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  • U.S. Grant High School
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

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Our team has grown from 3 people to 33 kids and counting. We are constantly recruiting. We do not have the resources to accommodate a team this large. We currently use an old grocery cart, and a laundry basket to put our tennis balls in to feed our drills. The tennis balls we have were donated to us over five years ago. They are old, and most are flat so they do not even feel like a tennis ball would feel during a tournament which, again does not allow us to adequately prepare our players for tournaments. A lot of our practice is wasted on our players picking the tennis balls up every 5 to ten minutes when we run out of balls. We need the requested tennis hoppers and tennis balls to be able to run more drills on different courts.

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Our team has grown from 3 people to 33 kids and counting. We are constantly recruiting. We do not have the resources to accommodate a team this large. We currently use an old grocery cart, and a laundry basket to put our tennis balls in to feed our drills. The tennis balls we have were donated to us over five years ago. They are old, and most are flat so they do not even feel like a tennis ball would feel during a tournament which, again does not allow us to adequately prepare our players for tournaments. A lot of our practice is wasted on our players picking the tennis balls up every 5 to ten minutes when we run out of balls. We need the requested tennis hoppers and tennis balls to be able to run more drills on different courts.

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