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By Jason Hall
Skateboarding legend
Tony Hawk s foundation made a generous donation to a soon-to-be completed Massachusetts skate park honoring a 19-year-old killed in a hit and run by a car in 2015.
Hawk s Skatepark Project announced its donation of a $10,000 grant to the
Frankie Fortuna Memorial Skatepark in Leominster on Friday (April 9),
Steven Snay, co-chair of the Frankie Fortuna Memorial Skatepark, said the donation was the largest grant the foundation gives out each year.
“We specifically wrote to it as like a Hail Mary,” said Snay. “‘No way Tony Hawk and his organization they fund these big projects. ”
Hawk was part of the foundation s deciding committee and the group ultimately chose the Leominster park after hearing about Frankie s story, Snay told
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Skate park honoring late skater gets boost from Tony Hawk
April 13, 2021
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LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) A skate park renovation project honoring a skater who was killed when a driver struck him as he was walking to work is getting a $10,000 donation from skateboarding pioneer Tony Hawk s foundation.
The town of Leominster has secured other funding and contracted with a design firm to renovate a local skate park in honor of Frankie Fortuna, who was 19 when he died in 2015, the Telegram & Gazette reported Monday.
The Skateboard Project’s donation will support “additional enhancements” beyond the expanded skate park and landscaping that are planned for the Frankie Fortuna Memorial Skate Park, Leominster city grant administrator Wendy Wiiks told the newspaper.