Giving Hearts Day is right around the corner and the Fargo Park District Foundation is asking for your support of the Fargo Sports Complex project, an extraordinary building project that will address a critically unmet need for indoor recreation facilities available to the Fargo community.
Funds raised on Giving Hearts Day will support the construction of a multipurpose indoor recreation facility critical to community wellness and the growth of recreation opportunities. The Fargo Sports Complex will accommodate many indoor sports, activities, tournaments and special events. Phase one of this project includes an indoor soccer turf field, 4 – 6 full-sized basketball courts, an indoor ice sheet, multipurpose space and an indoor walking track.
As Giving Hearts Day approaches, the Fargo Park District Foundation is taking the time to highlight eight Fargo sports organizations and the community benefits the Fargo Sports Complex can provide for their participants. By partnering with local sports organizations like Upward Sports, this project also provides for greater opportunities for access to recreation programs for members of our community.
Upward Sports provides a variety of sports programs for approximately 1,000 kids in our community. Their basketball program is their largest with nearly 800 kids participating. The organization also offers flag football and volleyball programs.
“I have to turn away at least a hundred kids every time,” said Glenn Heinsch, Director of Upward Sports. “The excitement of all being together one spot, one place, families seeing other families, it just fits in to kind of the atmosphere that I want to have our Upward families experience. And if you can be together rather than spread out at four different sites that’s huge to me.”
The Fargo Sports Complex will solve the issue of Upward Sports having to turn away kids from their programs with the additional court space. It will also provide Upward Sports with the opportunity to host games at one site rather than having to use three different sites during a tournament day.
“We’ve been part of the Upward program coming up on three years and I really like that it’s in-house, it’s local, it’s available to a lot of different people and brings kids together,” said Lora Stebleton, an Upward Sports basketball coach and parent. “The thing that they enjoy most is playing with their friends and on the other teams they see kids from their school and daycare and for them it’s just fun. So, we are really looking forward to the Fargo Sports Complex to allow Upward to expand and offer this program because it’s such a great in-house program.”
Help support the Fargo Sports Complex by donating to the Fargo Park District Foundation on Giving Hearts Day! Your support benefits the community and partner organizations like Upward Sports. Donations can be made from now until February 11 by mail (701 Main Ave) or through our Giving Hearts Day page.
Scheel’s will match your donation to the Fargo Park District Foundation’s Fargo Sports Complex. They are matching up to $250,000, which means for every dollar you donate, one more will be raised to help make this project a reality!
This project will have a wide-reaching impact for our community. Read more about the Fargo Sport Complex in our previous Giving Hearts Day spotlight blogs:
Fargo Sports Complex & Baseball: Fargo Youth Baseball
Fargo Sports Complex & Soccer: Tri-City United Soccer Club
Fargo Sports Complex & Hockey: Fargo Youth Hockey Association
