ThanksUSA Veterans Tennis

ThanksUSA is proud to provide Veterans tennis opportunities as another way to show gratitude to our nation’s military. Our goal is to develop a sense of community and source of confidence for disabled Veterans through the sport of tennis. Our objective is to bring more Veterans and their families into the game through weekly tennis instruction and social interaction.

Through our partnership with other Veterans tennis programs, grant funds are helping us to stabilize our efforts and assist those starting new clinics. Together we are stronger, providing mutual support to effectively run our programs and offer a wide range of tennis opportunities. With our unified mission, more Veterans will reap the rehabilitative, therapeutic and lifelong benefits of tennis.

"The tennis clinic is so good for me because, with the illness I have, it's important for me to keep moving. I work on my coordination and my balance. It exercises me mentally and physically. When I leave here I feel so much more empowered."
-Dillette, ThanksUSA Veterans Tennis Participant

Learn About Our Clinics and Partnering Programs
Find one in your area!

Tennis Corps: Veterans & Youth Team Up, College Park, MD
Presented by: ThanksUSA Veterans Tennis & JTCC
Contact: Jean Pletchette, Director of Tennis Thanks the Troops

ThanksUSA Veterans Adaptive Tennis Clinic, Washington, DC
Presented by: ThanksUSA Veterans Tennis & East Potomac Tennis Center
Contact: Jean Pletchette, Director of Tennis Thanks the Troops
Learn More: ThanksUSA Holds Tennis Clinic to Help Disabled Veterans

San Diego Wounded Warrior Tennis Program, San Diego, CA
Presented by: San Diego District Tennis Association
Contact: Steve Kappes, Co-Founder and Director of National Wounded Warrior Tennis Camp
Learn More: 7th Annual National Wounded Warrior Tennis Camp

USTA National Campus VA Programming, Lake Nona, FL
Presented by: United States Tennis Association
Contact: Joanne Wallen, Director of Adult Individual Play & Wheelchair Tennis
Learn more: The US Open Hosts the Seventh Annual Military Appreciation Day

Tennis Serving Vets, Yonkers, NY
Presented by: Yonkers Tennis Center
Contact: Allison Goldman, Founder/Executive Director
Learn more: Westchester Veterans Take Up Tennis to Help Battle Military-Related Injuries

Long Beach Wounded Warrior Tennis, Long Beach, CA
Presented by: El Dorado Park Tennis Center
Contact: Steve Weaver, Director
Learn more: Tennis Clinic Helps Long Beach Wounded Warriors Get Back in Action

Tennis Apprentice Veterans Program, Lake Charles & Shreveport, LA
Presented by: Louisiana Tennis Association, USTA Louisiana
Contact: Liz Metrailer, Marketing Director

Tiger Tennis for Our Troops and Their Families, McLean, VA
Presented by: ThanksUSA Veterans Tennis & Tuckahoe Recreation Club
Contact: Rob Castorri, Tuckahoe General Manager

"It's been quite rewarding for me to see not only the progress of the participants but to see how they enjoy each other's company as much as they do learning to play tennis. I think this is truly one of the highlights of their week!"
-Brenda Gilmore, ThanksUSA Veterans Tennis Instructor