app01 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:09:52 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Divots & Skins - Episodes Tagged with “Pediatric Cancer Foundation” https://www.divotsandskins.com/tags/pediatric%20cancer%20foundation Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400 Divots &amp; Skins is a golf podcast for everyday golfers who love the game, the grind, and the stories that come with chasing better rounds. Hosted by Jake and Brett from Upstate New York, the show covers amateur golf, local courses, tournament play, simulator golf, golf rules, the mental-game, and plenty of laughs along the way. We’re not pros. We’re just two golfers who love competing, talking golf, and trying to get a little better one round at a time. en-us episodic For golfers chasing better rounds and better stories. Jake Van Ness & Brett Varney Divots &amp; Skins is a golf podcast for everyday golfers who love the game, the grind, and the stories that come with chasing better rounds. Hosted by Jake and Brett from Upstate New York, the show covers amateur golf, local courses, tournament play, simulator golf, golf rules, the mental-game, and plenty of laughs along the way. We’re not pros. We’re just two golfers who love competing, talking golf, and trying to get a little better one round at a time. no Jake Van Ness & Brett Varney divotsandskins@gmail.com Play It Foreward 518: How Two Brothers' Journey Became a Foundation for Kids https://www.divotsandskins.com/play-it-foreward-518-how-two-brothers-journey-became-a-foundation-for-kids f773eccb-bd40-43e1-97e0-947ca11f2bdb Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400 Jake Van Ness & Brett Varney full 1 Jake Van Ness & Brett Varney Ryan Trueba joins Divots & Skins to share the story behind Play It Foreward 518, a Capital Region family foundation supporting local kids and families facing serious illness. From a Make-A-Wish trip to TPC Sawgrass to an honorary captain program with Siena basketball, Ryan opens up about the personal journey that built this organization — and the community that keeps it going 11 years strong. 31:58 no <p>In this episode of Divots &amp; Skins, we sit down with Ryan Trueba, co-founder of Play It Foreward 518, a family foundation based in New York's Capital Region dedicated to supporting local children and families navigating serious illness and hardship. Ryan shares the deeply personal story behind the foundation's origin — inspired by his brother Joe's own health battle and the outpouring of community support that carried their family through it — and how that experience shaped Play It Foreward 518's mission of paying that generosity forward.</p> <p>We talk about the foundation's annual golf tournament, now entering its 11th year, along with some of the standout initiatives it's helped bring to life: a Make-A-Wish trip to TPC Sawgrass, a long-running partnership with the Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center, an honorary captain program with Siena College basketball that's now surpassed 100 honorees, and continued support for organizations like Double H Ranch. Ryan also reflects on what it means to build something rooted in family, community, and the belief that even small contributions can make a real difference. It's a heartfelt conversation about turning hardship into purpose — and the power of a community that shows up. </p> Play It Foreward 518, Play It Foreward 518 golf tournament, Divots and Skins, Divots and Skins podcast, charity golf tournament, golf for a cause, Capital Region NY charity, pediatric cancer foundation, Make-A-Wish golf, TPC Sawgrass hole in one, Children's Hospital Albany Medical Center, Siena College honorary captain, Double H Ranch, family foundation story, golf podcast interview, Ryan Trueba, Capital District charity, cancer survivor story golf, non-profit golf tournament, giving back community In this episode of Divots & Skins, we sit down with Ryan Trueba, co-founder of Play It Foreward 518, a family foundation based in New York's Capital Region dedicated to supporting local children and families navigating serious illness and hardship. Ryan shares the deeply personal story behind the foundation's origin — inspired by his brother Joe's own health battle and the outpouring of community support that carried their family through it — and how that experience shaped Play It Foreward 518's mission of paying that generosity forward.

We talk about the foundation's annual golf tournament, now entering its 11th year, along with some of the standout initiatives it's helped bring to life: a Make-A-Wish trip to TPC Sawgrass, a long-running partnership with the Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center, an honorary captain program with Siena College basketball that's now surpassed 100 honorees, and continued support for organizations like Double H Ranch. Ryan also reflects on what it means to build something rooted in family, community, and the belief that even small contributions can make a real difference. It's a heartfelt conversation about turning hardship into purpose — and the power of a community that shows up.

]]> In this episode of Divots & Skins, we sit down with Ryan Trueba, co-founder of Play It Foreward 518, a family foundation based in New York's Capital Region dedicated to supporting local children and families navigating serious illness and hardship. Ryan shares the deeply personal story behind the foundation's origin — inspired by his brother Joe's own health battle and the outpouring of community support that carried their family through it — and how that experience shaped Play It Foreward 518's mission of paying that generosity forward.

We talk about the foundation's annual golf tournament, now entering its 11th year, along with some of the standout initiatives it's helped bring to life: a Make-A-Wish trip to TPC Sawgrass, a long-running partnership with the Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center, an honorary captain program with Siena College basketball that's now surpassed 100 honorees, and continued support for organizations like Double H Ranch. Ryan also reflects on what it means to build something rooted in family, community, and the belief that even small contributions can make a real difference. It's a heartfelt conversation about turning hardship into purpose — and the power of a community that shows up.

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