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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.<\/strong> – The USTA Foundation, the charitable arm of the USTA, raised a record-breaking $3 million during its 2022 Gala, surpassing the $2 million raised in 2021. The gala was hosted on Opening Night of the 2022 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and co-chaired by sports broadcaster Bill Macatee and Tatiana Cancro of Jersey Mike\u2019s.<\/p>\n The Gala, emceed by actor Anthony Anderson, was attended by celebrities and long-time supporters of the USTA Foundation including Hugh Jackman, Rebel Wilson, Katie Couric, Mike Tyson, Anna Wintour, Vera Wang, Gayle King, Francisco Lindor, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Gladys Knight, Lindsey Vonn, Martina Navratilova, and USTA Foundation Chairperson Chris Evert.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was an incredible night that saw everyone come together to support our mission of changing lives through tennis and education,\u201d said USTA Foundation Board President Kathleen Wu. \u201cThe impact of the funds raised tonight will make a difference for thousands of under-resourced children who will benefit from the community programs supported by the USTA Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n The USTA Foundation honored ESPN and Kevin Martinez with its Serving Up Dreams Award. The Serving Up Dreams Award honors years of leadership, support and dedication to the principles and ideals of the USTA Foundation. ESPN has continually demonstrated its commitment to help advance the USTAF mission and NJTL network. Martinez, ESPN\u2019s Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and USTA Foundation Advisory Board Member, has led ESPN\u2019s social responsibility efforts to use the power of sport to make a positive change in our society.<\/p>\n The USTA Foundation Gala\u2019s sponsors included ESPN, Jersey Mike\u2019s, Cadillac, Chase, Rolex and Deloitte. Funds raised will continue the Foundation\u2019s mission to fund tennis and education programming for hundreds of community-based, grassroots programs across the country benefiting thousands of youth.<\/p>\n More than $330,000 was added to the evening\u2019s total during an exciting live auction hosted by Anderson and highlighted by on-stage appearances from tennis greats Bob and Mike Bryan, and Martina Navratilova. Auction items included Super Bowl, US Open and Wimbledon packages along with private hitting sessions with the Bryans and Navratilova.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.<\/strong> – The USTA Foundation, the charitable arm of the USTA, raised a record-breaking $3 million during its 2022 Gala, surpassing the $2 million raised in 2021. The gala was hosted on Opening Night of the 2022 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and co-chaired by sports broadcaster Bill Macatee and Tatiana Cancro of Jersey Mike\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[343],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8407"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8408,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8407\/revisions\/8408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}