The Tony Hawk Foudation: Grant Money for Skate Parks

As taken from their website, the Tony Hawk Foundation's mission is to

"..foster lasting improvements in society, with an emphasis on supporting and empowering youth. Through special events, grants, and technical assistance, the Foundation supports recreational programs with a focus on the creation of public skateboard parks in low-income communities. The Foundation favors programs that clearly demonstrate that funds received will produce tangible, ongoing, positive results. "

The foundation offers grants for skateboard park programs. On their website they stress that the requests for grant money, which max out at 25,000 dollars, far outweigh the funds available. Teachers or students interested in building a skate park in a low-income neighborhood should read through the grant application information. Your school could be the perfect place to organize grass roots support for a new skateboard park. Maybe Tony will name it after you!



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Create a Skate - createaskate.org - A Program for Public Schools

Paul Schmitt has sold more skate decks than any man on the planet. He is the owner of Schmitt Stix. Do you remember the Schmitt Stix Yardstick? Check out the photo below. Definitely a tool for school.

Schmitt has a really cool program called Create A Skate where kids learn math and science while designing their own skateboard deck. Public schools can participate in his program and it's less expensive than a textbook! Have you ever tried to kickflip a textbook? Your feet just slide off.

“Professor” Paul Schmitt was quoted as saying that he wants to “Empower students of all ages to learn life lessons through the relevance of a skateboard.”

For the record:Limelight Education is not affiliated with CreateaSkate.org, we just think they have a great program.

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