Back to the "Gardens"

By Robert Rogers on July 23, 2008 11:50 PM | | Comments (3) |

Went to the Waterman Gardens Community Center in the housing projects of the same name again today.

We played some football and had a great time.

I will have a full story about this meagerly-funded center and the kids who flock to it this weekend.

Here are two photos of us catching a breather after a grueling game of touch football. This is a great bunch. Tough, smart kids who grow up amid a tragic milieu of poverty and gang violence.

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3 Comments

Deb said:

Did the kids you wrote about earlier ever get a pump for their footballs? If not, could you contact me? Thanks!

July 25, 2008 1:44 PM
Robert Rogers said:

Hi Deb,

I just got off the phone with someone down at the center, and no, the footballs are not yet pumped.

The center is on the corner of Pacific and Arden.

Thanks for reading and writing,

Robert

July 25, 2008 2:02 PM
Deb said:

Well, they should be soon!
Thanks for the info.

BTW....what was that building before it was Operation Phoenix?

July 25, 2008 5:47 PM

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