City Springs School Hosts USTA Tennis Training

On September 15, 2011 City Springs School hosted a free USTA school tennis workshop for physical education teachers and anyone working with sports programs in City Schools. Fifteen participants representing 11 schools/organizations participated.

Thank you to City Springs School for hosting the training; USTA for providing the training; and the following schools/organizations for participating:

• Belmont Elementary/Playworks
• Callaway Elementary
• City Springs School
• Federal Hill
• Friendship Academy for Science and Technology
• Gilmore Elementary
• Hampstead Hill Academy
• Loving Arms, Inc. (through Safe&Sound/Out of School Time Network)
• Lyndhurst Elementary/Playworks
• Patterson High School
• Waverly Elementary/Playworks
  

USTA Maryland’s mission is to promote the growth and development of tennis in Maryland as a healthy lifetime sport available to all regardless of age and ability. USTA Maryland fosters an inclusive tennis environment and greater diversity throughout the sport.
For more information visit: http://www.maryland.usta.com/

USTA Awards BCP Tennis Grant

The United States Tennis Association (USTA)/Mid-Atlantic has awarded the Baltimore Curriculum Project a Diversity & Inclusion Signature Program Grant of $1,125. The grant will help BCP bring tennis to over 800 mostly African-American and Hispanic-American students from low-income families in East Baltimore.

USTA/Mid-Atlantic is a not-for-profit organization committed to promoting tennis by offering quality recreational and competitive programs for people of all ages and abilities. The USTA Diversity and Inclusion Committee was formed by the USTA to increase minority participation-particularly in the African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, and Native American communities.

We would like to thank USTA/Mid-Atlantic for supporting our schools. In June USTA hosted a tennis event at Hampstead Hill Academy to introduce over 400 elementary and middle grades students to "10 and Under Tennis."

To learn more about Diversity and Inclusion programs within the USTA/Mid-Atlantic, please contact Alanna Broderick, Community Tennis Development and Jr. Team Tennis Manager at broderick@mas.usta.com or 703-556-6120 x16.