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EXHIBIT A <br />CHILDREN'S SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />2022-23 GRANT APPLICATION <br />Agency Name: <br />Willis Sports Association, Inc. <br />Address: <br />PO Box 1281, Vero Beach, FL, 32961, US <br />Executive Director: <br />James Willis <br />Email: <br />willissportsinc@gmail.com <br />Phone: <br />(772) 360-9804 <br />Program Director: <br />April Willis <br />Email: <br />willissportsinc@gmail.com <br />Phone: <br />(772) 370-5858 <br />Program(s) Name: <br />Fun at Bat and RBI League <br />Focus Area(s): <br />Quality Academic Remediation and Enrichment <br />PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: <br />Willis Sport Association, Inc., Vero Beach Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities League (RBI) is <br />designed to engage minorities and disadvantaged in the sports of baseball and softball. Our <br />programs provide opportunities for physical activity, social and emotional growth and <br />development, community engagement, and personal responsibility in the classroom as well as on <br />the baseball/softball diamond. <br />Fun at Bat afterschool program operates throughout the school year in 8 -week cycles, Monday - <br />Thursday for one hour a day. The hour is split between indoor learning and outdoor fundamental <br />play using the sport of baseball and softball. The Fun at Bat summer program operates for 4 <br />weeks to reduce summer learning lost. Children that participant in either the Fun at Bat afterschool <br />program or summer program benefit from an addition 40 plus hours of academic development <br />and physical activity. Aside from the Fun at Bat Program, WSA/RBI provides recreational baseball <br />and softball training and play. Kids as young as 2 years of age get introduced to the sport of <br />baseball. Through our partnerships with the Major League Baseball and the Jackie Robinson <br />Training Complex kids of Indian River County are afforded once in a lifetime opportunities. <br />Disadvantaged and underrepresented children enact and learn from Major League Baseball <br />players and a group of dedicated WSA/RBI staff solely focused on ensuring their success. The <br />fusion of sports and academics is a model that works for academic development and physical <br />activity. Fun at Bat creates a safe and pressure -free environment that allows children to play learn <br />and grow. <br />The projected number of unduplicated children to be served is four hundred (400). <br />