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Far Rockaway students get free tennis lessons
Acting Queens District Attorney and USTA rewards youth program participants
BY MAX PARROTT
Acting Queens District
Attorney John M. Ryan
partnered with the U.S.
Tennis Association (USTA)
and the New York Junior
Tennis and Learning to
host over 600 Far Rockaway
students on May 24 at the
Billie Jean King National
Tennis Center in Flushing
Meadows Corona Park.
The event marked the
22nd iteration of the “Say Yes
to Tennis — No to Violence”
Day, which was started
by recently deceased DA
Richard A. Brown, an avid
tennis player and fan of the
U.S. Open.
“A small idea ballooned
into a great program to
promote positive youth
development for youngsters
in the furthest regions of
Queens County. The goal
was from the beginning to
introduce teens and preteens
to tennis — a game that
incorporates important life
lessons, such as fair play and
self-control,” Ryan said.
The annual event closes
the DA’s year-long Straight
Talk About Risks (STAR)
anti-violence program,
through which assistance
district attorneys and other
legal professionals visited
nine Far Rockaway schools
to talk about the risks of
guns, drugs and gangs. The
program visited elementary
to high schools including
Public Schools 43, 104, 106,
197, 333, Queens High School
Acting Queens District Attorney John M. Ryan, far right, joins Far
Rockaway public school students participating in the year-long
STAR Track anti-violence program at the 22nd Annual “Say Yes to
Tennis – No to Violence” Day.
Photo courtesy of District Attorney’s Offi ce.
for Information Research
and Technology, Village
Academy and Academy of
Medical Technology Middle
School and High School.
The day’s activities
brought students together
with National Tennis Center
pros for instruction.
“It is my hope that each and
every child has benefitted
from this experience in a
positive and productive way
and that the lessons learned
will help them to have bright
and successful futures,”
said Ryan.
Reach reporter Max
Parrott by email at mparrott@
schnepsmedia.com or by phone
at (718) 224-5863, ext. 226.
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