Americana Outdoors E-magazine - June 2017

YAMAHAOUTDOORACCES INITIATIVEAWARDSMORETHA $100,000INFIRSTQUARTE

KENNESAW, GA—YamahaMotorCorp., USA, announceditsYamahaOutdoorAcesInitiativeInitiative endowedmorethan$100,000infundsandequipmenttoeightgrantrecipientsinthefirstquarterof 2017. ThisquarterisfurtherhighlightedbyYamaha’scontinuedsupportoftheNational FutureFarmers ofAmerica(FA)Foundation, andYamaha’sAgricultural CommunicatorsofTomorow(ACT)grantpro- gram. Startingthisyear, Yamaha’stenuredACTgrantprogramwilbeundertheOutdoorAcesInitiative(OAI) umbrelaaspartoftheprogram’sexpandedmisiontosupportthosewhoworkandplayoutdoors. ThroughtheYamahaOutdoorAcesInitiative’sACTgrantprogram,OklahomaStateUniversity,Utah StateUniversity, TheUniversityofFloridaandtheUniversityofIlinoiswereawardedacombined$8,500 ingrants. Recipientsofthisyear’sYamahaACTgrantsreceivefinancial asistancetoatendthe2017Ag MediaSummitinSnowbird, Utah, fromJuly22to26, andtopromoteandencouragesafeandresponsi- bleuseofATVandSide-by-Side(SxS) vehicleswithintheagriculturecommunity. “WhilemuchoftheOutdoorAcesInitiative’sfocusgoestowardcreatingandimprovingconservation andrecreational opportunities, theprogramadditionalyafordssupporttothoseintheagricultural in- dustry–andhasforsometimenow,”saidSteveNesl, Yamaha’sATV/SxSgroupmarketingmanager. “WehavebenhonoredtosupportthefutureofagriculturethroughtheNationalFAFoundationfor manyyears, andbringingYamaha’snearlydecade-oldACTgrant programundertheOutdoorAcesIni- tiativeisaperfectfit.” Asthepowersportsindustry’sleadinglandacesadvocateprotectingtheinterestsofthosewhowork andplayoutdoors, Yamaha’sOutdoor AcesInitiativesupportsof-highwayvehicle(OHV) riders, aswel asthosewhorelyonlandacestocamp, hunt, fishorfarm.