Volume 11, Issue 4 • 4th Quarter 2011 • USTA Serves Inc. is the National Charitable Foundation of the USTA PROGRAMS THE SERVICE LINE SPOTLIGHT & SCHOLARSHIPS By Mary Carillo Portland After School It was truly a Tennis & Education remarkable US Open for USTA Serves. Danice Brown, executive director of Portland After- Hurricane Irene didn’t School Tennis & Education, Inc. in Portland, Oregon, dampen our spirits has put her “heart and soul” into the program, or our success at our because there is such need in the community. Opening Night Gala. It • In Portand, over 53% of high school students was an unforgettable, do not graduate from high school. In sold-out event with PAST&E, 100% graduate. more than 180 special • Gang activity and violence are on the friends and supporters, increase and at-risk children are vulnerable to including two New York City mayors, one US gang recruitment. In PAST&E, violence is not Senator, my buddy Robin Roberts, and the acceptable behavior. incomparable, Tony Bennett, who shared A record-breaking 11th Annual • Over 84% of the students at James John his 85th birthday with us - a celebration that Opening Night Gala at the US Open Elementary School are on free & reduced included cupcakes, champagne and singing. USTA Serves celebrated the start of the 2011 US lunch. Through PAST&E, all students receive Alec Baldwin did far more than make us Open with its 11th Annual Opening Night Gala, a healthy snack. laugh; he had donors bidding with gusto on honoring the legendary Tony Bennett and ABC’s Wimbledon and Olympic packages and gave us “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts. We all chances to visit him on the set of “30 Rock.” raised $500,000, with the help of our extraordinary We stopped traffic on the Avenue of Aces auctioneer Alec Baldwin, who raised $62,000 in just when 35 of our newest donors joined me to 12 minutes! commemorate the installation of their bricks MORE INFO & PHOTOS » and pavers in our newest neighborhoods. They got to move in with Agassi, McEnroe, Sampras, Look Who Moved into the Lendl and Billie Jean. It is a growing, giving, Neighborhood organic testament to tennis and education, and John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras and Andre next year, it could be you moving in. Agassi joined Billie Jean King to support fundraising Then, we honored the first female president of efforts for USTA Serves on the Avenue of Aces’, a The program is tuition free, but parent/guardians the USTA, Judy Levering, who was instrumental donor-supported brick and paver program at the are required to attend monthly family meetings, in establishing USTA Serves. The Judy USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mary maintain the PAST&E Family Garden, attend all Levering Leadership Initiative was established Carillo, USTA Serves President and Tennis Channel Student/Teacher conferences, turn in their child’s to accelerate the growth, expand the network commentator hosted a celebration, Thursday, report card, and attend their tennis matches. And, and improve the quality of grassroots NJTL September 1 recognizing our latest donors on they are very proud to report that for the past two tennis and education programs nationwide. To the Avenue. Personalizing a brick or paver in your years, they have had 100% participation from all date, we’ve raised close to $300,000 to support favorite player’s neighborhood is a great way to be PAST&E families! local NJTL programs. a part of US Open history, be a neighbor to a great www.pastande.org » champion and a champion of a great cause. I’d like to acknowledge our long-time MORE INFO & PHOTOS » supporters and welcome the new donors and friends we made this year. Welcome to the Champions Series Tour family. And I’d like to thank our USTA Serves Board and our USTA Serves staff, Deborah Slaner Larkin, Jackie Materasso, Karen Ford and Ginalysse Ingles; without them we could not have pulled it off! Dates to Remember Grace Trimble, a 2011 recipient of the Dwight Sep 22- Oct 22 Champions Tour Series F. Davis College Scholarship, recently spoke at the Events USTA Serves Opening Night Gala at the US Open. October 17 2nd Round - Grant A poised young woman from Winchester, Kentucky, Applications Deadline Trimble has a bright future and giving back through December 7 USTA Serves Board of USTA Serves and the Champions Series have tennis is definitely in her DNA. At the age of 17, Directors Meeting teamed up in an effort to improve the quality of life Trimble founded Smart Shots, a National Junior 2012 among our nation’s youth and people with disabilities Tennis and Learning non-profit organization that through the integration of tennis and education. enhances the lives of underserved youth in Central January 13-15 Community Tennis Youth from local programs will be featured on center Kentucky through tennis and education. Since its Development Workshop court at each tournament site and monies raised inception in 2009, Smart Shots has grown from by USTA Serves at each Champions Series event serving eight children to more than fifty on a weekly will go back to local communities to fund tennis and basis. Trimble is an incoming freshman at the Donate or Contact Us education programs. You can help support these University of Kentucky where she is also a member USTA Serves Mary Carillo, President efforts throughout the year: Text SERVES to 80888 of the women’s tennis team. 70 West Red Oak Lane to make a $10 donation. Reply YES to confirm your MORE » White Plains, NY 10604 donation. Donations are tax deductible. P 914 696 7223 • F 914 697 2307 [email protected] | www.USTAServes.com MORE INFO & PHOTOS » What five past US Open champions have a neighborhood on the Avenue of Aces, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center? find the answer here » The mission of USTAServes is to support, monitor and promote programs that enhance the lives www.USTAServes.com of at-risk children and individuals with disabilities through the integration of tennis and education. .