Aetna and USTA Announce Elementary School Grant Program
HARTFORD, Conn., September 6, 2011 ― Introducing the excitement and fun of tennis to more
children across America is the goal of a new grant program offered by Aetna (NYSE: AET) and the
United States Tennis Association (USTA). The new “Aetna ICON Grants” will be announced today
at the ICON Awards Celebration, a marquee off-court event of the US Open. These grants will be
used to help improve the health, physical activity and academic achievement of youth in diverse
communities throughout the United States, through the integration of tennis, health and education
curricula in after-school programs.
The grant program will be made available in each of the USTA’s 17 sections. The USTA will supply
tennis equipment, tennis lines and personalized training for the teachers and coaches; Aetna will
supply volunteers to conduct the education and health portions of the program; and USTA Serves,
the National Charitable Foundation of the USTA, will provide the financial grant, program evaluation
and oversight. Representatives from the USTA’s 17 sections will assist in disseminating materials to
schools and providing ongoing program recommendations.
Schools with at least 51 percent non-white enrollment will be targeted and will not be required to
currently provide a tennis program at the elementary school level, physical education or an
afterschool program to be eligible for a grant. Teachers and coaches who would like to assist, will
not be required to have a tennis background, but must be committed to help supervising the tennis
and education program.
As a leading national health benefits company, Aetna is committed to supporting the health and
well-being of the nation’s children, which is expected to be the first American generation to have a
shorter life expectancy than their parents, due largely to obesity-related disease. In working toward
helping the nation’s children grow up active, healthy, and physically fit, Aetna sees great synergy in
joining efforts with the USTA which is working to grow the sport of tennis and make it look like
America.
More information about the grant application and award process will be available soon on
www.usta.org.
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