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Dear Youth Baseball Grant Recipient:
Congratulations, your agency has been selected to receive a $100.00 award in
recognition of your participation in the Aquafina Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit and
Run program -the official youth skills competition of Major League Baseball. Your
agency is being recognized for offering this opportunity to youth in your community and
for fulfilling the requirements of hosting a local event in 2008.
Please accept this check for $100.00 far your efforts.
Thank you for your commitment to grow and develop youth baseball through parks and
recreation. The partnership between Major League Baseball and the National Recreation
and Park Association continues to be a valuable collaboration. Hundreds of agencies
submitted an application for the Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run (PHR) Grant
Program in the 2008 cycle and 180 communities were awarded cash allocations.
Awards were based on severs{ factors including, but not limited to, MLB PHR guidelines
and designation of growth for youth baseball in your community.
Please be encouraged to apply for the 2009 MLB PHR grant next spring. Be sure to
check our website www.nrpa.org for grant announcements and useful toots for your
organization.
We look forward to supporting the growth and development of youth baseball through
public parks and recreation for years to come and look forward to working with you to
make your youth baseball initiative a success!
Thank you,
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Tom Braswell
Vice President, Community Affairs
Major League Baseball
Jay Richardson
Sports & Grants Mgr., National Partnerships
National Recreation & Park Association
cc: Brian O'Gara, Senior Director Special Events, Major League Baseball
CITY OF HASTINGS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 09- -08
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING ACCEPTANCE OF AND APPRECIATION OF
A GRANT TO THE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS, the National Recreation & Park Association and Major
League Baseball have presented to the City Parks & Recreation Department a
grant in the amount of $100.00 for our participation and efforts in the Aquafina
Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit and Run program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is appreciative of the grant and commends
the National Recreation & Park Association and Major League Baseball for their
civic efforts,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Hastings, Minnesota;
1. That the grant is accepted and acknowledged with gratitude; and
2. That the grant money will be appropriated for youth baseball programs_
3. That the 2008 Parks and Recreation Budget be adjusted accordingly.
Adopted this 2"d day of September, 2008
Paul Hicks, Mayor
Attest:
Melanie Mesko Lee, City Clerk