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Twentynine Palms wins $20,000 NRPA/Nike grant to expand Girls on the Run programs
Summary
Twentynine Palms Parks & Recreation received a $20,000 grant from the National Recreation and Park Association and Nike to run Girls on the Run programs, which will subsidize registrations, provide equipment and fund summer camps.
Twentynine Palms Parks and Recreation told the City Council on March 11 that it has been awarded $20,000 through the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and Nike to support gender-equitable youth sports programming in the city.
The grant will fund participation in the Girls on the Run Inland Empire program, professional development for Parks & Recreation staff and two week-long summer camps for girls, Parks and Recreation program supervisor Amy Tessier said.
Tessier said the city was selected as one of 10 park agencies nationally…
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