Last Friday, nearly 100 kids gathered at Howard Bennett Playground in Harlem to learn tennis and also hear about financial literacy.

• 1,000 Pottstown youth participate in free after-school tennis and learning programs. • 100 under-resourced children are awarded scholarships into clinics, camps and leagues.

Kutztown Borough Park and Recreation’s youth tennis instruction sessions at Kutztown Park open to athletes ages 3 to 15, are run by Berks native Katie Miller of Conquer Your Court.

“I wanted our program to be able to serve more youth in the Pottstown School District, said Corey Bowlin, GPTL’s director.