LOS ANGELES — The LA84 Foundation has awarded $1.7 million in grants to 16 organizations across six Southern California counties, supporting sports, play, and movement programs for over 122,000 youth. These grants fund initiatives in adaptive sports, golf, multi-sports leagues, skateboarding, soccer, surfing, tennis, and wrestling, aiming to promote play equity and provide access to physical activity for young people in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura Counties. Nearly half of the youth benefiting from these programs are girls and young women.

Several organizations received funding for programs focused on girls, including Concrete Queenz's LA Girls Next Gen skateboarding program and Downtown LA Soccer Club's She Came to Play soccer initiative. The grants also support community programs like Black Surfers Collective's Pan African Beach Days and Volo Kids Foundation's afterschool sports programs in San Diego. Renata Simril, President & CEO of the LA84 Foundation, emphasized the foundation's commitment to creating pathways for youth to experience new opportunities and well-being through sports. She said “The LA84 Foundation continues to invest in the meaningful work of grassroots organizations that are creating pathways for youth to”.

CREDIT: LA84 Foundation
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