$15,000 GRANT AWARDED

Durham-Orange Community Tennis Association (DOCTA) was awarded a 2005 United States Tennis Association (USTA) Community Funding Grant for $15,000 for general operating support. This funding will allow the Association to develop, expand and sustain the work of the organization by promoting and developing tennis programming in both Durham and Orange Counties; and marketing and promoting the organization, programs, services and activities to youth and adults.

The Community Funding Grant will be used to promote DOCTA, its tennis events and activities, and others within Durham-Orange Counties via advertisement/marketing. Also, the grant will support funding a Community Tennis Coordinator to serve as a liaison between the Association and the Community and to coordinate, promote and develop local tennis programming within community for the Association. In addition, the grant will allow us to establish new programming and enhance current programming for middle school programming.