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Mayor Dyer’s Parramore Kidz Zone Hosts Basketball Game
with Bailey’s Belief with Action Serves Humanity Youth
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WHAT: |
Mayor Buddy
Dyer’s Parramore Kidz Zone (PKZ) is hosting a
basketball scrimmage game with Bailey’s Belief
with Action Serves Humanity (BASH), a South
Carolina non-profit organization serving youth
with a similar background to those of the
Parramore community. Bailey’s BASH youth will
also have the opportunity to spend time at the
PKZ Teen Shack, the newly renovated safe space
for teens to hang out at the Orlando Downtown
Recreation Complex funded by Orlando Magic
Center Dwight Howard.
Bailey’s BASH youth
traveled from North Charleston, South Carolina
at the invitation of the NBA’s Orlando Magic
basketball team. The goal of the trip is to
encourage and inspire hope in the youth that
attend. In addition to their events with PKZ,
the 58 members of Bailey’s BASH will also tour
the City of Orlando and attend their very first
NBA game. Bailey’s BASH is a non-profit
organization which builds hope and inspiration
in the lives of individuals who have been
underserved. The organization seeks to empower
and encourage those it serves through various
programs and projects.
Modeled after the
Harlem Children’s Zone, Parramore Kidz Zone
employs creative outreach to engage a critical
mass of Parramore’s children and linking them to
positive opportunities, including
pre-kindergarten education, parenting education,
health care, mentoring, tutoring, and
constructive activities when school is out.
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WHO: |
Parramore Kidz
Zone
Bailey’s BASH
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WHEN: |
Wednesday,
April 15, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
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WHERE: |
Orlando
Downtown Recreation Complex
649 W Livingston
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