Participants

Hoops Against Hunger provides a one-day Basketball Mini-Camp filled with fun, learning, healthy competition, and games. Campers play with old friends while making new ones. It's a chance to sharpen sports skills while helping others within the community. Participants are asked to bring a donation to the Mini-Camp to be distributed to those in need in their local area. If a participant can't bring a donation of non-perishable food, that's ok.  Anyone can participate even if they're unable to provide a donation.

A typical Mini-Camp begins at 9:00 a.m. and is filled with campers learning the basics of the game from local high school players and coaches, college players, and community center staff. Following instruction, campers take part in a variety of basketball competitions - with an emphasis on having fun.

Competitions include free throw shooting, relay races, three-on-three games, hot shot games, and other friendly competition. Campers bring their own lunch to camp, but Hoops Against Hunger provides free beverages. Many of our campers will be treated to guest speakers who'll share their basketball knowledge and expertise. After lunch, competition and courses resume, and the final events are the all-camp relay races.

Volunteers

Hoops Against Hunger is a chance to give back to your community by helping collect and deliver donations, assisting with camp organization, and serving as a coach or aide on the day of the Mini-Camp.

Sponsors

Sponsors have their name associated with a worldwide community service project that offers meaningful local impact. Based on the level of sponsorship, sponsors will be visibly identified on camp T-shirts, in camp promotions, and with on-site banners. Sponsors can also use the event to boost company morale and teamwork by encouraging their employees to participate as volunteers or coaches.

Hoops Against Hunger is an event designed to bring together the best efforts of corporate sponsors, community volunteers, and school aged children for the purpose of developing a sense of local awareness about the problem of hunger in the world. This program provides an opportunity for community organizations to help fight hunger, while gaining visibility, and having a chance to increase membership.

Each participating school or community center has the opportunity to adapt the program to include other local objectives within the broader scope of the Mini-Camp objectives.