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Families, Parks and Recreation
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Heather Allebaugh
407.246.3423
Victoria Shade 407.246.4318
Parramore Kidz Zone Youth Compete in 2nd Annual Black
Top Basketball Championship
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Parramore Kidz
Zone’s (PKZ) Blacktop Basketball League is
commemorating the end of its second season with
its first championship game on the newly
refurbished “green” basketball courts at the
John H. Jackson Community Center on Wednesday,
October 21, 2009. This championship game will be
the first on the newly refurbished
environmentally-friendly basketball courts
donated by NBA Cares, Orlando Magic and Toyota
Project Rebound in July 2009.
The PKZ
Blacktop Basketball League was created last year
as part of Parramore Kidz Zone by the City's
Youth Intervention/Prevention Coordinator,
Stanley Cromartie, as part of Parramore Kidz
Zone’s mission to engage at-risk youth in
positive activities outside of school hours. .
Through the league and other initiatives,
Cromartie works to help the Parramore youth with
setting goals for school, work and
relationships, connecting them to tutoring and
job training, and encouraging them to reach
their full potential. The Blacktop Basketball
League is one of many services offered by PKZ,
which provides 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.
“The growth of the PKZ Blacktop Basketball
League even beyond the Parramore community shows
that we’ve got great programs that keep kids off
the streets and engaged in positive activities,”
says Cromartie.
The PKZ Blacktop
Basketball League is comprised of six teams with
two from the Parramore community. Awards will be
presented to the top two winning teams. The game
will take place at 7 p.m. at the John H. Jackson
Community Center basketball courts and be
followed by an awards ceremony at 8 p.m.
Modeled after the Harlem Children’s Zone,
Parramore Kidz Zone launched by Mayor Dyer in
2006, 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:
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Parramore Kidz
Zone’s Blacktop Basketball League
City of
Orlando’s Families, Parks and Recreation
Orlando residents
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WHEN:
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Wednesday,
October 21, 2008
• 6:30 p.m. – Pre-Game
Barbecue
• 7:00 p.m. – Championship Game
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8:00 p.m. – Awards Ceremony
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WHERE:
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John H. Jackson Community Center “green” outdoor
basketball courts
1002 W. Carter Street
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