Yankees Players and Mayor Meet with Hope Week Honoree

HONOREE: Mayor Michael Bloomberg presents Mohamed Kamara the Hope Week award at city Hall on Wednesday. (Henry Lam/The Epoch TImes)

New York—On Wednesday morning at city hall, Mayor Michael Bloomberg met with New York Yankees 2010 Hope Week Honoree Mohamed Kamara and Yankees Players Derek Jeter, CC Sabathia, Marcus Thames, Curtis Granderson and Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman.

The Hope Week Honoree is one of several community outreach events scheduled by the Yankees that will take place from Aug. 16 to Aug. 20. The award aims to give recognition to people who are deserving and also in need support. This year, Hope Week award was given to Mohamed Kamara, a civil war survivor from west Africa and recent Bronx high school graduate.

Mohamed was born in 1992, he is the oldest of three brothers and two sisters; his father was an absent father and his mother was ill. He grew up during the civil war in Sierra Leone. He survived the civil war and became the pillar of his family at the age of 9.

Mohamed made the decision to come United States six years ago, and made a living providing for his family by taking a job as a golf caddie at Montammy Golf Club in Alpine, N.J. His day started at 4:00 a.m., while being a full-time student at Bronx high school. He also acted as a mentor and sounding board for other African students in his school.

Mayor Bloomberg had a conference with the Yankee players and Mohamed Kamara in the boardroom at city hall on Wednesday morning. He gave high praise to the Yankees as well as Mohamed, “Most of them are role models for young people in the sense that they are working hard.”