It’s not every day that you get to have a pick-up game with professional basketball players after school, but that’s exactly what students involved with Netanya’s Hoops for Kids get to do.
An arm of the Barak Netanya basketball team and the Netanya Foundation, Hoops for Kids brings professional basketball players to volunteer with at-risk kids and those from low-income households around Netanya, in after-school programs, sports clinics and camps.
“It’s a great outlet that offers exercise and structure, and teaches kids important life skills through sports,” says Hoops for Kids director David Lasday, who has been working with the nonprofit for two years.
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