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UConn's Husky Sport Receives Donation from Former Player
Emeka Okafor recently donated $100,000 to the community engagement initiative.
Recently, former UConn basketball player Emeka Okafor donated $100,000 to Husky Sport, an extension of an initial donation of $250,000 to the program in 2007.
According to a post on Mansfield-Storrs Patch, Okafor's first gift allowed for the expansion in the number of trips per week Husky Sport could take to Hartford. Since 2007 the yearly enrollment in the service learning courses associated with Husky Sport went from 40 to 100.
Founded in 2003 by UConn's Neag School of Education, this far-reaching community engagement initiative provides children in Hartford's North End with a broad range of in-school, afterschool, and weekend programs focusing on sports, physical activity, nutrition, academic enrichment and life skills.
To read more, check out the full post on Mansfield-Storrs Patch.
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