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EXHIBIT A Children's Services Advisory Committee 2020-21 Grant Application Agency Name: Address: Executive Director: Email: Phone: Fax: Program Director: Email: Phone: Program(s) Name: Focus Area(s): Program Description: Willis Sports Association, Inc. PO Box 1281, Vero Beach, FL, 32961, US James Willis willissportsinc@gmail.com (772) 370-5858 April Willis willissportsinc@gmail.com (772) 370-5858 Fun at Bat and RBI League Quality After School and Summer Enrichment Programs Willis Sport Association, Inc., Vero Beach RBI programs are designed to engage minorities and disadvantaged in the sports of baseball and softball. Our programs provide opportunities for physical activity, social and emotional growth and development, community engagement, and personal responsibility in the classroom as well as on the baseball/softball diamond. WSA/RBI offers recreational and academic programming year-round for children and youth in Indian River County. Fun at Bat is the academic after-school and summer program and our RBI League provides recreational team play for both baseball and softball play during the fall, spring, and summer seasons. Fun at Bat is based in sports and designed to promote learning during after-school hours that is connected to real life events and activities. Students engage in an eight- week curriculum, Monday — Thursday, for a minimum of 1 hours throughout both fall and spring terms of the academic school year. During the hour, students read, do math, or a STEM related activity connected to the sport of baseball. Learning is split between indoor classroom instruction and outside play. A 5 -week summer component is offered to extend beyond the academic school year to support the reduction in summer learning lost for children in grades 1 st through 8th. Fun at Bat literacy lessons focus and highlight positive character traits exhibited by famous baseball/softball players while math lessons strengthen children math skills through calculating the distance of a home run and real-world math skills. Science is brought to life through hands- on play, children are able to make connections to how science influence game outcomes due to physics, torque, force, momentum and other STEM related factors that children do not consider associate while playing the sports of baseball and softball.