Chevrolet Community Club Coaching Grant Awarded

PCSPA has been awarded a Chevrolet Community Coaching Grant!
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Oshawa (ON), December 07, 2009 – Today, Chevrolet presented an additional 51 Canadian community sport clubs from across Canada with a grant of $2,000 each for coach training and development activities. Since inception in 2006, Chevrolet Making Dreams Possible has donated nearly $1 million to Canadian coaches at all levels of competition.

“GM has a long history of supporting Canadian athletes,” said Tom Laurie, GM of Canada’s Olympic Partnership Manager. “Making Dreams Possible is major grassroots commitment by Chevrolet designed to help coaches get the right kind of training that results in children having positive first experiences to encourage a lifetime love of sports.”

Over the past three years, GM’s direct support of coach education and development through this program has impacted over 18,000 coaches and 196,000 athletes in 165 communities across the country.

“Since the inception of Chevrolet Making Dreams Possible, the response from clubs across the country has been fantastic,” commented John Bales, Chief Executive Officer of the Coaching Association of Canada. “This program provides more community and high performance coaches access to valuable training through our renowned National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP). As Vancouver 2010 will inspire more Canadians to participate in community club sports, it is very important that our athletes are trained by certified coaches.The Chevrolet Making Dreams Possible program helps make that happen.”

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