BSU Football Hosts "Road to Kindergarten"

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Bridgewater State University football team and coaching staff hosted the Ninth Annual "Road to Kindergarten" on Thursday, August 25th at Swenson Field. 

The annual community event, designed for the children who are entering kindergarten at Bridgewater elementary schools, started at 9:00am with over 100 kindergarteners and 100 football players as well as the Bears' coaching staff.

The children participated in a number of different activities including jumping over bags, throwing and kicking the football and practicing their touchdown dances.

After refueling with plenty of water, the children made their way to the open field for more fun. There were four different stations of activities such as duck-duck-goose, red rover and freeze tag, as well as two different bounce-houses donated by Busy Bee Jumpers and former BSU football standout Sal Lango '06. The weather was perfect and everyone had a great deal of fun.

A parent of one of the kindergarterners reached out to Head Coach Joe Verria after the event and said, “The road to kindergarten event was AMAZING! It was so well organized and the kids had an absolute blast. The football players were incredible at engaging with each kid and guiding them through the morning. I was blown away!”