reacting like that. Then we're we're in a good space. So now, meeting people like yourself who can help us in that other sector, the nonprofit sector.

00:54:28.460 --> 00:54:52.700 Tommy DiMisa: yeah, to where we can get these literally so. I don't even worry about that. I don't think you need to worry about. I know I heard the bell save by the bell. I know you gotta go, probably to your next, your next meeting. But I I'll tell you. The thing for me is I'm happy to connect you. I see your spirit. II feel where you're going from just watching you that day. Your team is incredible at a great II would all like, it's funny, like I was on the stoop

00:54:52.820 --> 00:55:15.759 Tommy DiMisa: with a guy called Cheese at like 8 30 morning. Right? I don't know this guy, Haron. I don't know who he is. I don't know nothing about him, right? But I'm there because I'm representing company helping somebody out some different work. And I'm there, you know, and I met all these people like the one guy makes me laugh. That dude box office, that guy something else man I met. So my point is like I was there

00:55:15.950 --> 00:55:24.900 Haron H2O Hargrave: in initially like kind of like a vendor. Right? But fast. I'm like, I'm in community here with all these folks.

00:55:24.900 --> 00:55:49.329 Tommy DiMisa: Charisma, she's something else. Man had a great conversation with her for a couple of times throughout the days. So II would. I'm thrilled. I only know you, since, like you know, 8 days. We're connecting that. We we're locked in Bro and the sky, the sky, the limit, man and beyond. And we're gonna keep pushing it and and and making everything work, you know. Yes, I know you gotta go. So even with this, how do they connect with you? What's the best way to follow what you're doing

00:55:49.430 --> 00:56:14.260 Haron H2O Hargrave: you could follow a O 5 on Instagram. Follow ball for piece BALL, IN the number 4 on the word piece hit us up on s on our website ball up for peace.org VALL, IN the number 4, and the word piece.org, you know. Lock in with our newsletter, you know. We we'll get things. Get the ball rolling man, you know. Hit us up Google works, you know. So

00:56:14.260 --> 00:56:36.210 Tommy DiMisa: things, man, I Google things. All day long. I wanna let you go because I know you got somewhere to be. I appreciate you. Thank you so much for being my new friend, and I got like only about 50 people that I think it would benefit from knowing you, and you'd benefit from knowing them. So we'll start with one, and then we'll go to 2, and we'll get to 50 at some point. Alright, great one. I'll see you later on.

00:56:36.210 --> 00:56:44.749 Tommy DiMisa: Okay, alright, everybody that was my friend Iran. O hard, grave organization again is bowling for peace. Go to Ballin

00:56:44.750 --> 00:57:07.579 Tommy DiMisa: number 4 piece.org. We're gonna bring the show to a close, as I always say. Look, I'm here for 2 reasons. I'm here to help these nonprofits tell their story and amplify their message, and I just love doing it. I have some really exciting news on some new ventures that I'm going to be involved with that are gonna support the nonprofit sector going into or being in 2,024, and beyond which I will share about you, or I will share

00:57:07.590 --> 00:57:31.390 Tommy DiMisa: that with you going forward, and all I'd ask you to do is keep checking in with you, boy. I'm here every Friday morning from 10 am. To 11 Am. This shows philanthropy and focus, and to stay in touch with me. Tommy, Dyc. On Instagram and Tommy d. At philanthropy in focus.com. Ph, Oc. Us. Logan. Great job on the other side of the glass lot of moving parts today. So I appreciate you appreciate everybody checking in

00:57:31.730 --> 00:57:38.039 Tommy DiMisa: connect with your nonprofits get involved. I was at a meeting early this morning, I said, the 2 most important things love

00:57:38.140 --> 00:57:45.400 Tommy DiMisa: and compassion, and that's what the nonprofit sector represents represents to me make it a great day. I'll see you guys next week right here in my attic.