Courts For Kids
Courts4Kids founder: Jim Boeheim and Denver Nuggets star: Carmelo Anthony has partnered with the City of Syracuse Department of Parks, Recreation & Youth Programs, in conjunction with Time Warner Cable and TVOne to refurbish and/or completely rebuild three sites in the Syracuse, New York area.
This program is designed to encourage and help kids in the disadvantaged socioeconomic areas of Syracuse, New York. Coach Boeheim, Carmelo Anthony, Time Warner Cable, and TVOne will
organize a grand opening of these chosen sites with a tournament to promote drug free and healthy living.
Wilson Park
Last summer, Coach Boeheim and Carmelo Anthony, with the support of several generous sponsors, completed a project that included; tearing up the old pavement and dismantling the damaged and aging equipment; re-surfacing two basketball courts; painting and refurbishing fencing around the courts; and installing four new basketball hoops complete with breakaway rims and padded poles. When the work was completed, the grand opening ceremony included a basketball tournament, complimentary food and beverages, basketball jerseys for the kids and opportunities’s for the whole community to interact, get autographs, and enjoy themselves. Renovations also included a monument to dedicate the park, which was generously contributed by LandMasters.
Take a look at these before and after photos of Wilson Park
The Basketball court was in rough shape |
Jim Boeheim & Caremlo Anthony did a complete transformation |
There were cracks all over the courts making it very difficult to play ball |
A great transformation which invites kids to play basketball |
This was the old center court |
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Friends and family watch on the old courts |
A basketball game being played on the new court |
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Landmasters along with Coach and Carmelo dedicated a monument to the kids in our communities and the park! |
Schiller Park
This coming August of 2010, Coach Jim Boeheim and Carmelo Anthony will team up again and completely reconstruct Schiller Park in the Syracuse, New York area. All renovations will include everything that was done in the Wilson Park project, in addition to Atlas Fence sponsoring the rebuild of fences to wrap around the new basketball courts. Another grand opening will take place and the community will have the same opportunity to directly interact and receive autographs with Anthony and Boeheim, enjoy live music from a DJ, food and beverage complimentary, and another wonderful monument to dedicate the park.
Cannon Street Community Center
During the summer of 2011, Courts4Kids will installing a brand new basketball courts at the Cannon Street Community Center. The new courts will have new basketball hoops, rims, and padded poles. In addition to the new courts, a monument will be dedicated to the park and a grand opening will be provided as Wilson Park & Schiller Park.
Park @ Furman & Midland
During the summer of 2011, Courts4Kids will build out a brand new fenced in basketball court with two new basketball goals completed with new backboards, rims, and padded poles. A grand ceremony will be held when the park is finished, completed with a monument dedicated to the park and the same opportunities as Wilson Park & Schiller park.
What Can You Do To Help
If your company is interested in helping with any projects in the future, donations of services or products would be a great help for funding to continue building for years to come. You can contact Mike Bristol with any questions or concerns about helping with Courts4Kids.