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The Wollongong ahm Hawks will take part in a special M= idnight=20 Basketball session in Berkeley this Saturday night from 9:00pm to 11:00pm.=
The entire Wollongong ahm Hawks team will be in attend=
ance and=20
will assist in the night’s activities.
Midnight Basketball is=
a national=20
social inclusion programme to help youth identify and embrace positive=20
opportunities. Dinner, compulsory lifeskills workshops and tournament bask=
etball=20
games are run in stadiums on Saturday nights from 7.30pm till midnight,=20
providing a safe and motivating environment.
The first Wollongong=20
Midnight Basketball programme started this October and will conclude on Sa=
turday=20
12 December. As a community based organisation the Wollongong ahm Hawks ar=
e=20
committed to helping promote and develop the sport of basketball in the re=
gion=20
and this is another opportunity to help do that.
This Saturday nigh=
t’s=20
session will be held at the Illawarra Sports High Basketball Stadium in Be=
rkeley=20
and will see our Wollongong ahm Hawks players take part in teaching basket=
ball=20
skills and assisting with mentoring and leadership of the participants of =
the=20
program.
“This is a great opportunity for us to get out there=
and put our=20
hand up to say we are part of this community and we’re willing to do=
what we can=20
to assist in the promotion and development of basketball in the Illawarra=
=20
region” Community Development Officer Matt Flinn said.
“=
;The Midnight=20
Basketball organisation does a great job in running these programs across =
the=20
country and we were very keen to assist. We contacted the organiser before=
the=20
programme commenced to make sure that we could plan to have our team invol=
ved in=20
the sessions. For us it’s about being pro-active and getting=20
involved.”
“A lot of these kids that are involved in th=
e program do come=20
from disadvantaged areas and do require that mentoring and leadership to h=
elp=20
them get off the streets and get involved in activities that will benefit =
them=20
in the future. We’re just glad to be a part of the programme and hop=
efully=20
empowering these kids to make positive decisions in the future.” Fli=
nn=20
added.
With the season now in full swing the ahm Hawks have still=20
continued to get involved in the community through a range of special=20
initiatives and the School Hoops program. By the end of December the ahm H=
awks=20
will have seen 4,500 children in the schools in addition to the thousands =
more=20
seen across the Illawarra through a variety of different promotions involv=
ing=20
non-for profit organisations and charities across the region.
More=
=20
information on Midnight Basketball can be found here at
For more=
=20
information on the Wollongong ahm Hawks or to secure your membership today=
=20
please visit www.hawks.com.au.
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