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posted 05/25/2008 Here is a sampling of how funds raised through the Harrison Apar Foundation YAC PBA Fund have benefited school and town recreational facilities, athletes and teams ...
A $3000 donation to Yorktown Central School District, in conjunction with matching donations from Yorktown Athletic Club and Mohansic Girls Basketball, to purchase three gymnasium scoreboards for Yorktown High and Mildred E. Strang Middle School (scheduled to be erected fall 2008).
A $7,500 New York State grant secured in 2005 through Senator Vincent Leibell to purchase spectator bleaches for Chelsea Field (Gomer Street) and Harrison Apar Field of Dreams (Benjamin Blvd. off Broad Street)
A $2500 donation to Yorktown Central School District to help renovate the baseball field at Yorktown High School.
A $1500 donation to Yorktown Parks & Recreation Department to help install fencing and other safety measures for town ballfields.
Annual $1000 donation to DARE, in conjunction with matching donation from Yorktown Athletic Club, for the purchase of t-shirts for all DARE students.
Annual $500 scholarship prize at Yorktown High Senior Awards Night to an athlete who has overcome challenges in an extraordinary effort to excel in the sport of his or her choice.
Annual $500 donation to Yorktown High's Varsity Ice Hockey Team (which is largely self-funded).
