FACT SHEET: SGMA's 13 Annual National Health Through Fitness Day
Silver Spring, MD – January 23, 2012 – Help make a difference in our nation's future and get the low down on the industry's biggest event of the year in Capitol Hill?......... Read More
Sand/Beach Volleyball: New Marketing Angle on Olympic Favorite
Silver Spring, MD – December 22, 2011 – One of America’s favorite Olympic sports -- beach volleyball -- is being rebranded as ‘sand volleyball’ at the collegiate and high school levels. Gone are the bikini uniforms worn at the beach and on television by Olympic athletes. In their place will be young athletes representing their academic institutions wearing their school colors......... Read More
Congress Passes 2012 Federal Budget: PEP Gets Level Funding
Silver Spring, MD – December 18, 2011 – The good news for the country is that Federal budget for Fiscal Year 2012 has been passed by the U.S. Congress. The great news for the sports and fitness industry is that the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) has received level funding -- $78.8 million. The new funds will be used to support existing grants from 2010 and 2011, with the remainder directed to new grants awarded in 2012. Congress approved the budget this past Friday (December 16) and President Obama is expected to sign the bill later......... Read More