TajMalik Chardon is headed for a stock-car race in Akron, Ohio, this July, after winning first place this past Saturday in a sopabox derby in Edgewood Park.
Chardon is shown with his mother to the left in the above photo and with other participants in the race. Makana Ellis of the Dixwell-Yale University Community Learning Center at the Rose Center sent these photos.
Ellis informs us: “Wayne McCrae is the director of the soap box derby program and can be reached at (203) 497‑9577. The soap box derby program is sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Tau Xi Omega Chapter, The Apt Foundation, Hank Bolden, City of New Haven Board of Aldermen, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Damascus Stone, LLC, Dixwell-Yale University Community Learning Center, Empower New Haven, Wendall Harp, Health Net, Hill North Management Team, I.U.O.E. Local 478, Kevin Miller, New Haven Police Department, Superior Food, United Illuminating Company, Wayfaring Ministries, Whalley Chiropractic, LLC,Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale University Office of New Haven & State Affairs, Yale University Department of Athletics, and the Yale University Police Department.
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