Evander Holyfield To Visit Alpharetta Summer Camp Kids

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Evander Holyfield, the former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, will be in north Fulton County next week to visit summer camp kids as part of the Alpharetta Police Athletic League (PAL) program.

Holyfield will visit the children in the program from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday, July 20. The PAL facility is located at 86 School Drive in Alpharetta.

Holyfield was a PAL participant as a child and will be speaking about how the program influenced him, his boxing career and the power of positive thinking so that youths may make their dreams come true, the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety said in a news release.

Holyfield serves as a spokesperson for the National PAL organization.

The Police Athletic/Activities League (PAL) youth-oriented initiative is a crime prevention program that places police officers, community members and kids together in a controlled and supportive environment.

Alpharetta’s PAL program currently offers after school mentoring, tutoring, music, boxing/fitness, leadership and summer camp.

All Alpharetta PAL programs are offered at minimal cost to the participating families. The Alpharetta program has grown initially from two kids in 1996 to an enrollment of nearly 250 kids involved in some aspects of the program.

All of this is done under the supervision of and in partnership with the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety, with the overall objective of youth crime prevention.

For more information about the program, visit its website.

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Photo credit: Alpharetta Police Athletic League’s Facebook page