The organizations receiving Foundation grants for June 24, 2009 are: 

· Students Run LA -- $150,000 - for its highly successful program that trains high school students to run the LA Marathon.

· Woodcraft Rangers -- $100,000 - for the sports programs it operates at 43 elementary schools in Los Angeles serving 3,000 unduplicated boys and girls.

· Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club -- $56,130 - to complete its new baseball field and for equipment for its leagues. 

· AAF Rose Bowl Aquatics Center -- $51,810 - to continue to operate its learn-to-swim program offered to 400 third graders in the Pasadena Unified School District.

· A Better LA -- $50,000 - funding will be used for jerseys for the soccer and basketball programs at the 16 sites that are part of the Summer Night Lights Program.

· Heart of Los Angeles Youth -- $50,000 - to pay for expenses associated with soccer, basketball and football programs offered to youth in the Pico Union area of Los Angeles.

The other 18 LA84 Foundation grants have been given to diverse organizations, including a number of football leagues: 
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Venice, Inc.--$33,020
Assistance League of Southern California (Hollywood)--$25,000
Youth Speak Collective (Pacoima)--$23,370
Lake Casitas Rowing Association--$17,110
Boys and Girls Club of Whittier--$12,365
American Baseball Congress of Southern California (San Gabriel Valley)--$10,000 Carousel Ranch (San Fernando/Ventura)--$10,000
Claremont Junior All America Football--$10,000
Eastside Lions Youth Football and Cheer Association (Antelope Valley)--$10,000
El Segundo Youth Football and Cheerleading, Inc.--$10,000
Hacienda Heights Junior All American Football Association--$10,000
Junior All American Football of La Puente, Inc.--$10,000
LA Southeast Youth Athletic Foundation--$10,000
Montebello Youth Football and Cheer Incorporated--$10,000
Palmdale Youth Football League--$10,000
Taking the Reins (Los Angeles)--$10,000
Team Prime Time, Inc. (Los Angeles)--$10,000
Western States Gold Association Southern Area Youth Program, Inc.--$10,000 

 

About LA84 Foundation: The LA84 Foundation, formerly known as the Amateur Athletic Foundation, was established to manage Southern California's share of the surplus from the highly successful 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The Foundation received $93 million at its inception and, since then, has invested $185 million in sports programs serving more than two million youth in the eight Southern California counties of Los Angeles, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura. Its headquarters is located in the historic Britt House near downtown Los Angeles where it houses the world's premier sports library and meeting facilities. The Foundation convenes numerous forums for the exploration of the most pressing issues in sport. For additional information, please visit www.LA84Foundation.org.

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