HELPING HOOPS | 24 HOUR CHARITY SHOOTOUT
Announcement posted by Helping Hoops 28 Jun 2017
Helping Hoops raises funds for under-privileged kids with 24 Hour Charity Shootout event.
Helping Hoops raises funds for under-privileged kids with 24 Hour Charity Shootout event.
This weekend, 1 & 2nd of July, over 170 passionate supporters will participate in the annual 24 Hour Charity Shootout to raise money for Helping Hoops, a grass roots charity providing free basketball programs for over 1,000 underprivileged children across Melbourne.
Last year’s 24 Hour Charity Shootout raised almost $60,000 for Helping Hoops, with participants combining to shoot over 21,000 free throws over the course of the weekend.
This year's Shootout will also include a celebrity All Star Game on Saturday July 1 from 2-3pm featuring NBL and Australian Boomers player Chris Goulding, Attica Restaurant’s Ben Shewry, Australian cricketer Peter Siddle, and Melbourne United’s David Barlow who will each captain teams made up of children from Helping Hoops programs.
The 24 Hour Charity Shootout is a unique fundraising event, with participants choosing a 15-minute timeslot to make as many free throws as they can, sponsored by family and friends, with all proceeds going to Helping Hoops. The venue, Albert Park College, will be
transformed into a carnival full of attractions, prizes, guests, food and more. Those unable to make it to Albert Park also have the option of shooting in their local area.
Helping Hoops Executive Director Adam McKay says: “The fundraising effort by the participants has a huge impact and helps us to sustain the nine programs that currently run weekly in Fitzroy, Werribee, Broadmeadows, Footscray, Prahran, North Melbourne,
Richmond, Croxton and Dandenong, but also in resourcing future programs so the charity can reach even more children.”
"Every week, we make and keep promises to children experiencing disadvantage, and I am proud that we have been able to do this all for free for the past seven years. Funds raised from the 24 Hour Charity Shootout help us keep these promises now and into the
future, and allow us to expand our reach to help even more children who need us in their neighbourhood."
Other attractions throughout the weekend will include food trucks by Mr Burger, haircuts by Brother Wolf and The Streets’ Barber, live street art showcase, Camera House photo booth, Helping Hoops apparel launch and pop up store, photography exhibition, raffle and lucky dip, pop corn, retro arcade games, a free kids’ clinic and a brulee cart.
The 24 Hour Charity Shootout is all about giving the wider community an opportunity to get involved in Helping Hoops, and to be a hero from their own backyard, local court, or at Albert Park College.
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