2 Local Sports Teams To Visit White House With NAC Owner

Jim Worthington, owner of the Newtown Athletic Club, has been recently appointed as a member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition. In connection with that, Worthington will be taking two local youth sports teams as his guests to the White House later this month.

The President’s Council is tasked with engaging more of America's youth in physical activity through sports and other means, Worthington explained in a press release announcing his appointment and the subsequent visit with the local athletes.

On May 30, a Lower Makefield flag football team and a local girls volleyball team will join Worthington and the newly-appointed committee members and their guests as they meet for the first time on the White House lawn. The committee members and their guests will interact with one another as well as the invited guests, according to information from Worthington.

The group of local young athletes going to Washington D.C. includes about 30 athletes and 10 chaperones.

The teams attending are: Lower Makefield Township Flag Football team for boys ages 9 – 13 with Coach Gordon Workman and GPS Crush Volley ball team for girls ages 9 – 13 under the direction of Coach Margie Arm. Crush is part of East Coast Power Volleyball which now hosts a Bucks Division.

"In both cases these teams and their coaches and parents are very excited and grateful for this opportunity offered by Mr. Worthington and the White House," the press release said.

Other members of the President’s council include Herschel Walker, Mariano Rivera, Bill Belichick, Dr. Oz, Lou Ferrigno, and Misty-May Traenor.

“I am delighted and proud to be in the position to offer this opportunity to our local youth. I never had a chance to go to the White House in my own youth. My hope is that this experience will motivate them to identify and exceed new goals in their young lives while creating a lifelong memory,” Worthington said in the statement.