Gatorade Player Of The Year Awards Local Youth Club Through Gatorade

Hellgate student athlete and Montana Gatorade Player of the Year Rollie Worster awarded the Zootown 406 Youth Club with a grant of $1,000 through the Gatorade Play It Forward program.

The Zootwon 406 Youth Club has been working to provide a healthy positive environment for young athletes to participate in sports across Montana, Idaho, and Washington. Gatorade’s Play it Forward program allows the 607 students athletes among 12 different sports who are named as the state Gatorade Player of the Year help programs within their communities just like Zootown 406 all across the nation that are helping young student athletes enjoy the benefits of sports.

In addition to the Play it Forward Grant, each Gatorade Player of the Year can submit an essay about why their organization is deserving of a Spotlight Grant which would add value to the original grant. Only 12 essay’s are accepted for the Spotlight Grant, one from each sport.

Zootown 406 is a local non-profit that began in 2015 with one team of six players. Struggling to keep the team together due to the financial burden Zootwon 406 began raising money to help players that needed it so they would not miss out on the joys of sports. From there the program began to blossom to present day where Zootown 406 has 12 teams among boys & girls, and host seven tournaments of 75-100 teams across Montana, Idaho, and Washington..

One Zootown 406 administrator had this to say about Worster’s Grant, “Zootown 406 Youth Club is honored the Rollie Worster and Jeff Hays acknowledged our mission statement and our commitment to providing scholarships to our local youth in need of assistance due to financial constraints, unexpected hardships and for children in foster care to participate in our program.  In addition to our scholarships we strive to make a positive impact in our community.”

For more on Zootown 406 Youth Club you can find them online at zootown406.com, and for more on the Gatorade Player of the Year and Play It Forward program you can go to PlayerOfTheYear.Gatorade.com.