The North Sacramento News, Volume 13, Issue 8 - August 2010

Just a Thought...

Now is the time to do the right thing. Don’t wait another day. Make that change you have talked about doing. This is the first day of the rest of your life.”

On three hot summer days in July, Playmakers Mentoring Foundation, a national organization, based in Sacramento, put on a football camp for high school players. Although football skills were taught, the theme of the camp was character building. Playmakers brought together high school football teams from all over the Sacramento area. Both public and private schools, all on one field. The atmosphere was charged with attitude and pride, mixed with muscle and energy, with 250 young men letting each other know they were tough. That however, was very short lived. The boys were gathered on ...