Make A Donation to STA
The Spearfish Tennis Association will gladly accept donation for Facility Maintanance, Player Development, Instructional items and Tournaments.
If you are thinking about making a donation, please send an email to spearfishtennis@gmail.com indicating what type of donation your are thinking about and we will contact you.
Facility Maintance for Spearfish High school and Middle School tennis courts
- Tennis court resurfacing
- Court supplies - nets, windscreens, benches
- Facility improvements - landscaping, lighting, sun shades, picnic tables, etc
Player Development
Overview:
The June Dickey Player Development Fund was established by the descendants of June Dickey, a Spearfish player who won numerous national and international tournaments in both singles and doubles. The fund is administered by the Spearfish Tennis Association and is intended to help young players attend tennis clinics and camps and to take private and/or group lessons that will help them improve their level of play and their enjoyment of the game.
Eligibility and Deadlines:
Any person between the ages of 12-18 residing in Spearfish or attending a school in Spearfish is eligible to apply for funding. Priority will be given to individuals who demonstrate a commitment to tennis by such things as having taken tennis lessons before, having played on a school team, being a member of the STA or the USTA, or otherwise showing that they are committed to improving their level of play. Applications will be reviewed on December 15 and May 15. Applicants should be sure the STA receives their requests by these dates, so the committee can consider the application before the event in question takes place.
Types of Eligible Activities:
The following are examples of eligible activities to which funding can be applied:
Individual lessons;
- Tennis camps—e.g. RC Christian’s camp; Gustavus Adolphus Tennis and Life Camp; Doug Steven’s summer camp;
- Tennis clinics—e.g the STA’s Winter Clinics;
- Other tennis activities designed to teach the game of tennis or develop individual skills.
- Competitive activities such as tournaments are ineligible for funding.
Limits on funding:
Individual funding requests will generally be awarded at 10-25% of the total cost of fees only (excluding travel, lodging, and other such expenses), for a maximum of $100.00. The percentage of funds awarded is the STA’s decision and may depend not only upon the quality of the application but upon the amount of funds available and the number of applicants, among other things. Thus, individuals may not necessarily receive the full amount they request. Individuals who receive funding will receive reimbursement when they provide the STA with a copy of the receipt for the activity for which they were awarded funding, and proof that they completed the activity. This proof might take the form of a signed statement from the teacher/organizer. The STA reserves the right to refuse reimbursement for lessons that are not attended, even if the organizer charges the participant for them. Fees cannot be reimbursed without these two items, and it is the individual’s responsibility to provide them.
An individual may ask for funding for more than one activity per year, but additional requests beyond one per year will receive a lower priority.
- Tennis balls
- Training aids/equipment
- Tennis rackets
- Be a tournament sponsor
- Donate food, prizes, swag
- Volunteer
- By Check - download our donation form and mail with check to the address on the form
- Online with PayPal - no fee for your donation if you have a PayPal account and live in the US.
- Online with Stripe - using your credit card through our USTA site. There is a handling fee of 1.9% plus $0.50 for US donations
- The Benevity Community Impact Fund - donations from employees and/or matching funds from Benevity's corporate clients
