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USTA SERVES AWARDS $5,000 GRANT TO RICHMOND POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE

USTA Serves, the national charitable foundation of the United States Tennis Association, today announced it has awarded the Richmond Police Activities League a $5,000 grant. During its 2014 spring funding cycle, USTA Serves awarded 46 community tennis and education organizations more than $429,000 in grants.

 

Started in 1982 to provide a positive alternative to the streets for boys and girls between 5 and 18 years of age, the Richmond Police Activities League (RPAL) uses police officers, local business leaders and community volunteers as positive role models for youth. The purpose of the grant is to continue offering an existing youth tennis program to low income and at-risk youth throughout the community. The grant will help fund the needed equipment, supplies, staff stipends, memberships, registration fees, 10 USTA Play Days, training and outings to local tennis events. For more information, go to: www.rpal.org.

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"We are proud to continue to honor some of our nation’s most successful and thriving tennis and education programs, who devote their missions toward servicing others, especially our under-served youth,” said Dan Faber, USTA Serves Executive Director. “We hope they’re able to use these grants to continue their outstanding work, and as they keep education, health and tennis in the forefront, I look forward to the impact they will have in fostering future leaders and champions.” 

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The bi-annual grant process, a national initiative of USTA Serves, was established to award organizations that provide disadvantaged, at-risk children the opportunity to learn to play tennis and improve their academic skills in a structured format, and to help combat childhood obesity by promoting healthy lifestyles. Chosen by a Grant Proposal Review Committee comprised of Foundation board members and USTA national staff, with important input from USTA sections, the grants are awarded to programs that successfully combine tennis and education and help children pursue their goals and highest dreams by leading healthier lives, succeeding in school and becoming healthier citizens. To date, USTA Serves has disbursed $13 million to a variety of programs that support its mission.

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