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Zachary Peskin Discusses Impact Sports Can Make On Your Outlook On Life

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  • Date Added : 7/30/2008
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Zachary Peskin

  • Founder, Special People Helping Others, Inc (SpPHO)
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1992 (Age: 32 years old)
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Biography

In early 2007, high school student Zachary Peskin founded Special People Helping Others, Inc (SpPHO) ¯ an organization designed to create meaningful opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities to build self-esteem and social awareness by helping others.

Early on, Zachary observed his family and various practitioners interacting with his older brother, Adam, who is autistic. Zachary was keenly aware of Adam's eagerness to help friends, family and the community in various ways and the satisfaction and enthusiasm that Adam displayed at the completion of each activity. Helping and supporting others gave him joy ¯ from making pancakes for the family (an activity he learned at school) to helping his teachers prepare and clean up the classroom. Zachary also observed this eagerness to help others while conducting the Special Needs Tennis Program which he founded for children and adolescents with disabilities. Over the last few years, Zachary noted that the highlight of each participant's experience focused not necessarily on playing tennis, but on helping to pick up the tennis balls at the end of each game. Similar to the empowerment that all individuals feel when helping others, those with developmental disabilities experience these same feelings of worth and contribution. SpPHO is based on these observations and the larger premise that individuals with developmental disabilities can achieve exceptional benefits in personal growth by helping others, while simultaneously demonstrating their ability to be a positive force in our communities.

Zachary's efforts with SpPHO were recently recognized by WMTR-AM Radio (Cedar Knolls, NJ) with the Kids Who Rock Award. In addition to his commitment to SpPHO, Zachary is a USTA-ranked junior tennis player and a member of the Millburn varsity tennis team. He is the founder of the Special Needs Tennis Program for adolescents and children with disabilities, member of the Millburn High School Peer Leaders (Millburn, NJ) and an editor of The Miller, the Millburn High School newspaper. Zachary is an avid reader, particularly in the area of economics, and has conducted professor-supervised research related to the modeling of economic and social impacts of international exchange rate dynamics.

I think it sort of changed my view of risk and competition because I guess when I was younger maybe my ... almost pre-teen years and when I was playing sports, I would really hate to lose and it would get me really frustrated and I guess ... like people couldn't talk to me after I lost and it just ....(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 21 Zachary Peskin Discusses Impact of Growing Up With A Brother Who Has Autism
  • Zachary Peskin - Interview - Special People Helping Others (SpPHO)
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Video 2 of 21 Zachary Peskin States Becoming An Entrepreneur In High School Is Worth the Risk
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Video 3 of 21 Zachary Peskin Discusses Impact Sports Can Make On Your Outlook On Life
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Video 4 of 21 Zachary Peskin States He Views Himself More As Passionate Than As An Entrepreneur
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Video 5 of 21 Zachary Peskin Discusses Impact of Special People Helping Others (SpPho)
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Video 6 of 21 Zachary Peskin Discusses Negative Impact of Helicopter Parents or Hover Parents
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Video 7 of 21 Zachary Peskin States Reality That Starting A Venture In High School Is Low Risk
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Video 8 of 21 Zachary Peskin States People With Disabilities Gain Satisfaction From Giving Back To Others
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Video 9 of 21 Zachary Peskin States Organization Sought To Include People With a Wide Range of Disabilities
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Video 10 of 21 Zachary Peskin Shares Mission Statement of SpPHO
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  • 1 min. 9 sec.
Video 11 of 21 Zachary Peskin Discusses Challenge of Trying To Recruit Employees and Board Members Simultaneously
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  • 7/30/2008
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  • 1 min. 55 sec.
Video 12 of 21 Zachary Peskin Discusses SpPHO's Bracelet Sales
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  • 7/30/2008
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  • 1 min. 18 sec.
Video 13 of 21 Zachary Peskin States SpPHO Donates Money To Other Charitable Organizations
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  • 7/30/2008
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  • 1 min. 59 sec.
Video 14 of 21 Zachary Peskin States Desire To Keep Organization's Administrative Side Lean
  • Zachary Peskin - Interview - Special People Helping Others (SpPHO)
  • 7/30/2008
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  • 1 min. 9 sec.
Video 15 of 21 Zachary Peskin Discusses Organization's Reliance on Volunteers and Discusses Development of Company Website
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  • 7/30/2008
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  • 2 min. 28 sec.
Video 16 of 21 Zachary Peskin States Importance of Thinking Through Website Content Before Doing Development
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  • 7/30/2008
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  • 1 min. 13 sec.
Video 17 of 21 Zachary Peskin Discusses How Special People Helping Others Came Up With SpPHO Domain Name
  • Zachary Peskin - Interview - Special People Helping Others (SpPHO)
  • 7/30/2008
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  • 1 min. 29 sec.
Video 18 of 21 Zachary Peskin Discusses How He Handles Management Challenges
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Video 19 of 21 Zachary Peskin Shares Special Moments He Has Had In Working With People With Special Needs
  • Zachary Peskin - Interview - Special People Helping Others (SpPHO)
  • 7/30/2008
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  • 1 min. 15 sec.
Video 20 of 21 Zachary Peskin States Importance of Having Perseverance - Especially As A Young Entrepreneur
  • Zachary Peskin - Interview - Special People Helping Others (SpPHO)
  • 7/30/2008
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  • 1 min. 19 sec.
Video 21 of 21 Zachary Peskin Discusses SpPHO Business Program
  • Zachary Peskin - Interview - Special People Helping Others (SpPHO)
  • 7/30/2008
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  • 1 min. 5 sec.