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Recently, Dick’s Sporting Goods and The Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation, announced together they will give $1.4 million to support youth sports teams in need beginning this holiday season. The campaign will be conducted through community events, grant programs and a donation multiplier on DonorsChoose.
 
Since 2014, Dick’s and the Dick’s Foundation have committed over $100 million and have supported more than one million young athletes through its Sports Matter initiative. Additionally, Sports Matter raises awareness for the youth sports funding crisis as the fight to save youth sports continues across the US.
 
“At Dick's, we believe that sports matter and during the holiday season, we’re proud to help ensure kids have the chance to play,” says Lauren Hobart, President of Dick’s Sporting Goods and The Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation. “The funds that are raised in-store for our Foundation’s Sports Matter program play a major role in our ability to give year-round.”
 
Throughout the holiday season, DICK'S will be collecting donations for the Foundation’s Sports Matter program at registers in stores nationwide. Customers will have the opportunity to donate following their purchase. All funds that are raised are then passed on to teams in need in the form of monetary grants, equipment, or facility improvements.
 
In addition, Dick’s plans to host nearly 20 in-store shopping events where professional athletes such as Russell Wilson, Allen Robinson, Delanie Walker, Trae Young, and many others will take deserving kids to shop in local stores. These events will give hundreds of kids a once-in-a-lifetime experience with their local sports heroes this magical season.
During these in-store shopping events, The Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation will also provide participating organizations with a total of more than $100,000 in grants to help support their needs and ensure kids continue to have access to the sports they love. Store associates at all retail stores under Dick’s nationwide have the ability to provide local teams with monetary grants.
 
“The grant program really allows them to have an impact in their communities with the funds they’ve raised," Hobart adds. “Teams are able to do things like purchase equipment, subsidize participation fees for families or repair local fields, and our store associates are able to honor these teams in-store with a grant presentation– it’s really a special moment."
 
As part of this announcement, The Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation will also be supporting its long-time partner DonorsChoose in a big way this holiday season.
 
Starting this December, The Dick’s Foundation will triple-match all Sports Matter projects on DonorsChoose. This means that every $10 donation to these projects will become $30 for those teams in need, which shows a great consideration of the legacy sport brand for social responsibility.

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