{"id":9703,"date":"2020-10-05T12:39:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T01:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=9703"},"modified":"2020-10-05T12:56:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T01:56:10","slug":"announcement-knox-lac-receives-coles-grant-for-new-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=9703","title":{"rendered":"Announcement – Knox LAC Receives Coles Grant for New Equipment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Knox Little Athletics Centre has been given a much-needed funding boost for its upcoming season thanks to a $4,800 grant from Coles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knox LAC was one of 158 grassroots sports club across Australia to share in $521,000 for sports equipment from the latest round of the Coles Little Athletics Community Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Olympic & World Champion Sally Pearson and little athletes with the Coles Community Bags that funds new sports equipment <\/em><\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It is the single largest round of grants distributed to Little\nAthletics centres since the Fund was established two years\nago to support little athletes hoping to follow in the\nfootsteps of champions like Sally Pearson and Brandon\nStarc.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grant comes amid research from the Australian Sports Foundation in July which found that over 16,000 local sports clubs were at risk of closing due to reduced revenues and increased costs arising from COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our President David Kearsley said the grant to purchase new radios, speakers and microphones will help get its athletes and volunteers back on track after a tough year.\u201cThe grant will have a huge impact to our centre. The equipment will enable our centre to run competitions more efficiently, improving the experience of both volunteers and athletes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coles State General Manager Mark O\u2019Connor said Coles was pleased to support Knox\u2019s budding athletes and parent volunteers. \u201cWe know it\u2019s been a difficult six months for everyone involved in community sport, particularly little athletes. We hope news of this grant of more than $4,800 to Knox Little Athletics centre will give their athletes, families and volunteers a morale boost ahead of the new season,\u201d he said. \u201cColes is passionate about helping kids lead healthier, happier lives. That\u2019s why we\u2019re delighted to have raised more than $363,000 in Victoria and $1.68 million nationally for local sports clubs through the Coles Little Athletics Community Fund in just two years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funds for the grant are raised through the sale of specially marked chiller bags designed by Aussie kids, with ten per cent of every bag sold directed to the Coles Little Athletics Community Fund. Coles has raised more than $1.68 million to 376 Little Athletics centres across the country since November 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knox LAC thanks Coles for supporting Little Athletics and providing the grant to our centre. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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