'Sports Matter,' Says Campaign to Help Underfunded Youth Athletics
 

'Sports Matter,' Says Campaign to Help Underfunded Youth Athletics
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An estimated $1.5 billion dollars were cut from school sports budgets nationwide during the 2010-2011 school year. During the 2009-2010 school year, $2 billion dollars were cut.

Youth sports programs are declining in large part because funding is drying up. **w, Dick's Sporting Goods wants to tackle that problem.

The Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation unveiled a $25 million, multi-year commitment to support underfunded youth sports programs through an initiative called Sports Matter launched this month. The Sports Matter initiative will award up to $2 million in matching grants to teams that achieve their fundraising goals. Read more...

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