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- EIN 86-0824137
- (520) 615-0025
- Po Box 65916 Tucson AZ 85728-5916 USA
- www.tctpforkids.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Racquet Sports, Sports
Mission: Tucson community tennis program's primary purpose is to provide free tennis equipment and instruction to students in public schools in tucson, arizona.
Programs: Established in 1993, the tucson community tennis program is tucson's only private, non-profit organization bringing free tennis to elementary and middle school children. Tctp's focus is on multi-cultural schools in tucson's inner city, where funding is too limited to provide physical education instructors. Tctp takes uspta/ptr certified pros and a staff of trained volunteers to eleven inner-city school playgrounds for 6 weeks of beginner tennis lessons on mini courts set up on the playground. The final session is held at reffkin tennis center. At this "graduation", each child receives a can of tennis balls and a new tennis racquet. With the help of pros and volunteers, the children play on full sized tennis courts for the first time. Each school year, nearly 900 children from eleven schools participate in tctp programs. Tctp recently changed the "next level" after school program to include any children interested in participating. As a result, approximately 200 children participated in follow-up lessons after school and/or saturdays. Tctp also offers a summer program for year-round continuity.