NFL Grassroots Program
Parks and playing fields are tremendous community assets because they offer opportunities for recreation and education that contribute to the local quality of life, especially for young people. A partnership of the National Football League (NFL) Youth Football Fund and LISC provides nonprofit organizations, middle schools and high schools with financing and technical assistance to improve the quality, safety and accessibility of local football fields.

Home of the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City is one of 40 cities benefiting from the NFL Grassroots Program. Over $900,000 has been awarded to seven local groups for fields in Kansas City neighborhoods:

• Pleasant Valley Park (3 fields), North Kansas City, 2001
• Central High School, 2002
• Twelfth Street Heritage Field, 2003
• Derrick Thomas Academy, 2004
• Bishop Ward High School, 2006
• Hickman Mills School District Field, 2007
• St. John Francis Regis Church and School, 2008

For information on the NFL Grassroots Program in

the Kansas City area, contact Damon Broadus .

Related publications:

  >Home Field Advantage, Creating Athletic Fields that promote Healthy Children and

    Sustainable Communities

  >Caring for Your New Field - NFL Grassroots Program Field Maintenance Brochure

Derrick Thomas field in Kansas City, Missouri.

For additional information on the NFL Grassroots Program,
go to the National LISC website.