White Shadow55 Outreach

helping kids excel through showtime basketball

Entries Tagged ‘Phippsburg’

The Michael Jordan story inspires 3rd grade boys

Earlier this week I had opportunity to read “The Salt in his Shoes”~ the Michael Jordan story, to the 3rd grade boys at Phippsburg elementary school the other day.  Jordan’s story can be a very powerful tool to talk to kids about the values of hard work, perseverance and never giving up on your dreams and [...]

Share

The 2K9 Jason Christ Court

We had a great turnout at this year’s Jason Christ Court!  We had pizza, ice cream, games for all the kids, lots of give aways including ‘White Shadow’ tee shirts, dvds, pictures and basketballs.   More importantly, I was able to talk to the kids about the dangers of bullying and peer pressure, as well as the rewards of [...]

Share

Learning more than basketball a recent basketball camp

We had a great camp last week!  Here’s a few pictures. One of our daily themes was “giving back” so everyone turned in an idea for our camp to give back in our community in some way. We decided that instead of choosing one of the ideas, that I read the next day, we’d use all [...]

Share