Mighty Milers Live, Learn and Play Grant Program

Overview


New York Road Runners youth programs is proud to announce the Mighty Milers Live, Learn and Play Grant Program. In order to celebrate New York Road Runners’ 50th anniversary and to honor schools that share our vision of making running a part of every child’s school day we will award $1,000 to a Mighty Milers site in each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, this school year.


The purpose of this grant is to help expand Mighty Milers across the nation. If you work in a school/site outside of New York City and already have a free Mighty Milers program* in place or have submitted a final application to bring Mighty Milers to your school/site, you may fill out a grant application at this time. (See instructions below)


*If you do not have a Mighty Milers program in place and have not yet submitted an application to become a Mighty Milers site, apply now. Once you have submitted a final program application, you may complete the grant application. Only schools that are eligible to receive the free Mighty Milers program may apply for the grant. Click here to learn if you are eligible.

 

Grant Application Form


Download the application form. Please fill in each field and answer all 3 questions.

 

Selection Priorities


The Mighty Milers Live, Learn and Play Grant Program seeks to assist schools that share our vision of making running a part of every child’s school day. While schools that can demonstrate need and those which have a large percentage of their students running are factors in determining award recipients, there are other selection priorities that we will take into consideration.

 

Listed below are examples of our selection priorities and are meant to provide guidance in helping you answer the grant application questions. Please do not address every item in the selection priorities in your answers and note that certain priorities may or may not be applicable to your school. In addition, there may be different priorities that you want to include which are relevant to your location and could be useful in assessing the quality and effectiveness of the Mighty Milers program at your school.

 

  • Utilization of the Mighty Milers resources (e.g. lesson plans, activities, nutrition cards, mileage banners/posters, running games, Fitness Fundraiser, etc…)

  • Number of grades participating

  • Variety of teachers supporting the program as session leaders

  • Ways the administration has helped in finding or making time or space for Mighty Milers sessions

  • Support and inspiration in making Mighty Milers a school/community-wide initiative

  • Ways teachers bring Mighty Milers into classroom subjects

  • Healthy goals or complementary initiatives that Mighty Milers has brought about

  • Health or fitness-related accomplishments spurred by Mighty Milers

  • Student enthusiasm

  • School innovation or unique means of supporting Mighty Milers and/or making the program a school/community-wide initiative

  • New Mighty Milers sites that can demonstrate a sound plan for implementing Mighty Milers

Grant Recipient Obligations


  • Grant monies may not be used to support expenses incurred prior to the date of the award grant.

  • Grant monies are to be spent on fitness or health-related resources. This can include equipment purchases; future incentives upgrade; prizes for fitness fundraisers; school/site administration costs of Mighty Milers or fitness/health events; event registration or transportation; and certificate printing.

  • Grant monies are to be spent within one year of receipt of the monies.

  • 2009 grant winners must submit photos, videos, or a short summary to NYRR youth programs by Feb 1, 2010 to show how grant monies were spent or are planned to be spent. 2010 grant winners must submit this information by February 10, 2011. Schools will be subject to random audit by NYRR youth programs.

 

Application Guidelines


  • We are accepting 2009-2010 applications from the following states: Maine, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Iowa, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Maryland, and D.C.

  • The application should not exceed 750 words in total for the three questions.

  • All applications must be postmarked by February 2, 2010.

  • Grant recipients will be announced on March 16, 2010.

  • Applicant-sites must be in good standing according to the Mighty Milers program terms outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which was sent upon completion of the final application.

  • Applicant-sites must have the free Mighty Milers program.
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