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  • Ali Sanchez rakes cut grass across the lawn while other volunteers and an orange mower stand behind him.
  • Jasson Dominguez drives an orange riding mower across the lawn in front of a blue HOPE Week backdrop.
  • Brian Schwartz drives an orange stand-on mower across a freshly cut back lawn, with a blue event canopy and other volunteers behind him.
  • Fernando Cruz pushes a walk-behind mower along the edge of a planted garden bed beside a white fence.
  • Amed Rosario, in work gloves and a HOPE Week T-shirt, smiles while leaning on a rake beside a garden bed.
  • Two volunteers use a long pole saw to cut a high branch from a tree at the back of the yard.
  • Danny Cunningham tips a bucket of mulch onto a garden bed while a camera operator films nearby.
  • Yankees staff and I Want To Mow Your Lawn volunteers in HOPE Week T-shirts stand together outside a blue-shingled house for the HOPE Week honoree presentation, holding an oversized ceremonial check.
  • Camilo Doval, wearing work gloves, stands behind an orange mower and smiles toward the camera.
  • Volunteers form a line to pass garden stones hand to hand, with a wheelbarrow in the foreground.
  • James Rowson carries a large garden stone in gloved hands, wearing a HOPE Week shirt reading Helping Others Persevere and Excel.
  • Brian Cashman crouches to empty a bucket of mulch into a flower bed edged with yellow blooms.
  • Luis Rojas crouches to set plants and stones into a freshly mulched bed along a white fence.
  • A cut tree branch lies on the grass as two volunteers keep trimming overhead with a pole saw.
  • I Want To Mow Your Lawn founder Brian Schwartz, in a cap and HOPE Week T-shirt, stands with a group of volunteers beside the house.

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Featured Spotlight 2026 HOPE Week

Yankees Hope Week Honoree

The New York Yankees honored I Want To Mow Your Lawn during HOPE Week, bringing players, volunteers, and neighbors together for a day of service in Leonia, New Jersey.

The event generated coverage across MLB, regional news, national publications, and Yankees social channels.

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ABC 2 Baltimoreโ†—
ABC 2 Baltimore
ABC 13 Houston๐Ÿ“ฐ
ABC 13 Houston
ABC 5 Minnesotaโ†—
ABC 5 Minnesota
C-SPAN: U.S. House (NW Ohio Volunteer Recognition)โ†—
C-SPAN: U.S. House (NW Ohio Volunteer Recognition)
Good News Network (September 2023)โ†—
Good News Network (September 2023)
AARP – Real People Real Stories ↗
AARP – Real People Real Stories
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Brian Schwartz stands with Wayne Township officials, AARP New Jersey staff and volunteers in the township municipal chambers, holding an oversized AARP Community Challenge Grant check.

Photo: TAPinto Wayne

TAPinto Wayne Also in Patch

Wayne nonprofit receives AARP grant

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News 12 New Jersey (Sept. 2023)
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Mezzopieno News (Italy)
The Dad (Instagram) – September 2023โ†—
The Dad (Instagram) – September 2023
NBC 11 Baltimoreโ†—
NBC 11 Baltimore
CBS National Newsโ–ถ
CBS National News
Turf Magazine – Service Beyond Serviceโ†—
Turf Magazine – Service Beyond Service
News 12 – Earth Dayโ†—
News 12 – Earth Day
Fox & Friends Live – Nationalโ†—
Fox & Friends Live – National
Japan Daily News: Mainichi Shimbun (January 2024)โŠž
Japan Daily News: Mainichi Shimbun (January 2024)
Austria – Die Ganz Woche๐Ÿ”
Austria – Die Ganz Woche
Good News Networkโ†—
Good News Network
Fox 5 New York – 2022 Update (300+ Volunteers)โŠž
Fox 5 New York – 2022 Update (300+ Volunteers)
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Fox News @ Night
NBC 2 – WDTN “Tell Me Good News” (Ohio)โ†—
NBC 2 – WDTN “Tell Me Good News” (Ohio)
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Recognition

Recognized By

Township of Wayne, NJ & Councilman David Varano
Lakeland Bank
Visions Federal Credit Union
Representative Marcy Kaptur
Steve Sweeney, Senate President
Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill
NJ Landscape Contractor Association
Wayne NJ Rotary Club
Caldwell NJ Rotary Club

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