Corporate & Social Responsibility

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  BTSW’s mission is to help at-risk kids in the New York City Metropolitan Area by introducing them to the sport of wrestling from the youth through the Olympic level and providing discipline and structured after-school programs in the sport. The goal is to provide opportunities for boys and girls in the sport of wrestling, while building lifelong skills. Dean Colucci, MLV’s President and COO, is a member of the Beat the Streets Wrestling Board of Trustees.

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  MLV is a corporate sponsor of the TNT’s Ironman US Championship Team that trained for the August 2012 event which took place in New York City. MLV President Dean Colucci participanted in the 140.6 mile swim-bike-run race through the Hudson River, Northern New Jersey, and Northern Manhattan.

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  A House on Beekman seeks to support the people of Mott Haven, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the United States, by delivering holistic long-term care and services that will break the cycles of spiritual, emotional, educational, and economic poverty.For the children of Mott Haven, AHOB will provide a seamless series of programs from birth to college, from rigorous educational programs geared toward college graduation to mentors that will inspire and equip them to accomplish goals and encourage emotional and spiritual growth. For adults, AHOB plans to provide “core skills” education around financial planning, parenting, higher education, job training, and job placement.

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  The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that uses community-led approaches to reduce rural poverty, with a particular focus on children. Since the inception of its programs in 2004, COAF has funded and implemented education, health, social, and economic development programs serving more than 25,000 people in rural villages of Armenia. Each person impacted represents one of the more than one billion people living in poverty, and the methods used in Armenia can be replicated in other communities, where children are most vulnerable. Patrice McNicoll, MLV’s CEO, is an active contributing member to the COAF organization.

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  Brent Lewis, one of the founding partners of MLV, and his family spent several weeks in South Sudan in 2011 placing 5kW of solar power at the Lora and Morobo Orphanages, the Nehemiah School and the Christian Leadership Center - all locations with no power previously. South Sudan’s recent history has been very sad with more than 2.5 million people killed, and more than 5 million externally displaced while many others have been internally displaced, becoming refugees as a result of Sudan’s brutal civil war and war related impacts.