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WHAT:
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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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