The U.S. Military Academy’s inaugural Youth Impact Program invited youths from schools in the Bronx and Harlem to give them a taste of athletics and leadership––West Point style.
Roughly 80 boys from the Frederick Douglass Academy, Hugo Newman Preparatory School, Urban Assembly of Bronx Academy of Letters and Bronx Latin School attended the program during their last two weeks of school June 15-26 to spend the days learning leadership skills, academics and football at the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School.
The program is led by cadet-athletes and is designed to make use of the USMA resources to help in the all-around development of at risk youth. Stanford, Michigan and Northwestern have also worked with the Youth Impact Program. The group visited MetLife Stadium, home of the New York Giants, for a tour and football practice and had their meals in the Cadet Mess Hall on days at West Point. Full Story»