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Mt Albert Youth to the Community: Help Us Set a World Record
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Mt Albert Youth to the Community: Help Us Set a World Record
YMCA Mt Albert’s Raise Up youth crew
challenges locals to shoot hoops as part of YMCA
International’s World Challenge for youth
empowerment
AUCKLAND,
Tuesday 9th October 2012 –The inventors of
basketball will be out at St Lukes Shopping Centre on the
13th of October, showing shoppers how it’s done.
In 1891, a teacher at a YMCA college in Massachusetts invented a sport called basketball. In 2012, YMCA Mt Albert’s Raise Up crew youth leaders will be setting up a basketball hoop outside K-Mart in St Lukes challenging the local community to shoot hoops - and set a world record.
The event is part of YMCA International’s YMCA World Challenge, which is planning to bring together over five million people across the globe to shoot basketballs simultaneously. “It’s the biggest basketball event in the world,” says Kev Carter, OSCAR & Youth Programmes Manager at YMCA Mt Albert Community & Recreation Centre. “And we want to have our names on the record of most basketballs shot at the same time ever.”
“The theme of
the day is empowering young people,” says Carter. “Our
local Raise Up crew are going to be running it themselves.
It’s a great opportunity for them to get out and meet the
public, and show the community what they’re doing for
local youth.” The young crew has already undergone
training session to prepare them for talking with the public
and promoting their activities.
The day is all part of a
larger message, Carter says. “Through Raise Up and our
many other programmes, YMCA gives young people a sense of
belonging and confidence, and enriches their lives. That’s
what we want to show on World Challenge Day.”
The community is invited to come past K-Mart St Lukes on October 13 from 10am to 5pm and have a go at shooting as many hoops as they can.
About YMCA Mt Albert
YMCA
Mt Albert’s vision is to build strong kids, strong
families and strong communities. Its core values are
“Caring, Respect, Honesty and Responsibility”. Its
services include Fitness, Recreation, OSCAR, Community
Education and Outreach. Through these services it has built
a strong community hub where people come to it to facilitate
programmes.
• Runs Raise Up a youth
development/leadership programme for youth, run by youth in
Onehunga, Ellerslie, Massey, Mt Albert and North Shore, with
around 40,000 youths attending events annually and 180
volunteer crew members.
For more information see http://www.ymcaauckland.org.nz/
ENDS
YMCA
Building strong kids, strong families and strong communities
The Y has been in New Zealand for over 168 years, building strong kids, strong families and strong communities. There are 48 Y centres across New Zealand.
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