System for incentivizing charitable giving based on physical activity and a method of using the same

A system for incentivizing charitable giving based on physical activity by participants using sports equipment, comprising:

• a selected piece of sports equipment used by a first participant, the selected piece of sports equipment comprising a shell and a cavity, and disposed within the cavity:
• a sensor for detecting an acceleration of the selected piece of sports equipment;
• a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to (i) receive signals from the sensor and (ii) based at least on the signals, a timing of the signals received, and a predetermined rest threshold, determine activity data of the selected piece of sports equipment used by the first participant,
• wherein the activity data distinguishes a lack of acceleration of the selected piece of sports equipment between when the selected piece of sports equipment is in physical use and when the selected piece of sports equipment is not in physical use by comparing the timing of the signals received to the predetermined rest threshold;
• one or more computer processors;
• and
• a memory including instructions executable by the one or more computer processors to:
• assign an identifier to identify the first participant from other participants;
• receive the activity data of the first participant from the processor;
• and
• assign a plurality of credits to the identifier based at least in part on the activity data, wherein a given credit of the plurality of credits corresponds to a predetermined monetary value that is applicable to a charity by the first participant.

A system for incentivizing charitable giving based on physical activity by participants using sports equipment, comprising:

• a selected piece of sports equipment used by a first participant, the selected piece of sports equipment comprising a shell and a cavity, and disposed within the cavity:
• a sensor for detecting an acceleration of the selected piece of sports equipment;
• a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to receive signals from the sensor and based at least on the signals determine activity data of the selected piece of sports equipment;
• and
• a generation module electrically coupled to the sensor and the processor, wherein the generation module is configured to generate electric power upon acceleration of the selected piece of sports equipment and provide the electric power to the sensor and the processor,
• wherein the activity data corresponds to an amount of kinetic energy or power generated by the selected piece of sports equipment;
• one or more computer processors;
• and
• a memory including instructions executable by the one or more computer processors to:
• assign an identifier to identify the first participant from other participants;
• receive the activity data of the first participant from the processor;
• and
• assign a plurality of credits to the identifier based at least in part on the activity data, wherein a given credit of the plurality of credits corresponds to a predetermined monetary value that is applicable to a charity by the first participant.