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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Toni Wilson and the West Fresno Family Resource Center are on a mission to fundraise money for their sweet potato project at Riverside Golf Course.

It’s a program that aims to prevent school dropouts, gang involvement and substance use in African American youth.

“Fun activities, learning entrepreneurship and how to be a better person in life,” says Sweet Potato Project member Lakenyen Benjamin Brown.

Throughout the year, students like Lakenyen learn how to grow sweet potatoes, create a business plan and market their product to be sold.

“Now, they’re at the point where they want to do an actual food truck, so part of this is to fundraise to make the opportunity for them to accomplish that goal,” Wilson said.

To hopefully get that truck up and running, the group is holding its first ever sweet potato scramble golf fundraiser.

That’s got more than just green fees going to the …

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