The Dallas Cowboys, through the National Football League Foundation Grassroots Program, have granted $250,000 to Behind Every Door to install a synthetic turf football field at Cedar Crest Community Center in Dallas’ South Oak Cliff neighborhood.
The new multi-sport playing field will serve community members and students from three schools within a mile of the new facility, the Cowboys said.The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program, a partnership between the NFL Foundation and Local Initiatives Support Corporation, has supported the construction or renovation of 416 football fields nationwide since 1998.
During that time, the NFL Foundation has granted nearly $58 million to revitalize playing fields in underserved neighborhoods. The fields are newly built or significantly renovated with improvements like irrigation systems, lights, bleachers, scoreboards, goal posts and turf.
According to the Cowboys, LISC identifies local, nonprofit, community-based agencies that have an interest in building or refurbishing football fields in schools and neighborhood parks. Through the program, local agencies are provided with the necessary financing and technical assistance to improve the quality and safety of fields in their communities, the Cowboys said. The agencies oversee the construction, maintenance, and programming of the fields.
"Outdoor recreation, and the health benefits that come with it, is in high demand throughout the country," said Beverly Smith, LISC's vice president of Sports & Recreation."This new field at Cedar Crest Community Center - like all of those that the Grassroots Program has established over the years - will provide opportunities for young people to compete in a safe, healthy, structured environment.
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