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Ball4Good Announces 2019 Celebrity Games Grant Finalists!

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The Ball4Good Grants Committee is happy to announce that four nonprofits have been selected as finalists for the Basketball Celebrity Game funds. The committee reviewed 17 grant applications from November through December of 2018. Founded in the fall of 2016, Ball4Good has to date assisted 12 organizations. Past recipients of the Celebrity Game grants are:

2017 Recipient- Boys and Girls Club

2018 Recipient – Children’s Advocacy Center

2018 Finalists – Miracle Hill, Girl Scouts & Boys and Girls Club

The 2019 finalists are:

Project Hope Foundation: Provides a lifespan of services to the autism community.

Citizen Scholars: Provides disadvantaged youth, through mentoring and program support, with the life skills, knowledge, and character development needed to obtain college scholarships, complete college, and become contributing citizens.

Sidewalk Hope: Impacts the lives of inner-city children through the hope of Jesus Christ.

BRUH Mentor: Restoring the urban community through mentorship, leadership, training and spiritual guidance.

Students will be voting for the grant recipient during the month of January. Congratulations to our four finalists!

The following schools were represented on the Grants Committee:

Boiling Springs High School

Dorman High School

J.L. Mann Academy

Oakbrook Preparatory

Spartanburg Day School

Spartanburg High School

Thank you to the Spartanburg County Foundation and AKBOA Consulting for guiding us throughout the process.

The Ball4Good Celebrity Basketball Games will be held on Sunday April 28, 2019. Thank you for your continued support.

For sponsorship and donation opportunities, please contact info@ball4good.org.

Ball4Good Announces Grant Finalists

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We are happy to announce that four nonprofits have been selected as finalists for the Celebrity Game funds. These nonprofits received the most votes during the Spartanburg Day School 20Time fair. During the fair, students voted for several nonprofits in the area. The finalists are:

Boys and Girls Club – An outcome-driven youth development program that serves
over 1,300 Upstate children every day after school throughout the school year and over 600 all day in the summer.

Children Advocacy Center – The Children’s Advocacy Center wants each Spartanburg child to grow up with a sense of dignity and self-worth. That’s why it is their mission to help children speak up about abuse and heal from it.

Girl Scouts – Unleashes the G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-Taker, Leader) in every girl, preparing her for a lifetime of leadership. This one-of- a-kind program is time-tested and research-backed and prepares girls to take the lead in their own lives and in the world.

Miracle Hill – Provides food, shelter, and compassion to residents of Spartanburg County.  Many men and women have been able to rebuild their lives and become productive members of the community once again.

Thank you to the Spartanburg County Foundation for its guidance throughout the process.

The Ball4Good Celebrity Games is possible with sponsorship and support from the following:

Event Partner: Spartanburg County Foundation

Hoops Partner: Spartanburg Day School

Gold Sponsorship (All Day): Sports Medicine Institute, SunTrust Bank and Mr. Billy Webster & Family

Silver Sponsorship (Buckets): Spartanburg Nephrology Associates, Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Miller and  Carolina Alliance Bank

Bronze Sponsorship (Bring the House Down): Ms. Loreta Dylgjeri

Voting is underway to select the recipient(s). Stay tuned!

Happy Holidays from Ball4Good!

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Dear All,

Happy Holidays! At this special time of year, I’d like to thank you for supporting Ball4Good. We’ve had a great first year, and none of it would have been possible without you. I mean, who would have thought that a kid’s school project could turn into this? I sure didn’t.

Your support drives me to grow Ball4Good. With your help, we have supported or impacted the Boys and Girls Club, Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas, St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital, Boy Scouts, The Cancer Association, Miracle Hill and the Hope Center for Children. We’ve had a lot of fun playing ball, raising funds and bringing the community together.

Thanks to my Ball4Good experience, I wrote a book to inspire kids to change the world and has been receiving public speaking engagements. Once again, thanks a million for believing in me! A big thank you to Ms. Thomas (mentor), Ms. Kelsea Turner (teacher), Houston Graves (2018 Tournament Partner), our volunteers, our celebrity players, my advisors, parents, family, friends and the entire community.

Enjoy your holiday season! Look out for details about the 2018 Ball4Good Tournament!

 

Sincerely,

Adom Appiah

Founder – Ball4Good

Ball4Good Organizes Community Event Benefitting the Boys and Girls Club of the Upstate

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Thank you so much to the 700+ people from the community, our volunteers, our coaches, and our players. None of this would have been possible without your support!

Special thanks to:

The Boys and Girls Club of the Upstate

Ms. Mary Thomas

Ms. Kelsea Turner

Dr. Rachel Deems

Ms. Caroline Goodman

The Spartanburg County Foundation

Spartanburg Day School

Spartanburg Nephrology Associates

Dr. Russell Booker

Mr. Timmigo Burnett

Mr. Todd Horne

Mr. Mitch Kennedy

Mr. Jack McBride

Mr. Victor Durrah Jr

Hon. Michael Brown

Mr. Monier Abusaft

Mr. Bert Barre

Coach Charles Blue

Dr. Kofi Appiah

Mr. Kyle Tracy

Mr. Rett Foust

Mr. Bishop Richardson

Mr. Clay Killoren

Mr. Russell Judge

Mr. Curt McPhail

Dr. Tom Evans

Mr. Landon Cohen

Mr. D.J. Moore

Mr. Darius Dawkins

Mr. Josh Corry

Mr. Jerrod Dawkins

Mr. Houston Graves

Mr. Tom Killoren

Mr. Vance Hammond

Mr. Greg Tolbert

Mr. Zion Williamson

Ms. Sheryl Booker

Hon. Erica Brown

Ms. Jennifer Evins

Mr. Jack MacMullan

Mr. Andrew Babb

Coach Mike Young

Hon. Jeff Horton

Mr. Willis Woodruff

Mr. Joseph Gray

Mr. TJ Shepard

Coach Lee Anderson

Mr. Nick Buxton

Mr. Bob Allsbrook

Dr. Morkor Newman

Ms. Lillian Osei-Boateng

Mr. Ned Page

Ms. Ansley Page

Ms. Donlyn Aiken

Ms. Sam Mitchell

Mr. Hill Mitchell

Ms. Alexis Bayiha

Ms. Averi Wood

Ms. Christine Scarpelli

Ms. Charmayne Brown

Check out some pictures and an article about the tournament in the Herald Journal!