Buffalo PAL Offering Free Summer Programs
Yasmin Young talks with Nekia Kemp, Executive Director, and Joe Masi, Boardmember, about the free and low-cost summer programs offered by the Police Athletic League of Buffalo, Inc.
You can visit the Buffalo PAL website for more information about all of its summer programs.
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Here are a few of the programs, free and low-cost, that PAL is offering this summer:
Learn to Play Golf
Monday, July 13, 2020, Monday, July 20, 2020, and Monday, July 27, 2020
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Delaware Park Golf Course
84 Parkside Ave
Free for boys & girls, ages 5 to 17, limited to 50 kids
Buffalo PAL Playstreets
July 2020 – August 2020
6 to 8 pm
Multiple locations
Free for boys & girls, ages 5 to 18
"This free program provides boys and girls (ages 5-18) with sports clinics and free social distancing sports equipment in an effort to enhance physical activity and positive mental health. All fitness activities will incorporate social distancing and adhere to the CDC’s safety guidelines around sports play." ~ PAL
Youth Opportunity Connect
July 2020 – August 2020
10 am to 2 pm
Monday, Wednesday, Friday in person
Tuesday and Thursday via Zoom
Free for students going into 7th, 8th or 9th grades for the 2020-2021 school year
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The Police Athletic League of Buffalo is all about helping the youth of the city,
"The Police Athletic League of Buffalo, Inc. (PAL) is a not-for-profit organization that provides youth of the City of Buffalo with recreational, educational, cultural, environmental and preventive program activities in structured, supervised and organized settings, using professional recreation and law enforcement personnel, in an effort to provide leadership, direction and an opportunity for those youth to become responsible, successful adults." ~ PAL