UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 39, Page 5
August 20, 1992
NCAA grant provides children three weeks of life on campus

     Three hundred economically disadvantaged children are spending
five weeks on the University's Newark campus playing sports, brushing
up on reading and math and receiving counseling as part of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) National Youth
Sports Program (NYSP).
     The program officially opened July 29 with a ceremony near the
tennis courts in the rear of the Carpenter Sports Building. University
officials, Wilmington Mayor Dan Frawley and New Castle County
Executive Dennis Greenhouse were among those attending.
     The children, ranging in age from 10 to 16, are assigned
counselors, and each day participate in organized athletic activities,
hear from speakers and community leaders and attend math, reading,
health and nutrition and drug and alcohol abuse classes.
     Rourke Moore, affirmative action and multicultural programs, is
NYSP director.
     Moore said the camp gives the children an experience that "helps
them develop skills, encourages a healthy life-style and assists them
as they begin considering career and higher education options."
     The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provided the
initial $40,000 grant, which was supplemented by gifts from the
Laffey-McHugh Foundation and city of Wilmington.
                                        -Barbara Garrison