Youth Foundation Grants

The Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation is pleased to announce the following 2010 grants:

Action For Healthy Kids Foundation

$3,000 to provide physical fitness equipment to the top two schools in conjunction with the Fuel Up To Play 60 ticket campaign in Georgia.

Appalachian Community Enterprises, Inc.

$120,000 (over two years) to increase access to healthy, nutritious foods in underserved Georgia communities through a healthy food financing campaign and an urban farming site offering experiential learning.

Atlanta Ballet, Inc.

$5,000 to provide the Centre Dance program to K-5 students at Parklane Elementary School in East Point during the 2010-11 school year.

Atlanta Track Club

$50,000 (over two years) for the Kilometer Kids running program, which serves more than 2,000 youth across Falcons Fitness Zone neighborhoods.

Banneker High School

$500 to provide football equipment through the 2010 Salute to High School Football Luncheon.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation

$73,300 to provide HOPSports Training Systems to the five school districts leading the S.H.A.P.E. Act pilot effort and to test Brain Breaks, a new HOPSports product, in two other school districts in Georgia.

East Coweta High School

$500 to provide football equipment through the 2010 Salute to High School Football Luncheon.

Fellowship Christian School

$500 to provide football equipment through the 2010 Salute to High School Football Luncheon.

Georgia Action For Healthy Kids, Inc.

$2,500 to provide scholarships for at least 25 teachers from Title I schools to attend the ‘School Wellness: The Cornerstone of Academic Achievement’ conference.

Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

$1,500 to provide 20 adult registrations to the 1st Annual World Fitness Day event.

Georgia Family Connection Partnership, Inc.

$5,000 to help the Westside Health & Wellness Collaborative prepare and submit an application for federal funding through the Promise Neighborhood grant program.

Georgia Mountains YMCA

$5,000 to expand programming of the Mobile Fitness Gym to schools, nonprofits and neighborhood sites, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hall County sites.

Georgia Organics

$34,000 (over two years) to increase access to nutritious, locally grown food for Georgia families, including Falcons Fitness Zone children.

Georgia Organics

$10,500 to help the East Lake Farmers Market accept SNAP benefits, and to incentivize the purchasing of healthy, locally grown fruits and vegetables by doubling the value of SNAP benefits at the market.

Georgia State University Foundation, Inc.

$1,640 to provide transportation for the After-School All-Stars to attend the SORBA Trips for Kids mountain biking program in summer 2010.

Georgia State University Research Foundation

$10,000 to launch the Camp Carrot Seed project, engaging at least 50 Falcons Fitness Zone students in organic gardening and providing a source of food for City of Refuge families.

Georgia State University Research Foundation

$20,000 to provide two HOPSports training systems for after-school and summer programs at two middle school sites.

Georgia Tennis Foundation

$10,600 to provide at least 320 Falcons Fitness Zone kids with summer and after-school tennis instruction and programming during the 2010-11 school year, and to produce the Atlanta Circle Cup event at Washington Park in summer 2010.

Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta

$10,000 to operate the Sporting Chance program, which features Double Dutch jump roping for 300 girls served through the Marietta Center and Ivy Preparatory Academy.

Good Sports

$50,000 (over two years) to operate a sports-equipment donation program for Georgia nonprofits in order to increase youth participation in physical activity.

Good Sports

$5,228 to provide shipping of sports equipment to the first round of grantees.

Johnson High School

$500 to provide football equipment through the 2010 Salute to High School Football Luncheon.

KiDsGyM USA, Inc.

$5,000 to provide program fees for kids at Whitehead Boys & Girls Club to participate in Flippin’ For Life during the 2010-11 school year.

KIPP Metro Atlanta Collaborative, Inc.

$15,000 for the youth sports league engaging more than 180 KIPP students, along with students at other charter and independent schools.

Metro Atlanta YMCA

$50,000 to launch in-school and after-school Falcons Fitness Zone programming at Peachtree Hope Charter School.

Metro Atlanta YMCA

$12,500 to provide scholarships for up to 200 kids drawn from current Fitness Zone partners to attend a Kids & Pros week-long camp held at Clark Atlanta University in summer 2010.

Metro Atlanta YMCA

$25,000 to launch the Westside Health & Wellness Collaborative, which will connect elementary school students and their families to health screenings and follow up health services.

Moving in the Spirit

$15,000 for the Stepping Stones dance and leadership training program reaching more than 140 youth across Fitness Zone neighborhoods.

North Oconee High School

$1,000 to provide football equipment through the 2010 Salute to High School Football Luncheon.

Park Pride, Inc.

$12,000 to stimulate more neighborhood parks groups to engage children in outdoor activities in city parks.

Piedmont Park Conservancy

$2,500 to provide at least 20 one-week scholarships to the Park’s summer camp program, EnviroVentures which emphasizes outdoor activities.

Pierce County High School

$500 to provide football equipment through the 2010 Salute to High School Football Luncheon.

Playworks

$6,000 to provide ‘The Power of Play & Group Management 1′ training to FFZ partner staff.

Playworks

$15,000 to provide training and technical assistance to 400 staff members and 30-60 teens from Falcons Fitness Zone grant partners in and around the Atlanta Metro region through a series of 11 workshops.

Put Up Your Dukes Foundation, Inc.

$3,000 to provide support for Wellness Festivals at Morehouse College and at Hopewell Baptist Church, providing children, teens and adults with health screenings, nutrition education and physical activity.

Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association

$5,000 to provide at least 16 Hall County Fitness Zone kids and 16 Atlanta Fitness Zone kids with a series of mountain bike rides in summer 2010.

First Tee Programs

Through our partnership with the PGA TOUR Superstores, we are proud supporters of the following First Tee programs.

• The First Tee of Atlanta
• The First Tee at East Lake
• The First Tee of Dallas
• The First Tee of Myrtle Beach
• The First Tee of Naples/Collier
• The First Tee of Phoenix