It will as well be a resource for donors, volunteers, and identical who need to proceed with and support Aces in Motion on journey to impact Gainesville’s atrisk youth through tennis, that said, this web site will serve to communicate likewise crucial program information like tennis practice dates and locations to program participants.
We could continue to serve our community and share our passion for tennis, please reckon making a matching gift in the latter days.
We feel honored to have very much support from the USTA. It’s a well another generous grant gift of $ 9000 was awarded by USTA Florida Section Foundation for a tennis development program at underused city court facilities, like the tennis courts at Gainesville’s McPherson Recreation Complex. Fundraiser to benefit GACTA’s Aces in Motion tennis outreach program.
Most of us are aware that there are 6 community elementaryschools in east Gainesville.
In 2014, 2 schools were rated as C and 4 schools were rated as F.
In 2013, their school grades were four Ds and one F. GACTA was probably pleased to announce its 2016 US OPEN EXPERIENCE raffle to benefit our Aces in Motion tennis/education program for ‘at risk’ youth.This always was eventually an onceinalifetime opportunity, as seating the President’s Box has always been by invitation usually and not for fundamental sale. We appreciate any and all occasions to and identical community supporters.
It’s a well thank you to WUFT TV Evening News for running a feature story on Aces in Motion. Known the primary program and magnet school populations remain segregated, to a massive extent. Keep reading. Fundamental program students, are far poorer, have a few more discipline troubles, worse test scores, and suchlike, than magnet school students. As a result, tennis instruction ain’t limited to facilities with dedicated tennis courts. Tennis by tradition had been considered a sport for almost white, affluent populations. With portable increased availability tennis equipment, tennis could be played successfully by beginners, seniors, green children and those with physic and mental disabilities, and may literally be played anywhere.
All members of a family usually can play the game, the sport could be introduced to green children, and is a perfect real physical activity for people who do not like lofty impact team sports.Tennis ain’t dependent on youth or strength.Tennis is ultimately a lifetime sport.
Team sports, mainly basketball and football, are always far more enormously valued in AfricanAmerican communities.
Imagine a 50 year old enough attempting to play football. Generally, for a supposed donation of $ 100 per ticket, you have opportunity to win a trip to the 2016 US OPEN. You see, while sconsuming in courtside President’s Box, lunch in the luxurious and exclusive USTA President’s dining room, hospitality in the President’s Suite, access to courtside seating in Louis Armstrong Stadium, access to all the various courts at the Tennis Center, and complimentary transportation to and from the Tennis Center, completely 150 tickets could be printed. Package includes airfare for 3 to NYC, a ‘1 night’ hotel stay.
Aces in Motion, in conjunction with the Gainesville Area Community Tennis Association, has these days launched a tally new web site, Aces in Motion has been operating as a Gainesville program Area Community Tennis Association, a 501(corporation.
In 2011, documented since positive impact of tennis in children’s lives, GACTA made development of tennis instruction in ‘afterschool’ and summer tennis programs in east Gainesville one of its fundamental priorities, and AIM was born.
While partnering with quite a few afterschool programs, since summer 2012, aIM was a consistent presence in east Gainesville. As a result, encompasses, led by Program Director. AIM strives for a curriculum for at risk children that therewith teaches tennis skills. To continue and expand our programs, we are using heaps of unusual strategies, including use of.