Avengers take part in Lynwood High School's groundhog job shadowing day
March 8, 2006 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Los Angeles Avengers News Release
LOS ANGELES - Offensive specialists Tony Locke and Kareem Kelly, assistant head coach Brent Winter, "A-Team" dancers Lindsey and Tiffany and the Avenger front office staff took the time on Wednesday, March 8th to take part in Lynwood High School's groundhog job shadowing day through the regional occupational program set up at the school's campus. The Avenger organization was able to pass on their wealth of knowledge to the students from the Los Angeles area. The twenty-five youths spent their day meeting and talking to several of the Avengers staff.
"This was a great opportunity to provide youth a chance to gain valuable insight into the working world by allowing them to shadow our activities during the working day," John Tamanaha, vice president of communications said. "This also gave the youth a chance to engage in active career exploration and further motivate youth to participate in skill building, educational activities by making class work more relevant."
The students began the day at the Avengers front office where they were given the opportunity to meet and ask questions to several staff members. The front office staff explained what their job capacities are for the Avengers and how they began their careers in sports, along with given advice to the youths.
The day also included a trip to the Avenger practice facility where the students were able to talk to Locke, Kelly, Winter and the "A-Team" dancers on how then got involved in professional football and dance.
For more information on the Los Angeles County Regional Occupational Program or how your business can get involved please visit http://www.lacorop.org/aboutus.htm.
The Avengers (1-5) will return to action on Sunday, March 12, when they hit the road to take on the San Jose SaberCats (2-4) at the HP Pavilion. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. (Pacific) and the game will be televised on KNBC Channel 4 (Ted Robinson, Charles Davis, Raj Mathai). The contest also can be heard on AM 1150 (Larry Kahn, Troy West).
Prorated Avenger season ticket packages are on sale now at 1-888-AVENGERS or online at www.laavengers.com. Single-game tickets may be purchased at the STAPLES Center box office, at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com and by calling 213-480-3232.
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