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Big Ben's Football Camp Welcomes Hundreds Of Kids

Camp Gives Future Steelers Chance To Practice Skills

POSTED: 12:30 pm EDT June 22, 2009
UPDATED: 8:35 pm EDT June 23, 2009

MARS, Pa. -- It's a big week for hundreds of local boys and girls who love football and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is holding a camp for 450 kids at Mars Area High School's stadium.

The camp kicked off Monday morning and will run through Wednesday. Instructors include Pittsburgh-area high school and college football coaches.

The camp is working with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania and the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh to provide camp scholarships to disadvantaged youth.

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