Rep. Leach presents a $5,000 grant to the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education Center. The grant helps the organization fund tennis and education programs, including summer, fall and spring programs at Vernon V. Young Park in Ardmore. From left: Fran Hoover, president, Ardmore Avenue Community Center; Lindsay Taylor, director, Lower Merion Township Park and Recreation; state Rep. Daylin Leach; David Broida, interim executive director, Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education; and Sharon Bryant, Ardmore resident, tennis player, teacher, and co-founder of the Ardmore AAYTE tennis and education program.

The environmental group PennEnvironment recognizes Rep. Leach for receiving a perfect score on its environment report card. Leach was among a small group of lawmakers in southeastern Pennsylvania to be recognized for consistently voting to protect the environment.

Chris Beck, a childhood and adult friend of Arthur Ashe, and Rep. Daylin Leach, a tennis player, spoke at the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education Awards Ceremony in Ardmore, as co-directors of the local tennis program Sharon Bryant and David Broida distributed 25 certificates and awards to the young players.