Erin Lefevre

From left to right: Reid Jones, Josaih Howard, Asani Low, and Dollar Beamon try to tackle a football during practice at the Floyd Patterson Field in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, NY. The Brooklyn United Youth Football League received a $5,000 Play Ball Grant which will be used to fund and develop football programs for Brownsville youth. 

Christopher Swain swims past the Brooklyn Bridge along the East River to honor the plight of refugees on the UN's International Day of Peace September 21, 2017 in New York, NY. Swain is the first person to swim large bodies of water on the East Coast including the Columbia, Hudson, Mystic Rivers and Lake Champlain. 

Hayden Wheatley, 2, feeds herself through a feeding tube at the Wheatley residence in Hamilton, IL. Hayden recently went into remission after being diagnosed with anaplastic ependymoma, a very rare type of brain cancer. 

Project Destined co-founder Fred Greene goes over a lesson plan with a student at the Here 2 Here headquarters in the South Bronx, NY.  Project Destined is a nonprofit organization that teaches financial literacy to undeserved youth through real estate management.

NYPD officers hand out Christmas gifts during a toy drive outside of the Cooper Park Housing Projects in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. The annual toy drive is held by the Brooklyn North Patrol Borough Police Department, which travels to different Brooklyn neighborhoods handing out Christmas gifts. 

Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack speaks to a crowd while campaigning for Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Burlington Iowa Together Office in IA. This was one of many stops made by the Clinton campaign in Iowa, which is a swing state. 

A group of young girls perform a step-dance routine at the Festival in the Park in Muskegon Heights, MI. The annual festival celebrates local organizations and members of the Muskegon Heights community. 

Two classmates look at their high school yearbook during the Muskegon Heights High School Class of 1943 banquet at the Mona Lake Boating Club in Norton Shores, MI. 15 surviving members celebrated and reminisced on their high school years. 

Two men raise their fists in solidarity during a Black Lives Matter march outside of City Hall in San Francisco, CA. The group marched to protest how police brutality disproportionately affects people of color in both the Bay Area and across the country. 

Police investigate an incident in which a teenage girl was shot in the leg by an officer at Oak Ave and S Quarterline Road in Muskegon, MI. The officer was responding to a call detailing a domestic dispute that took place on the premises. 

Rapper Swizz Beats poses for a photo with Project Destined youth members in New York, NY. Project Destined is a nonprofit organization that teaches financial literacy to undeserved youth through real estate management. 

From left to right: Phobe Johnson, 7, has her face painted by Ava Pettitt, 9, while she paints a flower on the cheek of Khloe Bell, 5, in preparation for the Burlington High School Homecoming Parade in Burlington, IA. 

Ramy Hassan, 14, browses a pair of sneakers at Soled Out Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 in Jersey City, NJ. Soled Out, a sneaker consignment store, has been in its Jersey City location for almost two years.

Preston, 8, prepares to release a tissue paper lantern to commemorate Barbie Dailey, who was killed by her ex-boyfriend Joshua Salyers. Her vigil which was held at Hackley Park in Muskegon, MI.

Two Miss Michigan contestants hold hands backstage during the first night of the Miss Michigan Scholarship Pageant at the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts in Muskegon, MI. Miss Wayne County Arianna Quan, 23, was crowned the new Miss Michigan 2016.