Booster Club Initiates Grant Program for Sport Teams
After less than two years of fundraising, the Huntington Booster Club has unveiled a grant program for the district’s sport programs. Coaches have been sent application forms and provided with an overview of the new initiative, which has been warmly received in the Blue Devil athletic community.
The Booster Club was completely reorganized in recent years and a group of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers has made it an effective force. “We are very fortunate to have a new booster club in Huntington that has been supporting our interscholastic program for the past two years,” Director of Athletics Georgia D. McCarthy said. “They have accomplished so much in such a short period of time.”
Coaches have been invited to apply for individual grants of up to $500 to fund items that the district doesn’t ordinarily cover in its annual budget. According to information provided to members of the coaching staff, “The purpose of the grant is to fund, support and foster team, sport, school or district-wide initiatives that have a broad impact on the encouragement of the participation in healthy physical activities and athletics by our students and the promotion and advancement of the competitiveness of our athletic programs and teams.”
The program invites applications from teachers, coaches and administrators. Grant applications have been sent to Blue Devil coaches and can also be found in the district’s athletic office, located near the Huntington High School gym or online at www.hufsd.edu; click on the links for School Community and then Booster Club and then “forms and files.”
Grant application forms can be completed online and then downloaded and submitted to the Huntington Booster Club at P.O. Box 2294, Huntington, New York 11743. For additional information contact Booster Club officer Tim Pillion at 421-3603 or e-mail him at tpillion@optonline.net.
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