SARATOGA SPRINGS — Two Saratoga Springs High School freshmen have come together to create “Toga Play it Forward.” Janie Baringer and Claire Fraiser who are ninth graders on the Varsity Lacrosse team at Saratoga Springs High School were attending the UNC verses SUNY Albany Women’s Lacrosse game in the fall when they spoke to players from UNC about the sport. The players help to give both girls the idea to gather gently used girls field hockey and lacrosse equipment to help get more girls involved in the sports. So far they have been using social media to let people know when and where they are doing the collections. They have been using Instagram under “Toga Play it Forward” create posts and stories about when and where they are holding collections. In addition to Instagram the Athletic Director has been using Twitter to post tweets to also let people know about upcoming collection dates. The goal is to allow younger girls to be able to try the two sports out and in doing so they can borrow the equipment to see how they feel and if they want to continue to play. They also just want to bring more girls into the program and hope that other sports will follow their lead and help get more kids involved in sports.
If you would like to donate girls lacrosse and field hockey equipment you can follow the Instagram Page called “Toga Play It Forward” and you can follow the Twitter account @togaathletics. Both social media pages will let you know when and where you can donate.
