THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY
ABOVE: Trent Sherfield at his football camp last year.
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DANVILLE — When NFL player and Danville native Trent Sherfield has a chance to come home periodically, he tries to give back to the community that supported him.
That’s why the 2014 Danville High grad hosted a gala a couple months ago with his foundation, Diamonds Amongst the Rough, that raised almost $100,000, and donated to the Danville Rescue Mission men’s shelter and his beloved alma mater to help its football program.
Sherfield, 29, is returning home this weekend for his annual summer youth football camps. This time, that includes girls, as Danville’s girls’ flag football program is off to a great start and ready to begin its second season.
On Saturday, Sherfield will host his fifth-annual free youth football camp, which will be expanding into an evening session under the lights at Ned Whitesell Field.
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