Daily News | Kevin Durant’s right-hand man boosts the Union’s charitable work in Chester
Rich Kleiman knows there can be skepticism at times when sports teams make big claims about their charity work. Especially when those teams haven’t fulfilled past promises to their communities.also known as Union and Gotham FC part-owner Kevin Durant — knows some of the history between the Union and Chester.
The last of those is the team’s newest program, run in conjunction with the Chester Charter Scholars Academy with funding support from some big local companies: BIMBO Bakeries , Lincoln Financial Group, the Global Neurosciences Institute, and Neumann University. Durant’s charity foundation is also involved.The project’s long-term goal is for the companies involved to hire the kids involved.
“I never had somebody that just put their arm around me and was like, ‘Rich, I got you. Let me show you the way,’” he said.The Union will move their academy from Wayne to Chester and build a new soccer complex next to Subaru Park
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