Work hard, play hard

Jeffrey Murdock ( above photo), 5, completes school work Monday at the Yvonne Richardson Community Center’s Kids’ Nite after- school program in Fayetteville. The free program provides educational assistance, meals and activity time every school day to students in elementary and middle school. Students alternate between educational and cultural enrichment programs during the classroom portion of the program. Thirty children participate in the program. ( Right photo) Sa’Veyia Simmons (center) races with Brielle Alexander (left) at the center’s after-school program.

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