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Palmer Park Tennis Academy Selected for 2015 MY GIFT TO KIDS TENNIS Fundraiser

9/30/2015

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Donations Will Help Continue People for Palmer Park’s Tennis Programming

The USTA Southeastern Michigan District and the Midwest Youth Tennis & Education Foundation (MYTEF) have selected People for Palmer Park and its Palmer Park Tennis Academy for the 2015 MY Gift to Kids Tennis fundraising campaign taking place Oct. 1-31.  MYTEF’s campaign is designed to help raise support for local junior tennis programs throughout the USTA/Midwest Section. 

The Palmer Park Tennis Academy (PPTA), along with 9 other junior tennis programs from the USTA/Midwest Section, were selected based on their support and use of tennis to positively influence youth in their respective communities.  The MY Gift to Kids Tennis annual fundraiser calls on tennis and community supporters alike to make monetary donations toward their local tennis program.  Junior programs often rely on volunteers and donations to help maintain and grow the services they provide to youth in their communities.

HOW TO DONATE!
To make a donation or to learn more about People for Palmer Park and its tennis programming visit the Midwest Youth Tennis and Education Foundation online at www.midwesttennisfoundation.com/mygift.

More details about each of the 10 programs selected for the fundraiser are online.  Donations will be taken Oct. 1-31 and 100% of all donations go directly to the program.  Donations could also help the program receive additional money from the Midwest Youth Tennis and Education Foundation. 


About Palmer Park Tennis Academy

Palmer Park Tennis Academy (PPTA) is offered through the People for Palmer Park, a non-profit organization committed to the “preservation, recreation, and revitalization of Palmer Park, for the good of all.”  The tennis academy began as a program for kids age 10 and under in 2011 with 35 children participating.  The program now has approximately 100 participants each summer, with nearly 30 children continuing through the winter at a nearby tennis club.  Realizing the need for tennis programming for older children, PPTA added programs for teens and for those kids continuing to improve their game.

Funds are needed to keep registration costs low, enabling the organization to reach more inner city children.  Money will also be used to support new instructors needed for growing programs.
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About the Midwest Youth Tennis and
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Founded in 1992 as the charitable arm of the USTA/Midwest Section, the Midwest Youth Tennis and Education Foundation has been supporting communities, programs and individuals to provide greater educational opportunities for youth. The Foundation places emphasis on programs and activities that provide youth with a positive, fun and disciplined environment to learn the game of tennis - and create alternatives to negative recreation. It also assists young players who have demonstrated talent, and are in need of financial support to compete at higher levels.  For more information, visit http://www.midwesttennisfoundation.com.



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Kids' Tennis Play Date this Saturday, 9/26!

9/24/2015

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Coach Lee is throwing a Kids' Tennis Play Date!
THIS SATURDAY, 9/26 from 1-3pm at the Palmer Park Tennis Courts. 
All children ages 5-14 are welcome to join us, regardless of their skill level! Racquets will be provided! 

INTERESTED? Just show up! Fee per child is $10
Location: Palmer Park Tennis Courts, Woodward just north of McNichols

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Step Back in time and celebrate Detroit’s Golden Age of Jazz!

9/3/2015

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Detroit Gatsby Lawn Party at Palmer Park
The first annual Detroit Gatsby Lawn Party takes place in Palmer Park on Sunday, September 13th and will be unlike anything Detroiters have seen in decades. The DGLP is a themed event that celebrates the unique character of Detroit, inviting attendees to step back in time to experience what our city was like at the advent of its most glorious age.

Detroit's rich culture of music, enterprise and diversity will be recreated through Jazz Age family entertainment, a hopping dance floor, Charleston lessons, photos on our Paper Moon, food and merchandise vendors and more. Everyone will be dressed up in styles befitting the 1920s & 30s and everyone attending will be part of creating a living history for all to enjoy. 

Planet D Nonet, Zander Michigan, The Whiskey Charmers and Randym Cyrcumstance will entertain you with 1920s jazz and vaudeville. Taste Budz and High Octane food trucks will be on the premises as well as the DGLP Ritz Restaurant tent and Speakeasy featuring the DGLP signature cocktail "The Rumbleseat" - a blood orange bourban sour. 

Please see the Detroit Gatsby Lawn Party Facebook page for more information:  https://www.facebook.com/DETJazzAge?fref=ts

Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/detroits-first-annual-gatsby-lawn-party-tickets-17189852311

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