Eastern Adult Tennis Foundation Hosts 11th Annual Grant Awards Luncheon

The Eastern Adult Tennis Foundation’s (EATF) 11th Annual Grant Awards Luncheon will take place on Monday, September 12 at noon at Beach Point Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y. Tennis play begins prior to the luncheon at 9 a.m.

Former professional tennis player Mary Joe Fernandez will be the keynote speaker for the event. During her time competing professionally, Fernandez won seven WTA singles titles, 19 doubles titles, two Grand Slam doubles titles and three Olympic medals. Fernandez now serves as captain of the United States Fed Cup team and as a tennis analyst for ESPN.

This year, Fernandez will be on-court playing and providing tips, prior to the luncheon. Cost to attend the event is $125 per person or $1,250 per reserved table of ten.

Honoree, Stephanie Krasner will be recognized for her significant involvement with the EATF. As chair of the EATF’s Grant Awards Committee for the past several years, Krasner has helped determine which organizations receive grants each year. Outside of tennis, Krasner volunteers as the librarian for Temple Israel in New Rochelle, N.Y.

During the luncheon, the EATF will award more than $21,000 in grants to 17 different organizations from all six of USTA Eastern’s regions. The list of 2016 grant recipients includes:

· Adult Tennis Lessons/Croton Harmon (Southern Region)

· CPW Adaptive Tennis (Southern Region)

· Friendship Network/NAMI Tennis (Metro Region)

· Fun With Tennis for Adults (Long Island Region)

· Introduction to Tennis (Northern Region)

· Jawonio (Southern Region)

· Jerry Alleyne Foundation (Southern Region)

· Queens Center for Progress (Metro Region)

· Senior Fitness Tennis (Metro Region)

· SPARC, Inc. (Southern Region)

· Tennis for Life (Hackensack Medical Center) (New Jersey Region)

· Town of Hamburg Adult Adaptive Tennis (Western Region)

· TTA Senior Clinic (Troy) (Northern Region)

· Wheelchair Tennis Gang (Northern Region)

· Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities (New Jersey Region)

· The Barbara Schwartz Endowed Grant: Wellness Through Tennis (Gilda’s Club of Westchester) (Southern Region)

· The Zenker Family Endowed Grant: HERO/MS Adapted Tennis (Southern Region)

The EATF was founded in 2004 and provides grants to non-profit member organizations of the United States Tennis Association’s Eastern Section.

To register for the event, visit www.eastern.usta.com. For additional information, email easternadulttennisfoundation@gmail.com.