{"id":21426,"date":"2020-11-05T20:04:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T09:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=21426"},"modified":"2020-11-13T12:36:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T02:06:38","slug":"rally-as-one-initiative-to-support-bushfire-affected-communities-launched-on-kangaroo-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2020\/11\/05\/rally-as-one-initiative-to-support-bushfire-affected-communities-launched-on-kangaroo-island","title":{"rendered":"Rally as One initiative to support bushfire affected communities launched on Kangaroo Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Rally as One,<\/em><\/strong> a national program to support bushfire affected communities was launched today by the <strong>Australian Open<\/strong> (AO) and <strong>Australian Tennis Foundation<\/strong> (ATF).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nJanuary the global tennis community came together to raise more than <strong>$6\nmillion<\/strong> as part of Tennis Australia\u2019s <strong><em>Aces for Bushfire Relief<\/em><\/strong>\ninitiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nfundraising efforts were showcased worldwide at <strong>Rally for Relief<\/strong>, a\nspectacular night of tennis and entertainment led by <strong>Roger Federer, Serena\nWilliams, Rafael Nadal, Caroline Wozniacki, Nick Kyrgios <\/strong>and<strong> Petra Kvitova<\/strong>,\njust prior to the Australian Open. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs\nthe bushfires raged across Australia in January it was heart-warming to see so\nmany of our global tennis family eager to offer support and raise funds to help\nthose communities suffering such devastation\u201d Tennis Australia CEO <strong>Craig\nTiley<\/strong> said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThrough\nthe <strong><em>Rally as One<\/em><\/strong> program we look forward to helping these\ncommunities rebuild, and to contributing in a meaningful way to their health\nand wellbeing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funds raised will be used to help rebuild vital infrastructure\nin some of the areas worst affected by the bushfires in January, as well as\ndeliver programs to support families and build resilience in kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was heartbreaking to see so many communities devastated by the\nbushfires that swept across the country in January,\u201d Australian Tennis\nFoundation Executive Director&nbsp;<strong>Vicki Reid&nbsp;<\/strong>said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRebuilding homes and community infrastructure is a long and\ndifficult road and we wish to support the people in the community during this\ntime. We\u2019ve designed <strong><em>Rally as One <\/em><\/strong>to help communities come\ntogether, celebrate community spirit and promote social cohesion, knowing they\nhave the support of the entire global tennis community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Rally as One <\/em><\/strong>kicks-off\nthis week at <strong>Kangaroo Island,<\/strong> SA where 48% of the island was devastated\nby the bushfires in January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>$40,000<\/strong> contribution from the Australian Tennis\nFoundation will support rebuilding the hall, clubrooms and kitchen of the <strong>Stokes\nBay Tennis Club<\/strong> and <strong>Community Hall<\/strong>, along with the playground,\ntennis courts, nets and fences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the launch, primary students from the Kangaroo Island Community Education, Parndana Campus were presented with brand new racquets and had a hit of beach tennis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kangaroo\nIsland is the first stop in a series of <strong><em>Rally as One<\/em><\/strong> events, with\ntrips to <strong>Yeppoon<\/strong>\nin Queensland, <strong>Cobargo<\/strong> in NSW, and <strong>Mallacoota<\/strong> and <strong>Cudgewa<\/strong>\nin Victoria all scheduled for the coming months. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rally as One, a national program to support bushfire affected communities was launched today by the Australian Open (AO) and Australian Tennis Foundation (ATF).  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5736,"featured_media":21423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5736"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}