ABOUT
PLAY Leadership

Who We Are

Founded by a group of high schoolers determined to improve their communities in 2014, PLAY Leadership is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that emphasizes high standards of leadership, public speaking, and community service in youth. PLAY Leadership is based in Tri-Valley of the San Francisco Bay Area with over 300 members.

Mission Statement

To teach the value of community and demonstrate various ways in which students can better the diverse communities they are a part of
To offer them opportunities to take a leadership role and augment their understandings about the necessary qualities of a leader
To provide assistance in the endeavor to master public speaking
To encourage the formation of individual opinion of contemporary social, economic, and environmental issues, without political bias
To encourage involvement in institutions through internships and volunteer work

Volunteer Service Award:

40 President's Volunteer Service Award winners with 4,254 hours contributed to the community in 2021
46 President's Volunteer Service Award winners with 5,460 hours contributed to the community in 2022
38 President's Volunteer Service Award winners with 3,828hours contributed to the community in 2023
43 President's Volunteer Service Award winners with 4,979 hours contributed to the community in 2024
28 Volunteer Service Award winners with 3,478 hours contributed to the community in 2025

What We
Have Accomplished

2025 Accomplishments:

20+ food sorting/packing events; 750+ Thanksgiving boxes distributed to 1,500+ families
1,000 hygiene kits + $5,500+ winter gear distributed to unhoused communities in South Bay
167 bags / 2,172 lbs of clothing and shoes donated
1,000+ books donated/sorted for Malawi and Uganda education projects
500+ backpacks + 600 school supply packs distributed in San Jose
MathFest: 200+ attendees from 30+ schools
Recruitment Block Party: 250+ attendees, 100+ new participants
100+ holiday shoebox gifts + 200+ senior holiday cards + Adopt-a-Senior support drives

Highlights:

Donated over 4,000 hand made face shields and 63,000 refurbished N95 face masks to over 50 locations during the pandemic (including hospitals, community health centers, senior living facilities, essential businesses, food banks, school districts, homeless shelters and encampments throughout the Bay Area, Navajo Nation US Indian Reservation in Arizona and Refugee Women's Alliance in Seattle)
Donated over 1,300 masks and $920 to firefighters in San Ramon
Sewed over 1,200 cloth face masks and donated them to local health workers
Donated $659 to the Tri-Valley Chinese Community PPE Drive during the pandemic
Fundraised over $4,000 dollars in community garage sales for underserved children and unhoused friends in Santa Clara County.
Ran multiple donation drives and distributions to the homeless encampments in San Jose with hundreds of boxes of supplies every year