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ATP ACES For Charity Presents Grant In Sydney

The ATP ACES For Charity programme presented a $15,000 grant to CSJ leMoNaiD, the Apia International Sydney’s charity of choice, on Thursday. ATP Executive Vice President, International Group, Alison Lee and Sydney's Tournament Director Alistair Macdonald were on hand to present the cheque to Juliette Jones and her family. One of the nine charitable causes nominated by ATP World Tour players, tournaments and alumni, CSJ leMoNaiD was founded by 13-year-old Juliette with a mission to stop Motor Neurone Disease (ALS). The charity’s goal is to raise awareness and create a steady flow of revenue into research for a cure. [ALSO LIKE] Entering its seventh year in 2017, the ATP ACES For Charity program is a global initiative aimed at giving...

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Novak Djokovic, Jamie Murray Among 'ATP ACES For Charity' Grant Recipients For 2017

The Novak Djokovic Foundation, and Children Change Colombia, supported by Jamie Murray, have been selected among nine recipients in the ATP ACES For Charity grant programme for 2017. Grants of $/€15,000 will be awarded to a total of nine charitable causes, nominated by ATP World Tour players, tournaments and alumni. A total of eight grants will benefit youth through programmes worldwide, including Djokovic and Murray’s causes which respectively focus on early childhood education and development in Serbia and dedicated to defending the rights of Colombia’s most at-risk and neglected children. The other causes include the Zelmerlöw & Björkman Foundation’s boarding school in Kenya, Corazoncitos Foundation and Fundación Tenis Uruguay, Greater Curacao Tennis Patrons Foundation, SOS Children’s Villages, Beijing Golden Wings...

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