February 27, 2002

Phillies Donate $3,000 to La Salle University Clinic

The Philadelphia Phillies have made a grant of $3,000 to La Salle University's Counseling Clinic, which serves many uninsured residents of the Germantown, Logan, Olney and West Oak Lane sections Philadelphia. The University plans to use the funds to make the facility more accessible for the physically disabled.

The grant was one 39 worthy causes throughout the tri-state area that received financial donations from Phillies Charities, Inc., according to Regina Castellani, Manager of the team's charity department.

"Off the field, the Phillies have become a team to count on through their many efforts of reaching out to communities and those less fortunate," said Ms. Castellani. "The players and their wives contribute so much to Phillies Charities. We are proud to serve so many people in so many ways."

The La Salle Clinic provides graduate students the opportunity to learn and practice counseling while area residents get the benefit of low-cost mental health services. As part of their training, psychology students in the University's master's and doctoral programs, under faculty supervision, spend hours watching other students counsel clients through a two-way mirror or watch videotaped sessions (all clients know there sessions are seen by other students).

In a story headlined, "Into the Sunset," Murphy wrote that following the last game of the season, "This particular Monday, however, the scene is slightly different. There are no play charts scattered across his desk. There are no recruiting files spread open on the shelves. The four cloth-covered partitions that section off his office from the rest of the football room are bare.