Healthy Memphis

Tennis Memphis, the nonprofit organization that manages the city's seven tennis centers, received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Tennis Association's Tennis and Education Foundation and the Ford Foundation.

The funds will go to open a Neighborhood Education in Tennis or NET Center at the Eldon Roark Tennis Center in Whitehaven. The center will provide tennis instruction as well as academic tutoring and other life skills education to middle school students, said Stephen Lang, Tennis Memphis executive director.

Tennis Memphis, a nonprofit organization formed in 2001, contracts with the city to manage 50 outdoor and 12 indoor courts.

The group launched a similar program at Ed Rice Community Center in Frayser in 2007. Both are scheduled to offer summer and after-school programs. Registration is $25.

 For more information about Tennis Memphis or its programs, call 358-5425 or visit its Web site.