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Last day at Play4Keeps
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Photos from the last day of the Play4Keeps program
When the West Philadelphia’s Play 4 Keeps Coach Bakeer “Coach Bok” Green was shot and killed in November, his partner Ton'Yetta Brown, “Coach Tea,” took over. The kids were crushed, but headed back to the game that their beloved coach always told them could help keep them out of trouble. Now, the organization has been abruptly told by the city Recreation Department that the youngsters have to find a new place to play. Coach Tea gets a hug from Melvin Clarke at the end of their final practice at Shepard Recreation Center on Feb. 15, 2019.
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CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer
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Charles Fox
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Feb. 19, 2019, 11:20 p.m. ET
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Feb. 20, 2019
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