ANNIKA Foundation Partners with SPARK
The ANNIKA Foundation will partner with School Specialty’s SPARK Programs to help educate America’s youth about the benefits of physical fitness and proper nutrition. The ANNIKA Foundation selected...
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – On Thursday, Annika Sorenstam, the most dominant player in women’s golf; Honorable Mike Beebe, Governor of Arkansas; and Ginger Beebe, First Lady of Arkansas, presented the...
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Annika speaks to SPARK trainees
ORLANDO – Annika went to Legacy Middle School in Orlando today to speak to 50 physical education teachers from Orange County and the surrounding area as they completed their two-day SPARK training....
View ArticleANNIKA Foundation awards $37,500 grant to OCPS
ORLANDO – The ANNIKA Foundation awarded five $7,500 grants this week to Orange County elementary schools to fund the implementation of School Specialty’s SPARK Physical Education (PE) program during...
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Eight New SPARK Trainers Celebrated in Florida
TAMPA – On Wednesday, eight of Florida’s top SPARK trainers came together at Roland Park K-8 School in Tampa to become Train-the-Trainers (TT) for the Florida Middle School Physical Activity Project....
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Annika Sorenstam visits Harlem grade school
The Children's Storefront, Harlem NEW YORK – World Golf Hall of Fame member Annika Sorenstam headed to East Harlem on Monday to speak with grade school students about the benefits of physical...
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A New York State of Mind
President Don Ochsenreiter talks about his visit to Harlem with Annika on Monday. First impressions may not always be right. My visit to Harlem this week proved that. The Children’s Storefront is an...
View ArticleANNIKA Foundation awards $100,000 grant to OCPS
ORLANDO – The ANNIKA Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to Orange County Public Schools to implement SPARK, the leading physical education program for children, in twenty elementary schools...
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Voting Opens for Healthy School Makeover Contest
This year, the ANNIKA Foundation was awarded $100k through Florida BCBS Promising Practices Grant, allowing us to put the SPARK PE program in 20 local Orange County schools. In addition to this...
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Orlando Sentinel covers SPARK Training, Funding from ANNIKA Foundation Grant
Originally Posted: January 4, 2013 ORLANDO SENTINEL – Orange PE teachers train with golfer Annika Sorenstam Photo Credit: Orlando Sentinel A group of 20 kindergarten to sixth-grade Orange County...
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