The United States Tennis Association this week awarded  a $15,000 grant to the Atlanta Youth Tennis Foundation, which serves 2,500 children in the metro area.

The grant will assist with the GAMETIME program (Growing in Academics, Mentoring and Exercise through a Tennis Initiative Modeling Excellence), which offers educational activities,  on-court tennis instruction, mentoring and college preparation resources.

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Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.  Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)