June 4, 2008 - This is the most awesome day of my life!

That’s what one ten year old said when we asked him how he felt about participating in a football camp that featured his favorite NFL player.

The Santana Moss football camp had over one hundred boys and girls descend on the football field of Alexandria, Virginia’s Mt. Vernon High School for a day of learning offensive and defensive football drills.

Groups of about twenty to thirty kids were stationed at one of four drill stations, and took turns rotating to the next upon completing the drill sessions.   

The camp, held for the first time in the DC area continues the work of the Three Kings Weekend that featured Redskins team members Santana Moss, Clinton Portis, and the late Sean Taylor.

After the death of their former teammate, Santana and his brother, Sinorice, and several NFL players continue the foundation’s work in the community in memory of Sean.   T-shirts worn by those participating in the camp read ‘Sean Taylor: Gone But Not Forgotten’.

Most of the kids participating in the camp saw the camp as way to improve their current skill sets, while others, new to football, had high hopes of taking what they learned with them when they begin the sport next school year.

"We hope the kids will gain three things.  One, is that they will have a confidence level about themselves greater than it was before. Two, is that they're going to understand team work and working together, and three, they're going to understand what it means to be a part of the community and be involved in community oriented events, because at the end of the day we're able to do more together than we are separately", said Santana Moss' business partner and friend, Kahan Dhillon, Jr.

The camp highlights Moss' 30/30 Club which offers mentorship, life skills, college prep training, and education to thirty at-risk sophomores of Mt. Vernon High School.  The program, run by school administrators, mentors, and teachers, tracks the progress of the students for thirty months to ensure high school graduation and success thereafter. 

At the camp’s conclusion, the kids were treated to a NFL bobble head, sun visor, a mini football (courtesy of Easterns Motors), a camp t-shirt, and certificate.

Moss says the camp was a great way to give back to the DC metro area for the support the community has shown him over the last four years he’s been a Redskin. 

“It’s also about giving the kids motivation to do a little better”, said Moss.

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