Cerebral Palsy

"It reminds you about all that's good in the world to see these kids out there."The volunteers, clad in red sweatshirts, teamed up with about 100 athletes, sporting light blue."It's been fun," said senior Mike Cronin, who helped out at the football station.

"All these kids are surprising me with how far they can throw."Moriah Cohen, a student at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School, heaved a basketball underhand until it dropped neatly into its intended basket.

The 20-year-old quickly high-fived her assistant, Eileen Martins, before going back to the game."To have events like this are great because there just aren't enough things going on for them," her mother, Brenda Cohen, said.O'Brien said that even though Sylvester will move on to college next year, he hopes to make the games an annual event.He's hoping some of the younger volunteers will step up to keep the idea going."We hope that this is the first of many, many years," O'Brien said.

"We really have put the structure in place to make this an annual event."Stephanie Vosk can be reached at svosk@capecodonline.com.

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