Tennis for Everyone

Dear Friend of NJTL,

Since its founding in 1973, NJTL of Indianapolis has served more than 55,000 children from ages 5–18 and continues to be guided by the vision of Arthur Ashe:

“Our idea is to use tennis as a way to gain and hold the attention of young people in the inner cities and other poor environments so that we can teach them about matters more important than tennis….”

We believe that tennis should be available to ANYONE who wants to play, regardless of income, so we offer low-income children scholarships for our tennis programs. These scholarships are funded by donors who recognize that tennis can be the reason children stay in school, go to college, avoid drugs, choose healthy foods over chips and candy, and make other healthy lifestyle choices.

I am asking you to help us continue offering all children the opportunity to play tennis. The cost per child for participation in our tennis program is $150, which includes the cost of instructors, equipment and court rental. Your donation will help us cover the gap between our true costs and what many of our participants are able to pay (50% are only able to pay $20 or less) so we can continue to serve low-income participants.

Donation Help

Here are a few ways your donation can be used (click the DONATE button at the top of the page):

$5,000 – an after-school program that includes educational assistance and tennis instruction
$2,500 – court time for our indoor fall and winter programs
$1,000 – seven full scholarships for our summer tennis program
$250 – two QuickStart tennis nets
$150 – scholarship for one child to play tennis four days a week for six weeks in summer
$50 – 12 cans of tennis balls
$25 – 2 junior racquets

We know that tennis isn’t for every child. But for those who have an opportunity to discover it and fall in love with it, tennis can be a game changer. Thanks for considering a gift that will help us make sure that EVERY child, regardless of address or income, can discover tennis.

Sincerely,

Joseph Eldridge, Board President
NJTL of Indianapolis

Please click here to donate.

You can also sign up for Kroger’s Community Awards Program, with a percentage of your purchases going to support NJTL of Indianapolis. Click here for information and to sign up. Just look up our name or “KC129.”

Thank you!