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SPORTSCENTER REACHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY
11-22-05
Two years ago the VCU SportsCenter Graduate Students developed a community outreach service called Lobs and Lessons. Genworth Financial recognized the need for this type of program in the Richmond community and partnered with VCU SportsCenter. The program is designed to teach under privileged children life lessons through tennis and mentoring. SportsCenter graduate students now volunteer at William Byrd Community House, Sacred Heart Community Center, and Northside YMCA and serve as excellent mentors. Each week the children are provided with a new activity that helps improve their life skills. Also, a day is devoted to learning tennis skills and the importance of sportsmanship. Over the past few weeks the children have been learning about Anna Kournikova, Andre Agassi, Stefi Graff, and Andy Roddick, the professional tennis players that they will meet during the December 2, 2005 Genworth Children’s Advantage Classic. For this event, the children were involved in a T-Shirt Contest and an Essay Contest. The T-Shirt Contest winner was Juan Braxton who is a student at Maymont Elementary School. His design will be featured on the December 2 event shirt. Mizanie Cornwall of St. Andrews and MyAsia Price-Cleare, also of Maymont, were the winners for the Essay Contest. Their essays will be published in the program for the Genworth Children’s Advantage Classic. All proceeds benefit VCU’s Lobs and Lessons and the William Byrd Community House.
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