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Hundreds of avid basketball players of
all ages and sizes will hit the asphalt,
not the hardwoods, Saturday for the 11th
Hoops for Wake Forest.
About 600 players, over
2,000 spectators and 100 or so
volunteers will be on Brooks Street
between East Owen and East Elm for the
three-on-three competitions.
It is one of the town’s most
successful fund-raising events because
it involves so many local organizations.
In the last 10 years, it has raised over
$100,000 for local groups, and this year
the Wake Forest Woman’s Club, the Wake
Forest Kiwanis Club, the Wake Forest
Rotary Club, the Wake Forest Junior
Women’s Club and the Wake Forest-Rolesville
High School Band Boosters will share the
proceeds just as their members share in
the planning and hands-on help during
the event.
It is also successful
because it involves a great number of
local businesses and groups as sponsors.
The grand sponsor this year
is WRS Realty, the group which developed
and owns Wake Pointe Shopping Center
(Wal-Mart).
This year’s major sponsors
are Stock Builders, Wake Forest Federal
Savings and Loan, St. Lawrence Homes,
Wal-Mart, SunTrust Bank, BB&T and
Warren, Perry and Anthony.
The gold sponsors are The
Wake Weekly, Bright Funeral Homes,
Hartsfield and Nash Insurance, the Town
of Wake Forest, Sport Court-Family Game
Courts, Johnson Lexus, Charles and Kay
Grantham, Allstate Insurance, R. Howard
Mitchell CPA, Capital Bank, Cawthorne,
Moss and Panciera Surveyors, DAB
International Car Sales, Demund Suh
Dentistry, Edward Jones Investments,
Hangers Cleaners, Kathryn Drake
Attorney, SmartBuilt, Landmark
Construction, Southern Designs, Allied
Rehab, Wake Forest Health Club, Deacon
Investments, Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary and The Wake Forest
Gazette.
The silver sponsors are
Strickland Auto, The Border Restaurant,
Havana Jax Café, Wayne Choplin, Las
Margaritas, Michael Dearstyne DDS,
Pettyjohn’s Cleaning, Rosemart Shell
Station, Young’s Gymnastics, Appraisal
House, Southeastern Emergency Services,
Carolina Chimney Sweep, Green and Wooten
Insurance, Wake Forest Family Eyecare,
Electric Motor Shop, Millridge
Investments Company, Janko Import Cars,
Shuckers Oyster Bar, Essentials Massage,
Ammons-Pittman Realty, The Forks
Cafeteria and Heritage Family Care.
In the past, the tournament
has raised money to help fund a summer
camp for disadvantaged children, the
local DARE program, Shop with a Cop,
Camp Kanata, Tri-Area Ministries, the WF-R
High School Band and Kiwanis Park.
Registration forms are still
available for the variety of teams – the
sponsors try to find a suitable division
for everyone, even couch potatoes – at
the Wake Forest Health Club at 2109 S.
Main St., at
http://www.hoopsforwakeforest.com or
in last week’s edition of The Wake
Weekly on page 4A. Children 12 and
younger play for free. Teenagers 13
through 15 pay $20; 16 through 18 pay
$40 and adults 19 and older pay $90.
Winners receive trophies,
and all players receive a Hoops T-shirt. |
