Neptune natives Vinny Curry of the Jets and Keith Kirkwood of the Carolina Panthers hosted a youth football camp at Neptune High School Saturday.
and Carolina Panthers wide receiver Keith Kirkwood hosted a free youth football camp at Neptune High School Saturday.
Curry and Kirkwood, both natives of Neptune, spoke to the kids before warm-ups and were on the field as the kids learned the mechanics of the game.paid for haircuts for Neptune and Asbury Park high school students before their senior promsFriday night, they hosted a 7-on-7 event for high schoolers, which was a “huge success,” said Curry, adding that kids from opposing teams all came together as one for a great night.
A couple of hundred of kids from kindergarten through the eighth grade participated in Saturday’s camp. Local coaches and members of the Neptune High School football team volunteered their time to work with the attendees. Kirkwood spent a fair amount of time working with the younger kids on the field, demonstrating how to hold the football and “blocking” the kids as they ran with the ball.Ryan Leonard, owner and CEO ofand a 2005 graduate of Neptune High School, donated t-shirts for both the kids and volunteers.
“I walked the same halls, it’s just very important to give these kids a good role model,” said Leonard. “You know, these guys did it from an athletic standpoint, I’m coming from a business standpoint to show them a different approach.”, was excited to put on these events for the community and show the kids their potential. “You guys can be bigger than us.”
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