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You are submitting an entry for the following award:

United Airlines Chicago Impact Award

Through the support of Beyond Sport's Global Partner United Airlines, Host City Partner World Sport Chicago, local media partner the Tribune Media Group, and the Mayor of Chicago, this Award is for any project, organization, or grassroot initiative whose activities take place within Chicago city limits, metropolitan Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. National and State-wide programs are eligible, but only the activities carried out by its Chicago- area branch will be considered.

Entries for this Award are open until August 9, 2010. The nominees, which are chosen by a Judging Panel, will be announced September 1st on the Beyond Sport website, where the winner will be decided upon by public vote. The nominees will be invited to attend the Mayors Reception on September 29 at the United Center, where the winner will be announced and awarded funding for their project.

Project Overview

Please note: The information required for your submission is extensive. To help you prepare for submitting your information, please download the preparation guide here (DOC Format).

If at any point you would like to amend your application, info@beyondsport.org and we will assist you in the changes.

Project Title *
Parent Organisation: *
Year Founded:
Reach of Community (i.e. neighborhood, citywide, statewide, national):   Neighborhood Citywide Statewide National
Chicago Neighborhood: *
Sport(s):

First Name:
Last Name:
Address Line 1:
Address Line 2:
Town:
Country:
Zip Code:

Telephone Number:
Email Address:

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Website:

Project Description

Mission Statement of project (In a single sentence):
Give a descriptive overview of how your project uses sport to tackle a specific social issue within the Chicago metro area (200 words max): *
Describe the structure of your program, which should include where applicable: the curriculum, how you specifically use sport to accomplish your mission, and what your continuous assessment is of participants that move on from your program (200 words max):
Describe the impact that your project has had to date, in numerical terms, which should include: How many participants go through your program in a year and how you measure the success of a participant (200 words max):
Provide a story that best demonstrates this impact (200 words max):
Describe your most effective partners and the type of relationships you have with them (200 words max):
What is the single biggest practical insight from your project that you could share with other initiatives to aid their development? (200 words max):
Describe your current financial resources and how you plan to sustain them long term (200 words max):
How would you use the funding were you to win the United Airlines Chicago Impact Award? (200 words max)
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* These sections will be published on this site upon submission.