Opening the outdoors for city kids: Albany PTA honors man for sharing his love of nature with inner-city children.

From: Times Union (Albany, NY) | Date: February 20, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Kate Perry

Feb. 20--ALBANY -- Without Yusuf Burgess, there would have been no skiing, kayaking or hiking for Albany High School senior Rashawn Hoke.

Hoke, who met Burgess at the Albany Boys & Girls Club when he was 10, said he probably never would have tried the outdoor activities without Burgess. But over the years he's rafted through Ausable Chasm, skied the Catskills and hiked the Adirondacks, all with Burgess -- known around the city as "Brot...

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