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Arizona Sports and
Tourism Authority awards
$1.6 million in 2012
Youth and Amateur Sports Biennial Grants
GLENDALE- The Arizona
Sports and Tourism Authority Board of Directors voted to
award $1.6 million in grants as part of the youth and
amateur sports biennial grant process.
The grants will assist 17
organizations for projects that serve the youth and
amateur sports community within Maricopa County. Grant
locations are as wide spread as Gila Bend, Morristown,
Mesa and Gilbert. Projects which were partially funded
ranged from equipment for visually impaired children for
the Foundation to Blind Children, to the construction of
a sports field complex for Veritas Preparatory Academy
at their South Phoenix campus.
Grants were awarded based on projects serving youth and
amateur sports and promoting physical activity, which
demonstrated financial need, leveraged funding,
community partnerships, and a demonstrated benefit to a
local community in Maricopa County.
“On
behalf of our Board Chair Judy Bernas, Youth and Amateur
Sports Committee Chair Verma Pastor and the AZSTA Board
of Directors, we are pleased to announce the names of
the recipients of our 2012 Biennial Grant Program.
Since its inception in 2000, AZSTA has funded over 125
projects and distributed nearly $14.5 million dollars
throughout Maricopa County.” said AZSTA President and
CEO, Tom Sadler.
2012
Biennial Grant Award Recipients
Arizona Recreation Center
for the Handicapped
Atonement Lutheran School
Boys & Girls Club of
Metropolitan Phoenix
Chandler High School
Booster Club
Children’s Museum of
Phoenix
City of El Mirage
Foundation for Blind
Children
Gilbert Softball Little
League
ICAN
(Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods)
Mesa Parks & Recreation
Miracle League of Arizona
New Way Academy
One Step Beyond
St. Francis Xavier
Athletic Association
Town of Buckeye,
Community Services Department
Town of Gila Bend
Veritas
Preparatory Academy
Formed as a result of voter approval of Prop. 302 in
Nov. 2000, AZSTA is responsible for owning and operating
the University of Phoenix Stadium; funding tourism
promotion in Maricopa County; funding the construction
and renovation of Cactus League Spring Training
facilities; and funding youth and amateur sports
projects and programs. For more information about any
of these projects or the YAS Grant Program, please
contact Robin Matteson at AZSTA at 623.433.7500.
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