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PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM: TCA Philadelphia showed their support for the troops by compiling much-needed care packages. Honoring the troops TCA Philadelphia volleyball club connects with U.S. Army Rangers regiment
soldiers in the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. “Valentine’s Day was the perfect time for our club to show our military personnel how much we care about what they are doing every day to protect our country,” said Cheryl Hertzog, director of TCA Philadelphia. The club’s eight teams collected items such as Q-tips, Skittles, Chap Stick, granola bars and magazines for Matt Dietrich and his regiment. Dietrich, from Reading, Pa., is a Private First Class (PFC) soldier in the Army and is stationed at an undisclosed loca- tion. His brother, Nate Dietrich, is a MS1 in the Army ROTC at Penn State.
D “Our club was in contact with Nate to see how we could help
his brother’s regiment,” Hertzog said. “We were thrilled to be able to provide these items.” “I love that our TCA athletes are given an opportunity to send a small gift to a soldier who is serving the USA overseas in harm’s way,” said TCA 12s coach Ed Shultz, who served in the U.S. Army as a fi eld artillery offi cer, then attaining the rank of First Lieutenant and later as Captain in the Reserves.
USAV accepting applications for Molten Diversity Grants
USA Volleyball is accepting applica- tions for the Molten Diversity Grant, which was initiated in 2004 with the intention of funding diversity programs and increasing diversity in the sport of volleyball. Success- ful grants have typically been in the $500-
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The grant is intended to serve and give special emphasis to those groups or com- munities that are most in need. This will include programs that give special attention to sectors of the population known to be underserved or underrepresented by current volleyball programs because of gender, race or ethnicity, economically disadvan-
ressed in their camoufl age practice shirts, TCA Philadel- phia’s 88 volleyball players collected and packaged hun- dreds of much-needed care package items on Feb. 12 for
“Our players may not appreciate the gravity of what they are doing, but on the other end there’s a young man named PFC Matt Dietrich and the 75th Rangers who are proudly serving as our country’s fi nest and bravest.” Along with Schultz, TCA coaches AJ Thackrah and Geoff Bayer have served in the U.S. military. All three former servicemen are incredibly proud of what their players have done to support U.S. troops.
“Feeling appreciated plays a huge role in boosting morale for those away from their families,” said Bayer, who was deployed twice in Afghanistan, serving as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Petty Offi cer First Class in the U.S. Navy. TCA Philadelphia, started in 2010, is a private, youth volleyball club located in Downingtown, Pa. Now in its fourth season, the club has eight teams ranging in ages from 12 to 18. TCA Phila- delphia Cares, a new community outreach initiative for the club, allows TCA players to partner with families and/or organizations to support those in need. The club’s motto “All team, all the time” signifi es that not only are the girls a team on the court, but off the court as well as they support local communities. For more information about TCA Philadelphia, please visit
www.tcaphilly.com.
taged, geographic location and physically challenged or developmentally disabled population.
The grant criteria are based on potential impact of quantity and quality, quality of staff, non-duplication of existing programs and eligibility.
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