For twenty youth sports organizations demonstrating their commitment to
responsibility on and off the mat, Liberty Mutual will soon make a very
memorable contribution, in the amount of a $2,500 Responsible Sports™
Community Grant. Beat The Streets is hoping to be one of them. Community
Grants are part of Liberty Mutual's Responsible Sports program, which is
an ongoing effort championing and celebrating responsibility in youth
sports. This community-based program offers meaningful, easy-to-use
educational resources for youth sports parents and coaches, including
access to on-the-field game and practice preparation tools, as well as
self-paced online coursework filled with learning tools, videos, and
topics addressing youth sports issues.
"The Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports program targets many of the
issues we see happening at youth sporting events by shining a positive
light on what it means to be a responsible coach and a responsible
sports-parent. Beyond that, Liberty Mutual is making a significant
financial contribution to support the efforts of local organizations
like Beat The Streets," said Greg Gordon vice president of Consumer
Marketing at Liberty Mutual.
The Responsible Sports program, including the Community Grants, comes at
a crucial time for communities like ours. Like other communities across
the U.S., our own youth sports programs are under pressure from
increasing numbers of participants, limited volunteer activity and
mounting program management and administration costs. The Responsible
Sports program provides access to valuable resources and assets that can
ensure our organizations thrive even under challenging circumstances.
"Beat the Streets is committed to teaching boys and girls how the
discipline and focus they gain through wrestling can be applied to their
education and everyday life to help them achieve success. We serve as a
safe haven in some of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City'
providing children with the tools they need to be winners on and off the
mat."
Brian Giffin Executive Director, Beat the Streets
Beat the Streets is registered for the Responsible Sports program. They
are encouraging individual community members to complete one of the
self-paced online courses (Responsible Coaching and Responsible Sport
Parenting) and take a 10-question review quiz. Every completed quiz is
worth one point. The organizations that earn the most points at the end
of the grant period, in this case [May 31st/November 30th], in each of
the three divisions will earn one of the 20 grants. Youth sports
organizations (club programs, park and recreation departments, etc.) are
competing for one of 14 $2,500 grants in two divisions, large and small,
based upon the number of players. And six school athletic programs will
earn a $5,000 grant, for a total
of 20 Responsible Sports Community Grants to be awarded this
[spring/fall]. The more people each registered organization gets to
complete the courses, the greater its chances of winning.
Complete details on the grants as well as the qualifying self-paced
courses are available through the official program website at
ResponsibleSports.com. To show your support, visit
ResponsibleSports.com/Grant.
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