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EXHIBIT A CHILDREN'S SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2021-22 GRANT APPLICATION Agency Name: Willis Sports Association, Inc. Address: PO Box 1281, Vero Beach, FL, 32961, US 6205 60" Court, Vero Beach, FL, 32967 Executive Director: James Willis Email: willissportsinc@gmail.com Phone: (772) 360-9804 Program Director: April Willis Email: willissportsinc@gmail.com Phone: (772) 370-5858 Program(s) Name: Fun at Bat and RBI League Focus Area(s): Quality Academic Remediation and Enrichment PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Willis Sport Association, Inc., Vero Beach Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities League (RBI) is 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. Fun at Bat afterschool program operates throughout the school year in 8 -week cycles, Monday - Thursday for one hour a day. The hour is split between indoor learning and outdoor fundamental play using the sport of baseball and softball. The Fun at Bat summer program operates for 4 weeks to reduce summer learning lost. Children that participant in either the Fun at Bat afterschool program or summer program benefit from an addition 40 plus hours of academic development and physical activity. Aside from the Fun at Bat Program, WSA/RBI provides recreational baseball and softball training and play. Kids as young as 2 years of age get introduced to the sport of baseball. Through our partnerships with the Major League Baseball and the Jackie Robinson Training Complex kids of Indian River County are afforded once in a lifetime opportunity. Disadvantaged and underrepresented children enact and learn from Major League Baseball players and a group of dedicated WSA/RBI staff solely focused on ensuring their success. The fusion of sports and academics is a model that works for academic development and physical activity. Fun at Bat creates a safe and pressure -free environment that allows children to play learn and grow. The projected number of unduplicated children to be served is four hundred (400).