According to an article posted on TransWorld SKATE,
The Tony Hawk Foundation Board of Directors has announced the
recipients of its Fall 2009 Skatepark Grant Awards, as well as a
special allocation to match, dollar-for-dollar, donations to the Watts
Skatepark project in Los Angeles:
“From the 52 applications submitted for this season’s Grant
Review Session, the Board of Directors selected fourteen from
low-income communities across the U.S., and collectively awarded
$130,000 to help build free, quality skateparks that will serve at-risk
youth.
Fall 2009 Tony Hawk Foundation Grant Recipients
$25,000
San Luis Obispo, California
$15,000
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Lyndonville, Vermont
$10,000
Aurora, Illinois
Brooklyn, New York
Wilmington, Ohio
Dormont Borough, Pennsylvania
$5,000
Estherville, Iowa
Lyons, Michigan
Mecosta, Michigan
Royalton, Minnesota
Commercial Township, New Jersey
Greenfield, Ohio
Martinsville, Virginia
The Board also allocated $10,000 in matching funds for the Watts
Skatepark project in Los Angeles. Through January 15, 2010 all
donations made via skatewatts.org will be MATCHED by the Tony Hawk
Foundation*. Having helped launch it in October, the Tony Hawk
Foundation is also featuring the Watts Skatepark project during the
Athletes For Hope Who Gives? Racing For A Cause challenge, a widely
publicized fundraising event hosted by
globalgiving.org/athletes-for-hope/.
With few alternatives to crime, gangs, and drugs, youth in the
Watts community struggle daily to find healthy pastimes that can keep
them engaged and active. Through this effort to build a free-quality
public skatepark in Watts, the Tony Hawk Foundation is helping local
youth realize their dream of a world-class skatepark.
Make a contribution during this limited campaign, and the impact
of your donation will be DOUBLED. Visit skatewatts.org and support the
youth of Watts today.
(*All donations made during the Who Gives? Racing For A Cause
challenge—December 15, 2009 through January 15, 2010—will be matched by
the Tony Hawk Foundation, up to $10,000.)”
