April 13, 2011
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - Student-athletes from the UNLV football, baseball, and the entire women's soccer team including staff will be on hand Saturday to help the athletic department host the 23rd annual Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) at Rebel Park on the UNLV campus. Up to 300 students from After-School All-Stars Las Vegas and Special Olympics of Nevada are expected to participate in the event, which will run from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The GYSD event will feature numerous sports and wellness stations hosted by the UNLV athletes and department staff members. Each station will be designed to educate youth struggling from at-risk backgrounds and/or physical disabilities about the importance of fitness and nutrition. They participants will also learn about the benefits of teamwork and respect. All those involved will receive meals provided by Three Square Food Bank. The keynote address will be provided by head women's soccer coach Jen Klein and assistant head football coach J.D. Williams.
The presenting sponsor for the GYSD event is State Farm®, while other groups providing support include UnitedHealth Group, Sodexo Foundation, Walt Disney company, National Education Association, the Corporation for National and Community Service, Special Olympics and the U.S. Department of Education. For more information, visit www.GYSD.org.
After-School All-Stars Las Vegas is an organization that provides opportunities for underprivileged youth to participate in free after-school and summer programs that focus on academics, athletics and cultural enrichment. Local programs include tutoring, homework help, language and literacy skills, arts and crafts, dance, music, computers, chess, creative writing, soccer, swimming, cooking and media. Since its inception, After-School All-Stars has positively affected the lives of more than 100,000 Southern Nevada youth. Today, there are more than 6,000 youth from 15 different schools participating in the program. For more information, visit www.asaslv.org or call (702) 770-7601.
