The USPTA would like to thank all of you who have participated in Lessons for Life over the years. To date we have raised more than $47 million in an effort to support various charities since Lessons for Life became USPTA’s national charitable program in 1999.
Through this program, the USPTA encourages its members to use tennis as a vehicle to help others through fundraisers and other activities in their communities. The fundraisers take many forms including tournaments, pro-ams, auctions, black-tie dinners and clinics. Many of the fundraisers take place at country clubs and commercial clubs, where the majority of USPTA Professionals direct tennis operations and programming.
While Lessons for Life is officially celebrated in October, you can make a difference all year round. It’s never too early to hold an event for your favorite charity. This year there are two additional programs/charities we want to introduce you to. For more information on the charity or tools to run an event in support of the charity follow the links to their websites.
The USPTA and its Lessons for Life program in conjunction with playgood is encouraging members to play tennis to defeat cancer. To support playgood, it’s simple to organize a round robin or group lesson event. For information and tools, email info@playgood.org or visit playgood.org. Playgood is a volunteer-run, grassroots charity “movement” that empowers people by providing them with a platform to do good in the fight against cancer while pursuing and sharing their passion for play.
As part of “Tennis Thanks the Troops” the United States Professional Tennis Association and ThanksUSA have teamed up to encourage USPTA Professionals to fund scholarships for the families of military men and women. How will USPTA members be able to help? By donating a portion of their lessons or clinic fees taught during Memorial Day Weekend 2012 (or any other weekend/date). USPTA Professionals can provide the opportunity for their students and club members to donate $5 for the cause; or they can run a simple round robin or other event with all or a portion of the proceeds being donated to ThanksUSA. For more information visit uspta.com or ThanksUSA.org.
Remember these important points.
- Any fundraiser you run counts!
- The more members who report their events the larger our total grows
- The results are promoted to the industry, club managers and players to create good will for USPTA members
- Please visit www.uspta.com for more information or e-mail lessonsforlife@uspta.org
- Remember to tell us when you:
o Donate free lessons to a charity
o Donate a lesson to a charity auction/event
o Run a charity event, including:
§ Pro-ams
§ Tournaments
§ Clinics
o Volunteer at a charitable event run or assisted by other USPTA members
- For your events we want to know:
o Event date
o Event name
o Host facility name, city and state
o USPTA members involved
o Charity benefiting
o Amount raised/donated
You may submit your event information via e-mail at lessonsforlife@uspta.org. Thank you again for everything you do!
For more information about Lessons for Life, please visit www.uspta.com or contact lessonsforlife@uspta.org.
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