Tressa serves as a tour guide, if you will, through her "Day at DICK's" for the Opening of DICK's House of Sport Pittsburgh. Since 2014, via their Sports Matter Program, DICK's has dontated $100 million to Youth Sports. In celebration of its 10-year anniversary, the Program is giving $2 million in Anniversary Grants, funded by DSG, to empower even more young athletes to pursue their passions.Tressa talks with several people, including yinzers who waited in line overnight for the doors to open, Nelson Cooper and Brian Jacobson from Pittsburgh Hardball Academy, Amanda Sullivan (Program Director) from Steel City Squash, Javier Perez (Executive Director) from House of Sport Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh Penguins' Defenseman Kris Letang.
DICK's Sporting Goods Foundation | Sports Matter Program: https://www.sportsmatter.org/
DICK's House of Sport Pittsburgh: https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/s/marketing/houseofsport
Pittsburgh Sports Matter 2024 Grant Recipients:
412 Elite
Bethlehem Center School
Duquesne City School District
Girls on the Run of UPMC Magee
McKeesport Area School District
Monroeville In-House Soccer
Pittsburgh Hardball Academy
Pittsburgh Youth National Boxing Team
Rise Again
Steel City Squash
Pittsburgh Hardball Academy: https://www.pittsburghhardball.org/Steel City Squash: https://steelcitysquash.org/
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