It’s easy to think about what we’d do if we had loads of revenue coming in, but now thanks to the The Tony Hawk Foundation we all can give twice as much as we we thought we could.
In addition to giving away $130,000 to help 14 low-income communities across the U.S. build skateboard parks the Foundation has committed to a “dollar-for-dollar” match on any funds raised via skatewatts.org through January 15, 2010.
Having helped launch it in October, the Tony Hawk Foundation is also featuring the Watts Skatepark project during the Athletes For Hope Who Gives? Racing For A Cause challenge, a widely publicized fundraising event hosted by globalgiving.org/athletes-for-hope/. . . . With few alternatives to crime, gangs, and drugs, youth in the Watts community struggle daily to find healthy pastimes that can keep them engaged and active. Through this effort to build a free-quality public skatepark in Watts, the Tony Hawk Foundation is helping local youth realize their dream of a world-class skatepark. . . Make a contribution during this limited campaign, and the impact of your donation will be DOUBLED.
Now is our chance to make Tony pay. Donate $10 and Tony will make it $20.
[Link: Skate Watts via The Tony Hawk Foundation]
Fall 2009 Tony Hawk Foundation Grant Recipients
$25,000
San Luis Obispo, California
$15,000
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Lyndonville, Vermont
$10,000
Aurora, Illinois
Brooklyn, New York
Wilmington, Ohio
Dormont Borough, Pennsylvania
$5,000
Estherville, Iowa
Lyons, Michigan
Mecosta, Michigan
Royalton, Minnesota
Commercial Township, New Jersey
Greenfield, Ohio
Martinsville, Virginia
