Houston Texans - PLAY 60

Purpose: PLAY 60 is the National Football League'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 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.

Each school can submit a formal funding request that 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 and why it is needed
             - 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 IRS tax determination letter showing the school's tax-exempt status

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

Eligibility: The PLAY 60 grant opportunity is open to schools located in the Greater Houston Area including public, private and charter schools.

Amount available per project: up to $10,000

Deadline for Applications to Funding Agency: Sept. 9, 2016

Other Play 60 Timeline dates:
• Notification to recipients: September 16, 2016
• On-field Grant Presentation: October 2, 2016
• Disbursement of grant funds: March 2017
• Funds must be used by: July 1, 2017

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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