Members of
the Soccer for Success staff will join students and parents at Stetser
Elementary School to construct four raised bed gardens with the goal that
parents will utilize the gardens and their harvest to better educate and
nourish children in the community.
What: Soccer
for Success Raised Bed Garden Construction
Who: Chester
Upland Soccer for Success Program volunteers, parents and children
When: Thursday,
May 9
3:45 to 5:15 p.m.
3:45 to 5:15 p.m.
Where: Stetser
Elementary School
Playground area
808 E. 17th Street
Chester, PA 19013
Playground area
808 E. 17th Street
Chester, PA 19013
Details: The Chester Upland Soccer for Success Program is an
after-school youth development program that uses soccer as a tool to combat
childhood obesity and promote healthy lifestyles for low-income students.
The U.S.
Soccer Foundation selected Widener University operate Soccer for Success.
The program is the result of collaborations between Widener’s Athletic
Department, the School of Nursing, the Widener Center for Violence Prevention
and the Widener student-led group Northern Star Sports in addition to the
Philadelphia Union, the Chester Youth Collaborative as an affiliated
organization of Crozer-Keystone Health Systems, the William Trippley Youth
Development Foundation and Upland Borough.
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