For the seventh year in a row, the NFL has partnered with Hall of Fame offensive tackle, Anthony Muñoz, to host NFL PLAY 60 Character Camps throughout the country as part of the NFL’s year-round Hispanic outreach initiative, focused on offering youth opportunities to play and experience the game of football.

This year, 12 NFL PLAY 60 Character Camps will be hosted in partnership with NFL clubs, including multiple sites in Florida, California and New York. Each site will welcome nearly 300 predominately-Hispanic youth, ages 9-13, with little or no football experience from local youth organizations.

The camps kicked off last week with the New York Jets and New York Giants each holding a camp at their respective training facility.

“It was great to kick off the 2018 season of NFL PLAY 60 Character Camps with two exciting camps in New York,” said Anthony Muñoz, Founder of the Anthony Muñoz Foundation. “We are excited about the opportunity to impact more than 3,000 kids this summer.  Unlike camps that focus simply on football, these takes it to the next level, with the importance of character in athletics and life as a major focus. We use football as a platform, but bring more into it including team building and character traits. It is how I was taught as a kid growing up in Southern California and I’m proud to pass that on to today’s youth.”

The camps’ mission is to make a positive impact on youth through teaching football skills, emphasizing exercise, and reinforcing the importance of character in athletics and life. These grass roots efforts have made a strong impact in these communities.

The program works in collaboration with USA Football and its NFL FLAG curriculum, which encourages participants to be physically active through non-contact, continuous action while learning the fundamentals of football, lessons in teamwork and sportsmanship through local community leagues. USA Football is the official youth football development partner of the NFL and its 32 teams.

In addition, the camps will teach character values that are core to the Anthony Muñoz Foundation, as well as promote NFL PLAY 60’s health and fitness message.  NFL PLAY 60 is the league’s youth health and fitness campaign, aimed at getting kids active for 60 minutes a day.

If interested in getting your children involved, registration for the NFL FLAG fall season is currently open. To register with an NFL FLAG league in your community or to start a league of your own, visitwww.PlayFootball.com.