As she entered her 10th grade year at Sidwell Friends School in D.C., Caroline Mohamadi had just finished an internship with a local nonprofit that inspired her.

The nonprofit, Leveling The Playing Field, collects donated sports equipment and other items and distributes them to schools, kids and families that may benefit from them. Mohamadi noticed many people stopped by the warehouse looking for equipment.

What became clear, Mohamadi said, was the organization could benefit from getting new equipment by encouraging more people to donate.

That realization prompted Mohamadi to start “Play it Forward,” a school-based club that aims to remove equipment cost as a barrier for kids who want to play sports. Collectively, the group has gathered 900 pieces of used sports equipment, which Mohamad

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