Our friends at the Hoods to Woods Foundation have partnered with lifestyle brand NY Brawlers for a custom boxing glove art show titled “Fight The City” featuring artist from around the world. Part of the proceeds will help fund Hoods to Woods Foundation free outdoor programs to inner city teens. The event takes place tonight at the Times Hotel in NYC from 7p – 10p. Entry is free and open to the public so stop by to support a good cause. Hit the jump to see the flyer and all the info.

Since you’re not dead maybe its time to start doing something positive with your life. A perfect first step would be to go and buy one of these Hoods to Woods x GoodWoodNYC bracelets to support Brooklyn’s raddest youth empowerment through shred organization. Only $20 goes a long way! Show your support now exclusively through Bird’s Eye Board shop.

Our favorite youth organization, Hoods to Woods needs your help to support its Winter program for teens in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn. A $5 donation enters you in a raffle to win a YES snowboard signed by team rider Trevor Andrew. To donate or learn more about the cause go to www.hoodstowoods.com/donate. Hit the jump to see the flyer.

In some great news for the day, the Brooklyn youth organization Hoods to Woods was granted 501(c)(3) non profit status this week. Founded by artist/designer/shredder and Radcollector columnist Brian Deka Paupaw in 2009 after a global shred journey showed him that being on a board can change lives, Hoods to Woods gives kids specifically from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn the opportunity to experience another world through skateboarding, surfing, and snowboarding. Contact him here to get involved. A shot of the kids after the jump.

Our homie and columnist Brian Deka Paupaw’s Hoods to Woods foundation gives kids from Deka’s hood of Bed Stuy, Brooklyn the chance to experience and learn from snowboarding, skateboarding, and art. Recently FlatFitty got involved with the foundation and allowed the kids to design a limited edition Hoods to Woods hat. This edit by Deka and Khalid West gives a very real feel for how rad this unique local Brooklyn movement really is, right down to the surprise visit from fellow Bed Stuy dweller Trevor Andrew. To get involved with Hoods to Woods go here.

Radcollector is proud to be a part of Brooklyn-based non profit Hoods to Woods fundraiser BBQ this Saturday July 17, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The BBQ will benefit the Harold Hunter Foundation scholarship program at Camp Woodward in Pennsylvania and will give guests the chance to see the home environs of the kids learning to surf, skate, and snowboard through the work of both of these great organizations. More pics of the kids as well as BBQ info after the jump.

This Sunday, May 2 the LES will be in full bloom for the 2010 Harold Hunter Run, Nike Sportswear and the Harold Hunter Foundation’s annual charity run. This year, our columnist Deka Paupaw’s Hoods to Woods Foundation has gotten on board with the Harold Hunter Foundation to help bring some kids from the city to Camp Woodward for a once in a lifestyle skateboarding experience. A $20 donation gets you a Nike HH Dri-Fit and some food after the run. Full info after the jump.

New York City-based Laurus is a manufacturer of premium hand-made face wraps for snowboarding that caters to the frigid conditions of the Ice Coast. RadCollector familia and founder of the Hoods to Woods movement, Brian “Deka” Paupaw, connected with Laurus’ Darell Abrams at a jib session in Fort Greene Park last year and the two recently sat down for an interview to talk about the background as well as the future direction of the brand. This is local DIY NYC shred at its finest. Read the whole interview and check out some product shots after the jump.

RadCollector is especially proud to support the inaugural fundraiser for Brooklyn’s Hoods to Woods Foundation. Founded by Brian Deka Paupaw, the auteur behind the film of the same name, Hoods to Woods has a mission to empower inner city youth through experiences outside of the city, especially on a board. The fundraiser, going down this Friday, September 25 at Gallery 112 in Manhattan will include a film screening and open bar. Come out and support this uniquely rad cause. Full info and some dope stills from the film after the jump.

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Brooklyn artist and filmmaker, Brian Deka Paupaw, is screening his short format film Hoods to Woods tonight in NYC. Hoods to Woods is an autobiographical account of how snowboarding drastically changed Deka’s life and put him on a path not usually taken by someone out of Bed-Stuy. Dope shit. Full info after the jump.