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Volunteer program Sports World asks county for funding after reporting hundreds of school interventions
Summary
Tim Jarvis, representing Sports World, asked commissioners for funding to support in-school visits by former professional athletes, stating the program identified roughly 350 children in need of interventions last year and costs about $10,000 annually.
During public comment, Tim Jarvis, representing the Indianapolis-based nonprofit Sports World, asked Vigo County commissioners for financial support for the group’s school-based athlete-visitor program.
Jarvis said Sports World visits every junior high and high school in the community and collects feedback cards from students. He told commissioners the program reached about 1,970 children last year and that…
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