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[NEWS]


CHALLENGE GRANTS UPDATE! In


2012, the United States


Olympic Committee (USOC) an- nounced the “Challenge Grants” Program. They would match dollar-for-dollar raised by USA Weightlifting through donations. Through the generosity of the USA Weightlifting family, a total of $34,627 was raised and used to- wards athlete support and travel. This year, the USOC brought


forth a new ‘challenge’ for USA Weightlifting.


The USOC will


match new gifts up to $35,000, but USA Weightlifting must raise $35,000 to receive the to- tal match. At time of publication our last issue in May, we raised $12,500. To date we have raised $16,667.01. It’s been an amazing year for


the athletes of USA Weightlifting. Team USA returned home from every single international event with medals, a grand total of 76 medals! It takes a tremendous amount


of successful resources to con- duct our current programs. Ev- ery year, USA Weightlifting faces the situation of having to make decisions on which programs can be funded and which programs must “wait.”


These are never


easy decisions; however, USA Weightlifting does have a mech-


anism in place that allows you to have an impact on our ability to conduct all USA Weightlifting programs.


We need your help! With your assistance, we can


further improve and develop a wide variety of programs that will assist the athletes and coaches of our sport. Through making a tax deductible gift to USA Weightlift- ing it will help aid in the support of our athletes and help continue raising the red, white and blue! USA Weightlifting has very high,


but obtainable goals. Achieving these goals will CONTINUE put- ting our athletes on the medal stand. As we begin to chart the future, we need your assistance. You are a vital link to our success! USA Weightlifting is a 501 (c) 3


designated tax-exempt organi- zation. This means that, in ad- dition to your gift supporting the dreams of America’s best athletes, your gift is considered a charitable contribution. Addi- tionally, your gift will help contrib- ute to our organizational Chal- lenge Grants goals set forth by the United States Olympic Com- mittee.


If USA Weightlifting rais-


es $35,000 for our athletes, the USOC will MATCH that!


To make a gift, visit our website


or send a check to USA Weight- lifting, 1 Olympic Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO 80909 and specify “Challenge Grants” in the memo field.


Your support for the athletes of


USA Weightlifting will keep them training in this quadrennium as well as the next; remember RIO is right around the corner!


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