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ORLANDO, FL<\/strong> – The USTA announces that it is awarding more than $100,000 in USTA Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots Grants to 55 deserving wheelchair tennis programs nationwide. Grants were awarded to local organizations that promote and develop the growth of wheelchair tennis and use the sport to help build stronger, healthier communities. The USTA has given more than $950,000 to wheelchair tennis programs across the country since the first grants were awarded in 2008.<\/p>\n Grant amounts were based on each program\u2019s existing budget, as well as the future programming needs of the organization. Recipients can use the award to support coaching, court time, equipment, recruitment, and events, including tournaments and camps.<\/p>\n \u201cThe USTA is excited to award these Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots Grants to local, and national organizations, that provide programming for wheelchair tennis players of all ages in their pursuit of enjoying the sport, living a healthy lifestyle, and building a sense of real camaraderie within the wheelchair tennis community,\u201d said Jason Harnett, Director of Wheelchair Tennis, USTA. \u201cWe could not see the amazing growth numbers within the sport of wheelchair tennis if not for these local grassroots champions delivering wheelchair tennis on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n The USTA grants are being awarded to the following organizations:<\/p>\n Lakeshore Foundation (Homewood, Ala.)
\nMobile Area Tennis Association (Mobile, Ala.)
\nAbility360 Sports & Fitness Center (Phoenix)
\nSouthern Arizona Adaptive Sports (Tucson, Ariz.)
\nBorp Adaptive Sports and Recreation (Berkeley, Calif.)
\nAngel City Alliance (Los Angeles)
\nSoCal Adaptive Sports (Mission Viejo, Calif.)
\nAdaptive Athletics Association (Roseville, Calif.)
\nT3Tennis (San Clemente, Calif.)
\nYouth Tennis San Diego (San Diego)
\nBay Area Wheelchair Tennis (San Jose, Calif.)
\nTriumph Foundation (Valencia, Calif.)
\nLa Mirada Community Tennis Association (Yorba Linda, Calif.)
\nAdaptive Recreation Opportunities\/Brenda McDowell (Fort Collins, Colo.)
\nHobe Sound Tennis Academy, Inc. (Hobe Sound, Fla.)
\nOcala Women\u2019s Tennis Association (Ocala, Fla.)
\nCity of Palm Beach Gardens Tennis & Pickleball Center (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.)
\nIdaho Wheelchair Tennis Association (Boise, Idaho)
\nGreat Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA) (Lake Forest, Ill.)
\nTurnstone Center (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
\nRHI Sports Program Wheelchair and Adaptive Tennis of Indiana (Indianapolis)
\nQCA Adaptive Sports Association (Davenport, Iowa)
\nTennis Alliance of Anne Arundel County (Annapolis, Md.)
\nKennedy Krieger Institute (Baltimore)
\nJTCC Adaptive Tennis (College Park, Md.)
\nSouth Coast Wheelchair Tennis Foundation (Attleboro, Mass.)
\nSouth Shore YMCA (Hanover, Mass.)
\nMarshfield Tennis Club (Marshfield, Mass.)
\nMary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
\nWest Michigan Community Tennis Inc. (Grandville, Mich.)
\nCourage Kenny Sports and Recreation (Minneapolis)
\nWilliston Fitness Center (Minnetonka, Minn.)
\nMidwest Adaptive Sports (Kansas City, Mo.)
\nDwight F. Davis Memorial Tennis Center (St. Louis)
\nPUSH Wheelchair Tennis Academy (St. Louis)
\nFriends of Woods Tennis, Inc. (Lincoln, Neb.)
\nMontefiore Adaptive Sports (Bronx, N.Y.)
\nUSTA National Tennis Center (Flushing, N.Y.)
\nGreater Buffalo Adaptive Sports (Lancaster, N.Y.)
\nJawonio (New City, N.Y.)
\nCommonpoint (Queens Village, N.Y.)
\nRochester Accessible Adventures (Rochester, N.Y.)
\nThrive Through Tennis Foundation (Royalton, Ohio)
\nThe Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges (Tulsa, Okla.)
\nUSTA Pacific Northwest (Beaverton, Ore.)
\nPortland Tennis & Education (Portland, Ore.)
\nNorthwest Wheelchair Tennis Association (Silverton, Ore.)
\nMagee Freedoms Wheelchair Tennis Team (Philadelphia)
\nHighland Park Tennis Club (Pittsburgh)
\nPiedmont Area Tennis Association (Ivy, Va.)
\nTennis Central Academy (McLean, Va.)
\nSportable Richmond Adaptive Sports and Recreation (Richmond, Va.)
\nDallas Wheelchair Tennis Club (Highland Village, Texas)
\nAdaptive Athletics at UH (Houston)
\nMorgan\u2019s Wonderland Sports (San Antonio)<\/p>\n