Home run! Arizona Diamondbacks to hold $5,000 education grant contest
Aug 27, 2015, 11:00 AM | Updated: 11:44 am
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PHOENIX — Baseball and books: Who ever said the two couldn’t mix?
Well, the Arizona Diamondbacks are challenging any naysayers who believe otherwise. The baseball giant has teamed up with University of Phoenix to offer Arizona educators to “Make Your Best Pitch,” with the opportunity to secure a $5,000 grant for their school.
The Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation will offer numerous grants to schoolteachers in the following categories:
- Education Programs
- Innovation and Technology
- Nutrition and Fitness
- Campus Improvements
The four different categories will assist with the development of projects and programs to improve education outcomes, support innovative teaching strategies, enhance access to nutrition information and provide access to campus improvement companies.
A panel of employees from the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation and University of Phoenix will review applications and score them in several categories, including need, educational impact and opportunity.
The “Make Your Best Pitch” application will be available to all educators until September 30, 2015.