The Washington Redskins continue to do good things - off the field, and in the community.
Today at Surrattsville High School the Washington Redskins Players, owner Dan Synder, and team officials participated in a pep rally to celebrate the addition of eight high school football fields for the successful Fields for Tomorrow field maintenance program.
Through this partnership, the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation has committed to adding the weekly maintenance of eight Prince Georges County Public Schools football fields to the Fields for Tomorrow program (Flowers, Crossland, Wise, Potomac, Parkdale, Suitland, Surrattsville, and Forestville Military Academy). In addition, the Foundation will install the Coaches in the Classroom program and an Academic Coach at Fairmont Heights High School.
Under the Fields for Tomorrow program the Redskins, in consultation with a professional grounds crew, renovate and maintain high school fields in the greater DC area. The team has dedicated nearly $1 million to the program since its inception. Schools already in the program include: Central, Fairmont Heights, Frederick Douglass, and Largo High Schools.
Today's event also brought about a very rare interview with Skin's owner, Dan Snyder who talked about the Redskins season, the committment and loyalty of fans, and team's efforts to turn the season around.
"It really hurts," Snyder said. "We are really trying very, very hard, everyone at Redskins Park, the coaches, the players. The organization's quite frankly held together well, and I think we've got an opportunity the rest of the season to hopefully get it going. But to date we've let everyone down, including ourselves, and we know that and we're just apologetic. We've blown some games that obviously we think we should have won."The 2-5 Skins are fresh off a bye week and face the Atlanta Falcons this Sunday at 1pm on Fox-TV.
[Photos: W. Barron for DC UrbanSports]
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