WBCA Podcasts

The Fundraising & Fun Raising Podcast

Published: July 24, 2026

Duration: 26:28

Host Robert Moran interviews Brett Poirier, Executive Director of Beat the Streets New England, a non-profit which teaches life skills such as goal-setting and persistence through wrestling. To Poirier, wrestling, as an individual sport with a team atmosphere, is the ideal vehicle to learn these lessons. The two discuss their personal connections to the sport, and Poirier elaborated on three specific programs offered by Beat the Streets: Mat Time, Coaches in Training (CIT), and Wrestle(her).