Houston Texans and Texas Children’s Hospital

Purpose: PLAY 60 is the NFL’s campaign to encourage kids to be active for 60 minutes a day in order to help reverse the trend of childhood obesity. To ensure that our schools have the right tools to integrate healthy activity into the school day, the Houston Texans and Texas Children’s Hospital are proud to award funds for  PLAY 60 grants to Houston-area schools in need of additional funding. These grants are designed to help schools with equipment for P.E., sports, or after-school programs, field, gymnasium or playground refurbishments, activity trails, interactive fitness technology installations and other projects that will get kids moving.

Eligibility: Greater Houston Area Schools only.  Each school can submit a formal funding request for up to $10,000. The request should consist of three parts:

    1 - Narrative of no longer than 500 words that must include the following:
             - Details on how the grant will be used
             - Estimated number of youth that will benefit from the grant
             - Demographic information about the school and students
     2 - Detailed spending budget of how funds will be used
     3 - Copy of the school’s 501(c)(3) determination letter

Requirements:  Grant must be submitted by the school principal. Please provide all contact information including name, title, school address, contact number and email.

Other:  Examples of projects include equipment for P.E., sports, or after-school programs; field, playground or gymnasium refurbishment; activity trails; interactive fitness technology installations.

Winners will be selected based on how great the need, how many students will be impacted, and how the equipment aligns with the PLAY 60 mission of the grant.

Amount available per project: up to $10,000

Deadline for Applications to Funding Agency: October 16, 2015

District Guidelines: An Intent to Submit form must be completed and sent to the Office of Community Development before applying for any grant for Humble ISD. Please contact Adrianne Holmes at the Office of Community Development at 281-641-8141 for more information.

Link to opportunity:   http://www.houstontexans.com/community/play60grants.html   

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