Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn Gets a New Tennis Court, Courtesy of Sprite

The Sprite Spark Parks Project for Schools program awarded a $25,000 grant to the Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn to rebuild the school's tennis court and get students active.

Andre Boothe, Coca-Cola Maspeth distribution center manager; Christine Quinn, New York City Council speaker; Albert Vann, New York City Council member; and Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn borough president, attended the new tennis court's unveiling ceremony.

Students need safe, youth-friendly areas to be physically active, but new playground equipment and athletic fields are not always in the budget. Now, thanks to Sprite, the Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn has a refurbished tennis court for its students to enjoy.

Since September 2010, the Boys and Girls High School's tennis court was unusable due to a large sink hole caused by a drainage malfunction. Using a $25,000 donation from the Sprite Spark Parks Project for Schools program, the school was able to address this problem and unveil the new and improved tennis court August 23. The United States Tennis Association's Eastern section provided a new net for the refurnished court and additional equipment, including tennis racquets, tennis balls, and a pop-up tennis net for multi-location usage.