Former Patriots Lineman Matt Light, Sal Lupoli Welcome Camp Students

Matt Light, the former offensive lineman for the New England Patriots, was in Lawrence Tuesday to name four deserving eighth-graders to attend his two-week leadership and youth development camp this summer in his Ohio hometown.

Light, three-time Super Bowl Champion, was in the city at the invitation of Salvatore N. Lupoli, principal of the Lupoli Companies, who has offered to serve as community liaison to Light’s foundation, a nonprofit founded in 2001 Light and his wife Susie.

The four chosen for the program are Jayzell Jusino, Delvis Hidalgo, Emanuel Duarte and Jonathan Medrano, students who attend the Leonard Middle School. They will be assigned counselors to follow them through their junior year of high school and can return to each summer to Camp Vohokase, held at Chenoweth Trails in Greenville, Ohio. The foundation also sponsors youths from Brockton; Plant City, Fla.; and Darke County, Ohio.

Lupoli is well known for his redevelopment projects in Lawrence, Haverhill and other communities.