Titans vs. Jaguars Game Day Newsletter Sept23Titans_Digital | Page 95

JAGUARS PLAYERS TEACH THE GAME
TO THE NEXT GENERATION
techniques, but also hear from the players on
valuable life skills. Here’s a look at some of
the camps that took place this summer:
MALIK JACKSON
In June, Jaguars DT Malik Jackson hosted
a football camp for local kids from the First
Coast military community at the Dream
Finders Home Flex Field at Daily’s Place.
Jackson partnered with St. Michael’s
Soldiers, Survivor Outreach Services (SOS)
and the Florida National Guard Child and
Youth Program, which selected more than
100 military and Gold Star children to
participate in the event.
his hometown of New Orleans to host a free
camp for more than 250 children, age 9 –
14, from the Boys & Girls Club of Southeast
Louisiana and the New Orleans Recreation
Development Foundation. Growing up in
New Orleans’ Seventh Ward, Fournette was
actively involved in both organizations.
BLAKE BORTLES
Jaguars QB Blake Bortles and the Blake
Bortles Foundation hosted their third annual
free youth football camp early this summer
for nearly 400 kids ages 5-16. Physical
trainers from Jacksonville Orthopaedic
Institute teamed up with the offi cers from
JaxPAL to create a series of stations for
each group of kids to learn agility, strength
and strategy. Bortles and teammates ran
drills, played catch and taught skills to the
kids during the 3.5 hour camp. The campers
enjoyed time for autographs and photo ops
with the players between stations.
LEONARD FOURNETTE
As a young man, Jacksonville Jaguars RB
Leonard Fournette experienced fi rsthand
the benefi ts of organized afterschool
programming. In June, he headed back to
Blake Bortles