I am writing because the PLAYFUL VIA1 is up to some cool stuff! As part of the first Vision in Action (VIA1) senior LP training, a part of our team (inspired by our LP community service projects) decided it was time again to make a big difference for a local organization as one of our BIG, JUICY, PLAYFUL VIA goals.
So Donna Hardin (NC41), Patti Long (NC103, NC111, PhD 9), Joseph Long (NC100, PhD 9), and myself, Sarah Taylor (NC111, NC116) have adopted Oak Grove Assocation for Athletes (OGAA) for an Extreme Makeover – Oak Grove Edition!
OGGA is a volunteer run organization aiming to provide a safe and fun atmosphere for youth. For more than 40 years, OGAA, a non-profit (501 c3) organization has offered its facilities to neighborhood youth, age 4-17, to play basketball, soccer, baseball, and cheerleading. Overall, they serve over 750 families from Durham, Wake, Granville, and Orange counties each year!
The kids are currently playing with knee pads on concrete! So, we, the PLAYFUL VIA1, have committed to improving OGAA’s basketball gym by purchasing and installing a new, composite, multi-purpose gym floor (among other improvements).
We are asking people to come out and PLAY with us…we want YOUR SUPPORT to raise funds and volunteers to create a healthy, fun, positive space for these youth to PLAY!
Project Weekend: Saturday December 4-5, 2010 (start 8am each day)
Requests: Volunteers, monetary/material donations (see items listed at the end of the email)
All donations are tax deductible and will directly benefit the Families served by OGAA. Many of the parent volunteers within the organization actually played OGAA sports.
So like our own Kathleen Mottus, NC1, OGAA is creating it’s own lasting LEGACY.
Will you join us in helping the OGAA Legacy continue?
For donations call WorldLegacy in Morrisville, NC