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CONTACT: Christopher Hickey (Executive Director), chris.hickey@instituteforsportcoaching.org

Amelia Peabody Foundation Awards Grant to Institute

January 1, 2010
For immediate release

ACTON, Mass. – The Amelia Peabody Foundation awarded a grant to the Institute for Sport Coaching to fund expansion of its services in the metro Boston area through its Metro Boston Coaches Academy. The grant will enable the Institute to offer its series of Sport Coach Boston: Successful Youth Coaching Workshops to sport-based youth development and youth sports organizations.

“This generous grant will allow us to expand our ability to provide much needed coaching education to youth sports organizations that otherwise could not afford it. This grant will enable us to reach out to hundreds of youth sport coaches in the metro Boston area,” stated Christopher Hickey, Institute Executive Director. This is the second year in which the Amelia Peabody Foundation has provided funding to the Institute.

Youth sport organizations interested in learning more about the Institute’s workshops, should contact Hickey at 978-201-124 or via email (chris.hickey@instituteforsportcoaching.org).


---Institute for Sport Coaching---
The Institute for Sport Coaching, headquartered in Acton, MA, is a national, non-profit 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to developing and delivering educational experiences and leadership tools critical to the advancement and improvement of sport coaches in the United States. The Institute develops and nurtures professional, intercollegiate, interscholastic and youth sport coaches, and prepares them to provide positive experiences in sport and teach life skills to athletes. The Institute’s goals include combating obesity and inactivity among America’s youth and creating safe and quality sports experiences for young athletes through a network of quality sport coaches. Please see www.instituteforsportcoaching.org for more information.

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