{"id":255965,"date":"2021-09-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/new-all-purpose-sport-field-at-logan-heights-boys-girls-club-2\/"},"modified":"2021-09-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T07:00:00","slug":"new-all-purpose-sport-field-at-logan-heights-boys-girls-club-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/new-all-purpose-sport-field-at-logan-heights-boys-girls-club-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New all-purpose sport field at Logan Heights Boys & Girls Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last 18 months, many kids have been isolated due to COVID, spending more time playing video games than playing outside with friends. Now, after being closed as a result of the pandemic, The Boys & Girls Club of Greater San Diego – William J. Oakes Branch in Logan Heights reopened to its members on Aug. 30.<\/p>\n

As part of its activities this month to celebrate that reopening, the Club administration joined donors, UnitedHealthcare and W2W Sport, to officially dedicate the brand new multi-use sports field, made possible by a $20,000 gift from UnitedHealthcare and built by W2W. Some lucky members had their first opportunity to try out the field in person with team defenders Elijah Martin, Josh Yaro and Grant Stoneman from the San Diego Loyal Soccer Team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sports court will help kids develop a passion for sports and build healthy habits as children that will hopefully remain with them as adults,\u201d said Michelle Malin, Senior Vice President Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego. \u201cMaking memories, playing on this field \u2014 that\u2019s going to go a long way toward encouraging kids to enjoy our club\u2019s offerings. We appreciate all UnitedHealthcare and W2W have done to make this a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego \u2013 William J. Oaks Branch dedicated a new multi-sports field made possible by a $20,000 donation from UnitedHealthcare and installed by W2W Sport. Kids from the Club got a chance to try out the new court with members of the San Diego Loyal Soccer team including defenders Elijah Martin, Josh Yaro and Grant Stoneman. (Photos courtesy of Sandy Huffaker\/UHC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The reopening is a milestone for the club. When the pandemic began, the club had to quickly adapt, and it did so by gearing up to help children and families impacted by the health crisis. More children and families needed social service support as well as a place where children could use computers for remote learning. These needs drove much of the Club\u2019s effort to seek private support.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe facility will provide a safe and modern space for boys and girls to be physically active,\u201d adds Raul Herrera, UnitedHealthcare of California. \u201cInvesting in our communities, helping kids develop a love of sport and exercise, and supporting activities that help people live healthier lives is all part of UnitedHealthcare\u2019s efforts to be a valued community partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Over the last 18 months, many kids have been isolated due to COVID, spending more time playing video games than playing outside with friends. Now, after being closed as a result of the pandemic, The Boys & Girls Club of Greater San Diego – William J. Oakes Branch in Logan Heights reopened to its members […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":242485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"New all-purpose sport field at Logan Heights Boys & Girls Club","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}