Smithtown Resident Alaine Robbins To Receive Award

Director of Dynamics Baton Twirling Organization

Among Those Honored at Riverhead Banquet

Riverhead, NY, October 29, 2019 – Alaine Robbins, Director and Head Coach of the Dynamics Baton Twirling Organization has been named a recipient of the 2019 WVI Dolphin Foundation’s Spirit of Youth Sports Award. As director of the program her mother founded in 1969, Ms. Robbins has earned a reputation as one of the finest coaches in the country. She has led her Smithtown-based twirlers to countless State, Regional, and National titles while sending elite athletes to compete throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia as part of Team USA.

The WVI Dolphin Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization engaged in a “Sports for Good” initiative, sought nominees from all corners of the industry and from a wide variety of sports in its effort to showcase adults who are modeling positive behavior and introducing practices in the best interest of youth sports families. The Long Island based honorees have each demonstrated an ongoing commitment to use sports to improve their communities and to enrich the lives of boys and girls in their charge.

“Alaine Robbins has dedicated her professional life to the sport of competitive twirling and the girls of Long Island have benefitted tremendously from that choice,” said Jeremiah Schnee, founder and co-chair of the WVI Dolphin Foundation. “As impressive as her record of success in competition is, our committee was more impressed by her commitment to use her sport to help each child in her program become the best she can be through strong minds and bodies.”

A former champion twirler herself, Ms. Robbins resides in Smithtown with her husband and two children. Prior to taking over The Dynamics, she studied Sports Psychology and Exercise Physiology at the University of Maryland.

The awards, will be handed out November 21^st at a banquet hosted by Hockey Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine and held at Residence Inn Long Island – East End. The 2019 Spirit of Youth Sports Awards gala will include a cocktail reception, dinner, awards ceremony, celebrity keynote, and auction. Proceeds of the event will benefit the WVI Dolphin Foundation’s Sports for Good program The event is open to the public and tickets can be purchased through Event Brite or at www.wvievents.com.

About WVI Dolphin Foundation

The WVI Dolphin Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, exists to inspire Legacy Families to pivot toward “give back” – wherein they can utilize their prestige, wealth, and power to make a disproportionate impact to uplift culture and the human condition. Our mission is to channel the funds raised to worthy early stage charities aligned with the Dolphin culture that support Veterans and Sports for Good Initiatives.

The WVI/LFC ecosystem is informed by our Dolphin Culture that encourages long-lasting, trust based relationships founded on integrity, community, and altruism.
For more info: https://www.wvievents.com/wvi-dolphin-foundation/

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