Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.- John Wooden
*HoopKidz Holiday GiveAway Now Extended thru December 6th. Register Today!*
HoopKidz/HoopElite Family-
It's Thanksgiving week and we've got lots to be to be thankful for this year. With all that's gone on in Calender year 2008, we feel honored tol have had the opportunity to work with you and your children another year. It's still great to get phone calls, e-mails, and news about the development of the kids from our program that have moved on to High School and College play. We're thankful for your health(and ours, too!) and commitment to getting your children the best Basketball skill training available. And lastly, we're extremely thankful for Family. HoopKidz is very much a family program. Our Coaches have known each other for years, our own children have participated in the program and we feel that your kids are our kids as well. It's the reason HoopKidz is our 12th year! Thank You all for continued support of both HoopKidz and HoopElite Basketball... We're coming down to the last few days of the 2008 HoopKidz Holiday GiveAway! Remember, this GiveAway contest ends on *December 6th!* To participate, all you have to do is register for a current or upcoming 2009 HoopKidz/HoopElite session for chances to win some great Gifts! Nike LeBron 5 Basketball Shoes, Air Jordan Basketball Shoes, Nike 4005 Leather Basketballs, Nike SPARQ Training gear, and HoopKidz Hooded Sweatshirts & Sweatpants are just some the biggest array of items we've ever offered! Don't miss out! Register today for any session for automatic entry... We're getting a great response to our 1st Montgomery County HoopKidz site in some 10 years! HoopKidz begins on Monday(yes, Monday!), December 1st at Takoma Park Middle School on Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring, MD. Our start time is 6:00 PM. We'd like to send out an advance welcome to all of our HoopKidz and their parents registered for this upcoming session. Space is still available!... Top Center, HoopKidz Jake Koverman can't wait to get back in the action in our fall Instructional League. His Dad, Tony (Head Coach at Indian Springs High) watches the action intently... Bottom Left, our fall HoopKidz Owings Mills group, Donovan Young , Erin Tari, Ananya Veepa , Ryan D'Angelo , Charlie D'Angelo and Amir . Right, Zoe Dickerson on her 10th Birthday(11/21) at the anchor desk in the TV studio at Northview Elementary just before air time. Happy Birthday, Zo!
HoopKidz & HoopElite News
In our Thoughts & Prayers this blog, Tempest Tennille, Mrs. Dorothy Banks, Ms. Diana Gaither, Aunt Charlotte Robinson, Wendy Reed Smith, Adia Stribling, Robert Robinson, Brian Beard, Larry Gaunt, Tom O'Connor, Roland Tirado, Samuel Yette, Matt D'Angelo on his upcoming deployment, Mrs. Mary Rear, Ms. Dade-Happy 94th Birthday!, Lawerence Moore, Avi Smith, Dr. James Jones, Michael Hines & Family, Family of Alvin Brunson- Congrats on City of Baltimore honoring Alvin's memory with his own day, November 14th, 08, and former Wizard Coach Eddie Jordan... In the great to hear from & about you file- Reggie Brooks, J.Hatim Hamer & Mike Bellamy... HoopSelect member, Michael Moses turned in a great record-setting football season...We had a chance to see Freshmen(Lincoln University) & HoopElite trainee, Darren Clark(Largo) score 19 vs. Bowie State and follow up the next day vs. Pfifer with 26 pts...HoopElite trainee, Nate Flowers averaging 11 pts and 10+ rebounds per game for Montevallo University(AL)... Alexis Abraham getting a great start with Delaware State after transfering from Towson with an early 8 pts a game... Lindsay Harris averaging 5 pts as a starter at Rhode Island... HoopElite Leon Willis (VA State Univ.) had season high 18 points vs. St. Augustine's last Saturday... Happy 9th Birthday, Kaylan Nelson(Coach Guy Nelson's daughter), Also, Happy Birthday, 'DK' Kirland (Coach Dennis Kirkland's son)... *Parents*- We didn't have a enough family response for this year's 1st HoopKidz /Navy game in Annapolis on Sunday, November 30th. This game was for our youngest ages, 3 to 8. We've still got the Half-time game for Tuesday, December 30th vs. Longwood for our older HoopKidz, ages 9 to 13 on the schedule. Let us know by the end of this week, November 29th whether you plan to participate so we can finalize the details. The tickets are $3 for Family & friends, our kids are free and Pizza is provided by the Academy for the kids after the game...*Parents* E-Mail us if you need a Boys & Girls Club team reference for this season, we'll send you the contact info for the proper club for your child...HS Juniors & Seniors, if you're still in need tapes/dvd's and college packaging, contact Shawn Hawkins at Write To Succeed for help at (443) 280-2770... HoopKidz Basketball Hooded Sweatshirts and Sweatpants are available in Navy & Gray, order at http://www.hoopkidz.com/ ... Final thought- When Wisdom Reigns, It Pours... Happy Thanksgiving!
HoopKidz/HoopElite P.O. Box 1539 Bowie, MD 20717-1539. Call us at 1-888-HOOPKIZ(466-7549), ext. 701 for a Coach or Director. HoopKidz/HoopElite uses Nike Basketballs and Equipment exclusively... HoopKidz on the web- http://www.hoopkidz.com/
