Local News in Brief : $59,055 in Olympic Surplus Distributed
The Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, the foundation responsible for distributing 1984 Olympic surplus funds to Southern California youth sports activities, has made $59,055 in new grants.
The largest sum, $29,055, went to the California Handicapped Skiers’ Foundation for a learn-to-ski program for 75 participants at Bear Mountain. Fifty of the youngsters will be students from the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Mini-grants of $5,000 each were given to the Heartwell Pony-Colt Baseball League serving Lakewood, Artesia and Cerritos; Pony Baseball of Santa Barbara; the Central Altadena Little League; the Toluca-Studio City Senior Little League; the Warner Hodgdon Little League in San Bernardino, and the Newbury Park Bobby Sox Softball League.
Mayor Tom Bradley and 16 others active in the 1984 Olympics sit on the board responsible for deciding on grants.
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