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March 14, 2014 12:18 pm GMT

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

Youth-sports

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. Now, 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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