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Athletics Canada announces 2012 Participation Grant Recipients
Monday, January 23, 2012
OTTAWA – Athletics
Canada is pleased to announce today the list of recipients who have been
awarded grants as part of the 2012 Participation Grant Program. Over $30,000 was awarded to provincial branch
members and clubs in six provinces.
Interested parties were invited to submit an application
explaining how they would use additional funding to create or expand programs
in the areas of Run Jump Throw / Hershey’s Track and Field Games, Para-Athletics,
and in the category of other first contact initiatives.
Run Jump Throw /
Hershey’s Track and Field Games recipients
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Recipient
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Project
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Athletics Manitoba
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Produce a video for schools across the country displaying ease of use
and implementation of the Run Jump Throw and Hershey’s Track and Field Games
programs.
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Fédération
Québécoise d’Athlétisme
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Increase number of Hershey’s Track and Field Games meets in province
of Quebec.
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Athletics
Saskatchewan
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Extend the length of Run Jump Throw summer camps offering additional
opportunities to youth. Train ten new
Run Jump Throw instructors to deliver program to larger audience.
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Para-Athletics recipients
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Athletics Nova Scotia
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Host a para-athletics coaching clinic in Halifax to help expand para-athletics
coaching capacity in Atlantic Canada.
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BC Wheelchair Sports Association
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Host development clinics focused on tie-down throwing and high school
participation to increase awareness, knowledge, and overall participation in
wheelchair athletics.
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Other First Contact recipients
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Langley Mustangs
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Provide technical, administration and delivery support of school
meets in the community.
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OT Fitness Educational Services Inc.
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Deliver a series of inter-school competitions and challenges which
will involve over 20,000 children creating increased participation in track
& field based activities in Ontario.
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Nomination forms and details surrounding the 2013 grant program will be
available in October 2012. For more information
please contact Taunya Geelhoed,
Athletics Canada First Contact Coordinator.
-AC-
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