January 5, 2009

Ex-Bryant star Lorenzo Perry teaching life skills to young adults

BY MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer

PROVIDENCE - Lorenzo Perry, the greatest running back in the brief history of Bryant University football, has returned to the Mount Hope neighborhood where he grew up dreaming of football glory.

His mission is to help young adults refine the skills they need to find a job and to nurture in Pop Warner players the fundamentals they will need to make their football dreams come true.

Perry, 25, teaches life skills to 19- to 21-year-olds at the Mount Hope Neighborhood Association on Camp Street. That assignment resulted from his success last summer as interim coordinator for a work-readiness program for 15-year-olds.

Read more from Mike Szostak here: http://www.projo.com/sports/mikeszostak/sp_hs_mike_szostak02_01-02-09_0FCP64D_v7.34be72a.htm

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