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THE RIVIER A COUN TR Y CL UB | OC T OBER 11, 2021

MESSAGE LEGACY

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The 1984 Olympics remains fresh in our memory, thanks to the unforgettable sporting moments and the legacy INVITAT ONAL
left behind for others to follow. For 36 years the LA84 Foundation has been helping youth become “Life Ready PRES EN TED B Y
Through Sports” with our investments in youth sports programs, coaching education and building fields of play.

But the gap between those who have access and those who don’t is a crisis hiding in plain sight. As we look to
our own legacy, we understand that LA84 must lead and we must do more. It must include all of us into the
fabric of this beautiful city -- however challenged, awed, knocked down, and even struggling sometimes – but
ultimately rising to realize a great future as we join together to support our leaders of tomorrow.

We believe that the power of sport is lost if it is only available to the few. That is why we established the Play
Equity Fund, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, to raise awareness and more resources to ensure all youth
have access and opportunity to sport and play as a pathway to lifelong well-being.

Our inaugural golf tournament will benefit our work at the Play Equity Fund.

Your contributions will allow us to support the young lives that sit on the sidelines because they don’t have
anywhere to play the sports they have only seen on TV. Your support will help those that are shut out of
programs that require well-trained coaches, transportation and parents to pay for equipment. Your support will
help to build strong minds and bodies. Through access and equity, these programs build a pathway for so many
to success and accomplishment.

As we tee up for change, we ask that you join with us, knowing that together we can do much, much more than
we can alone. This audacious step forward is matched only by all that we accomplished in 1984. When Rafer
Johnson jogged up the flight of stairs at Memorial Coliseum to ignite the five Olympic rings, the flame made its
way up to the Olympic cauldron – and it burned brightly for the next 16 days.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Renata Simril

PRESIDE N T & CEO | L A 84 F OUND ATION