CYAA CONTACT INFORMATION
Mailing
Address
CYAA, PO Box
193, Candia, NH 03034
A Special
Thank You – Letter From
The Leavitt Family
The CYAA
would like to thank “NH Landscaping and NH Monuments” for their time and effort
in preparing a Granite Bench in memory of Grant Leavitt. The bench is located just outside the CYAA Fieldhouse entrance.
Sweating For
The Children (reprinted with permission of The Union Leader Corp)
THE CITIZENS of Candia has set an example for every small
town in America. With the completion of the new half-million-dollar sports
complex, Candia residents have shown what good planning, hard work and a lot of
selfless dedication can accomplish. Last week children played the first
full-court basketball game in Candia’s history. This game wasn’t played because
of a federal grant or a state program. It was made possible by the labor of
Candia residents who understood the value of a place where kids could play
sports year-round, and who were willing to work to get it. Over almost five
years, members of the Candia Youth Athletics
Association pursued their goal with diligence and persistence. They held
fund-raisers, they talked local and national businesses into making donations,
and they got the Army Reserve 388th Engineers Battalion of Londonderry to do
site work and help build fields. for free. In this age
when government is the first place virtually everyone goes to get funding for
children’s projects, it is a joy to see citizens band together and do something
big for the kids without getting a large handout from the taxpayers. The Candia
Youth Athletics Association, and indeed all of
Candia, ought to be very proud of the volunteers who dedicated so much time,
money and work to make this dream a reality. The effort to build this sports
complex harkens back to the days when “community” meant your friends and
neighbors, not the local government, and “volunteerism” meant sacrificing your
time and effort for others, not getting paid to work for a federal program. If
every community in America were as vibrant and generous as Candia, our nation
would be a better place.