The Chester Upland Soccer for Success Program, an
after-school youth development program that uses soccer as a tool to combat
childhood obesity and promote healthy lifestyles for underserved students, will
host a Sweet Potato Dinner for participants and their families. All attendees
will enjoy a healthy meal prepared by Widener’s ARAMARK chefs using sweet
potatoes and other vegetables harvested from the garden cultivated by
participants in the program. Extra vegetables not prepared for the meal will be
distributed to parents. Parents will also receive sweet potato recipes and tips
for healthy cooking.
What: Soccer
for Success Sweet Potato Dinner
Who: Soccer for
Success Program participants, their families and community partners
When: Tuesday, Oct.
28, 5 p.m.
Where: Stetser
Elementary School, 808
E. 17th Street, Chester,
PA 19013
Details: The U.S. Soccer Foundation selected Widener University to
receive a $200,000 grant to operate Soccer for Success. The program began three
years ago with 350 participants in three locations and has expanded to more
than 500 students in seven locations including: Drexel Neumann Academy, Stetser
Elementary and the Widener Partnership Charter School, Chester Community
Charter School (East and West), Chester Charter School for the Arts and
Frederick Douglas Christian School. 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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