There was a youth football camp today at Pro Performance in town. There will be a celebrity basketball game later tonight. In charge is a fun and industrious group called West Virginia Legends, Inc. The goal is to raise money for the family of the late Chris Henry, but also to make their good deeds more of a regular occurrence.

Wilson doesn’t want the camp and the basketball game to be a memorial and insists it’s a celebration of Henry’s life and the life he allowed others to have after his death. He also hopes it’s the start of something big for the West Virginia Legends Inc. group.

Wilson wants this to be the first of a series of events to benefit a cause or visit a community. Rather than round up former players and do autograph signings, Wilson prefers the more personal camps and enjoyable competitions.

“We have such a great fan base across the state that instead of having people stand in line and paying 20 bucks to have us take a picture and sign something and move along, this event is a full day where a fan can come and be social and take pictures and just have fun,” Wilson said.

“Next year we want to do stuff all over the state – Martinsburg, Charleston, Beckley, Parkersburg. We want to get the ball rolling. This is our grand opening, so to speak, and hopefully people will want us to go around and reach out even more next year.”