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Will Smith comes home to give back
By RON MOSHIER
Observer-Dispatch
Posted May 17, 2008


UTICA ? No, Will Smith didn?t have to come home again.

So why did he?

?For the kids,? said Smith, the New Orleans Saints defensive end and former Thomas R. Proctor High School star whose foundation hosted Saturday?s second annual, ?Where There?s a Will, There?s a Way,? football camp and combine at D?Alessandro Stadium.

?This is something I never had, and I want to help make it a little better for other kids.?

By the looks and the sounds, it?s working.

A punt, pass, and kick competition for children ages 5-12 was added this year, followed by lunch and an afternoon camp and combine for players entering grades 7-12.

The 26-year-old Smith, named to the NFL Pro Bowl two years ago ? when the Saints reached the NFC Championship Game ? considered the turnout promising, to say the least.

?It?s gotten bigger, absolutely, and hopefully it will keep getting bigger,? he said. ?We?ll sit down and try to figure out how we can make it better for the kids. We?re always trying to make it better, to improve.?

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