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USA Track & Field Foundation and HealthTeacher Bring Interactive Classroom Game ‘Run With US!’ to Schools Nationwide to Encourage Physical Activity in Kids’ Daily Lives
Olympic-caliber athletes team up to address the ever-growing lack of physical activity in kids’ daily lives, focusing on bringing more physical activity into classrooms with interactive gaming. Nashville, TN (PRWEB) - Reprinted by Permission On the...
USATF Foundation announces 9 inaugural Stephen A. Schwarzman Grant recipients
INDIANAPOLIS - The USA Track & Field Foundation has named the 9 inaugural Stephen A. Schwarzman elite grant recipients, announced Foundation Executive Director Tom Jackovic and Chairman Bob Greifeld today. Schwarzman, the Chairman, CEO and...
USATF Foundation announces 16 John W. James Endowment Grant recipients
INDIANAPOLIS – In what has become a tradition this time of year and a date elite throwers have circled on their calendars, the USA Track & Field Foundation announced its sixteen 2013 recipients of a John W. James Endowment grant. Mark James...
Steve Schwarzman gives $500,000 to USATF Foundation to support elite track & field athletes
INDIANAPOLIS - The USA Track & Field Foundation (USATFF) today announced that Stephen A. Schwarzman, the Chairman, CEO and co-founder of Blackstone, has donated $500,000 to the USATF Foundation. The funding will be used to support world-class...
USATF Foundation grantees excel at the Millrose Games in NYC
INDIANAPOLIS – The USA Track & Field Foundation Elite Athlete Development Grant program continues to gain momentum and pay dividends. At the 106th edition of the historic Millrose Games held at the Armory’s New Balance Track & Field Center...
USATF Foundation accepting youth grant applications 2013
INDIANAPOLIS - The USA Track & Field Foundation is currently accepting youth grant applications from interested clubs and organizations for its first round of 2013 youth grants, announced USATF Foundation Executive Director Tom Jackovic. We...
USATF Foundation rounds out 2012 with Run With US! programs in Austin and San Francisco
INDIANAPOLIS – The USA Track & Field Foundation has recently completed highly successful Run With US! (RWUS!) programs in Austin, TX and San Francisco, CA, raising the total number of completed programs to five since the initial pilot was...
USATF Foundation Provides Donation for Bay Area Track Club Kids Program
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The Track and Field Athletes Association, partnering with the Bay Area Track Club, is pleased to announce a sponsorship from the USA Track and Field Foundation. The USATF Foundation will now match any donations received up to...
USATF Foundation announces 9 Youth Club Grant recipients
INDIANAPOLIS - The USA Track & Field Foundation Chairman Bob Greifeld and Executive Director Tom Jackovic announced today it has awarded 9 youth grants to track & field clubs throughout the country. The grants assist young male and female...