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ALL-AROUND GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION MIGHT WIN A $2,500 GRANT!
With less than a week to go All-Around Gymnastics Association from Dumfries, Va is in the hunt for a grant
but is looking for help from the community.
Boston (November 21, 2012) – All-Around Gymnastics Association is competing this fall in the Responsible Sports Community Grant program, seeking to earn one of the fifteen $2,500 Grants available from the Liberty Mutual Insurance. Right now they are on the leaderboard but with only a week to go they are looking for support from the community to help earn more points to realize their dream.
Parents, family members, friends, community members, neighbors – ANYONE – can help them earn a grant by completing an online quiz at ResponsibleSports.com/Local. The quiz teaches the principles of creating a positive youth sports environment. Once you have completed your quiz you will be asked to credit it to your favorite youth sports team. Please credit it to All-Around Gymnastics Association. With less than a week to go the competition is fierce and they need your help to stay on top of the Leaderboard.
Want more information about Responsible Sports and the Community Grant? Contact us at [email protected].
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About the Liberty Mutual Insurance Responsible Sports Program: The Liberty Mutual Insurance Responsible Sports program, created in partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance, ASA Softball / USA Softball, AYSO Soccer, USA Hockey, USA Wrestling and US Youth Soccer – provides resources for parents and coaches at www.ResponsibleSports.com to help children reap the full benefits of playing a team sport. The online community incorporates parent and coach guides, podcasts and videos from sports celebrities along with programs including Community Grant. Over the past five years over half a million dollars has been awarded to youth sports organizations and schools. These teams have realized the tangible benefits of the Responsible Sports™ program by being able to upgrade facilities, purchase new uniforms or equipment, and lowering or waiving participation fees through the funds received as grant recipients.
About Liberty Mutual Insurance: “Helping people live safer, more secure lives” since 1912, Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance is a diversified global insurer and the third largest property and casualty insurer in the U.S. based on 2011 direct premiums written as reported by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Liberty Mutual Insurance also ranks 84th on the Fortune 500 list of largest U.S. corporations based on 2011 revenue. The company has over 45,000 employees located in more than 900 offices throughout the world.
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