SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Over 150 Springfield area students visited the Naismith Hall of Fame today for the first annual Youth Basketball Development and Technology Clinic hosted by the Pathways Foundation.

Today was the first of the two-day community program which blends basketball, technology, education, and career development for local student-athletes. Springfield native Malar Patel, who is President & Founder of the Pathways Foundation, tells Western Mass News how the non-profit looks to impact the youth within the community,

“A lot of time people don’t understand the support that’s needed in the city, this actually giving them first-hand insight into that, and they get to see what engagement with the youth in of our city actually means. The amount of engagement that out kids a

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