We know resources are tight and HOPSports is dedicated to making sure you are aware of funding opportunities that will allow you to sustain and expand your programs. We recently received information regarding the Georgia 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program. This grant is not only perfect to help you obtain the HOPSports Training System (HTS) but to also garner critical staffing, technology, programs and other resources. For more information, please visit our website at www.hopsports.com or contact Michael Connors Long or Colleen Connors at (866) 762-4677. 

General Eligibility: Public school districts and private schools, community-based organizations, non-profit agencies, city or county government agencies, faith-based organizations, institutions of higher education, and for-profit corporations primarily serving students who attend school buildings with a high concentration of poor students (40% qualifying for free or reduced-cost meals) or schools in need of improvement under Title I.  

How Funding Can Be Used:  Programs must provide academic enrichment, extended learning opportunities, and activities within the following list: remedial education activities; academic enrichment programs; mathematics and science education activities; arts and music education activities; entrepreneurial education programs; service-learning activities; career exploration; tutoring services (including those provided by senior citizen volunteers); mentoring programs;  afterschool activities for limited English proficient students that emphasize language skills and academic achievement; recreational/physical activities; telecommunications and technology education programs; expanded library service hours; programs that support parental involvement and family literacy; and programs that provide assistance to students who have been truant, suspended, or expelled, to allow the students to improve their academic achievement; drug and violence prevention programs; and character education programs.

About HOPSports: HOPSports is the industry leader in teaching movement through technology. HOPSports is a multi-media instructional tool for physical education teachers and fitness instructors, delivered through DVR technology. The multi-screen format provides fitness lesson plans that meet state and national standards while integrating nutrition, fun facts, anatomy instruction and educational messaging in a fun and exciting environment. HOPSports' delivery mechanism is simple to use and is a great tool for K-12 physical educators and before and after school fitness instructors to teach along with HOPSports' host of exciting trainers. HOPSports is currently installed in schools and youth community sites in 39 U.S. states.