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BY ALEX MITCHELL
After suffering a setback
on the road in Boston over the
weekend, the fi rst place New
York Yankees and manager
Aaron Boone were hungry to
return to the Bronx.
Inspired by that famished
sentiment, the skipper spent
his Tuesday, July 30 handing
out free meals to kids in the
south Bronx at the Mullaly
Park Pool next to Yankee Stadium
on River Avenue.
Along with a refreshing
meal on a scorching summer’s
day, those children lucky
enough to meet and greet
with Boone also received two
vouchers for Yankees tickets
at a later date.
“It means the world to me
that I could walk over from
work for a little while and
share the summer with you,”
Boone said in a shaded pavilion
next to the park’s shallow
pool.
“I look out there and see a
future shortstop or maybe a
second baseman or even centerfi
elder out there,” the manager
playfully noted in a mock
prospect search.
Although, after an uneventful
trade deadline for the
Bombers perhaps the manager
should have been scouting for
some bullpen support as well.
Bronx Parks Commissioner
Iris Rodriguez Rosa
joined Boone in explaining to
the borough’s youth how important
it is to access a nutritious
meal.
She along with Councilwoman
Vanessa Gibson explained
that the Bronx has
about 80 free meal sites for
children 18 and under to make
use of.
The program is a partnership
with Hunger Free America
and American Dairy to
bring free, healthy meals to
not only the Bronx but also
New York City as a whole.
“To see some of the kids in
the community that are taken
advantage of get a free nutritious
meal that’s so important
to their development…not
only physically but mentally,”
Boone said.
In addition to the food and
ticket vouchers, a signed jersey
from the Yankee manager
was distributed during the
meal sharing as well.
“Hopefully that’s just an
added bonus to what today can
be about,” Boone added.
For the rest of August, the
Yankees will be offering up
free meals and ticket vouchers
to a starting lineup of Bronx
kids at pools around the borough.
First at Van Courtlandt
Pool on Tuesday, August 6,
followed by Mapes Pool on
Tuesday, August 13, then Crotona
Pool on Tuesday, August
20 with a stop at the Morris
Houses on Tuesday, August
27.
Aaron Boone speaks to Bronx kids,
on the importantance of nutrition.
The Bronxer
Yankees Manager Aaron Boone hands out free meals to Bronx kids at Mullaly Pool. The Bronxer