Skating club looking for online support
PRESQUE ISLE — Officials with the Northern Maine Figure Skating Club are hoping the public can help them win a $2,500 grant from Liberty Mutual.
Community grants are part of Liberty Mutual’s Responsible Sports Program, which is an ongoing effort championing and celebrating responsibility in youth sports. This community-based program offers meaningful, easy-to-use educational resources for youth sports parents and coaches, including access to on-the-field game and practice preparation tools, as well as self-paced online coursework filled with learning tools, videos, and topics addressing youth sports issues.
The Northern Maine Figure Skating Club is one of 20 organizations vying for the funding.
“Our club allows individuals from age 3 to 70-plus to be physically active and to participate in the fun and excitement of figure skating,” said Mindy Aube, club president. “Whether a skater is simply learning to stand up on blades for the very first time or they have skated for many years the Northern Maine Figure Skating Club offers an opportunity for everyone to learn and grow in the wonderful sport. Like most organizations our club depends heavily on fund raising activities by our members and the generosity of our local communities in order to be successful. Being able to participate in this program and possibly receiving this grant would help our club to meet its fund-raising needs for this year.”
Northern Maine Figure Skating Club is registered for the Responsible Sports Program. They are encouraging individual community members to complete one of the self-paced online courses (Responsible Coaching and Responsible Sport Parenting) and take a 10-question review quiz. Every completed quiz is worth one point.
The organizations that earn the most points at the end of the grant period, in this case Nov. 30, in each of the three divisions will earn one of the 20 grants. Youth sports organizations (club programs, park and recreation departments, etc.) are competing for one of 14 $2,500 grants in two divisions, large and small, based upon the number of players. And six school athletic programs will earn a $5,000 grant, for a total of 20 Responsible Sports Community Grants to be awarded this fall. The more people each registered organization gets to complete the courses, the greater its chances of winning.
Complete details on the grants as well as the qualifying self-paced courses are available through the official program website at ResponsibleSports.com.
