Thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL Grassroots Program, the Tanque Verde High School football field is being renovated.
“This is really a dream come true! Our football team just came off an exciting undefeated season after years of being known as a struggling program. These new facilities will allow for our student-athletes to compete on a field that was carefully designed and procured by the best playing field experts in the world,” said Dr. Amy Cislak, Principal of Tanque Verde High School.
2100 yards of fill arrived this week in preparation for our new stadium field from the @AZCardinals and @NFLFoundation ! pic.twitter.com/fmwSUA1z9v
— Tanque Verde HS (@TanqVerdeHS) July 3, 2021
According to a story on the school’s website, the funds will be used to recrown the field and add a new irrigation system and scoreboard. In addition, a new practice field will be built, which will take pressure off the game field.
The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program is a partnership of the National Football League Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to provide non-profit, neighborhood-based organizations with financial and technical assistance to improve the quality, safety, and accessibility of local football fields. The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program provides grants of up to $250,000 for capital improvement projects.
Since 1998, the NFL Foundation Grassroots program has awarded more than $46 million in grants for more than 336 projects nationwide.
