Green Bay Packers hosting football outreach camps throughout Wisconsin
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Bay Packers are hitting the road this spring and will be hosting a series of free football outreach camps at various locations throughout Wisconsin.
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Team officials say the camps kicked off Tuesday at the Pioneer Elementary School in Green Bay, where an estimated 150-300 students got to participate in several activities, including a relay race, kicking a ball, throwing passes, leaping for catches, and diving for touchdowns.
Kind of inquiry based, schools reach out and express interest in our camps and we'll kind of base it off a list kind of depending on the year and how many times they did it. Do a rotation and reach out to schools that are interested and try to get as many places as we can and include as many kids as we can.
Jake Krueger, Packers Football Outreach Coordinator
Throughout the rest of May, the Packers football outreach camps are expected to take place on the following dates and locations:
Friday, May 9 – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Hortonville Elementary in Hortonville
Tuesday, May 13 – 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Lake View Elementary in Muskego
Tuesday, May 20 – 1:00 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Huntley Elementary in Appleton
Friday, May 23 – 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at St. Francis Xavier School in Cross Plains
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The camps are said to all be in conjunction with the NFL PLAY 60 campaign, which is designed to tackle childhood obesity by getting kids active via in-school, after-school, and team-based programs.
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