MVP BASKETBALL CAMP

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News Release: For Immediate Release Media Contact: Noel Muyskens (914) 946-1231

MVP BASKETBALL CAMP SPONSORS PING PONG FUNDRAISER

An evening of games, food and drink to benefit MVP’ Basketball Camp’s Scholarship Program

White Plains, NY, February 22, 2012 – On Friday, April 27, from 7:00pm—10:00pm, MVP Basketball Camp, Inc. will hold a Ping Pong Fundraiser at the Westchester Table Tennis Center, located at 175 Tompkins Avenue in Pleasantville to benefit its Camp Scholarship Program. The Scholarship Program provides free weeks of camp to hundreds of underprivileged children each summer, as well as children with a family member serving in the U.S. Armed Forces through MVP’s Hoops for Troops program.

Adults, parents, teens and children are welcomed to come and enjoy ping pong contests, tournaments, and demonstrations. There will be music, a silent auction, light dinner and refreshments (soda, beer, wine). Celebrity guests will include New York Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz and “Krazy” Tyrone, ping pong stunt artist. Tickets cost $40 per adult ($50 at door), $20 per child 16 and under ($25 at door), and $100 per family of 2 adults and 2 children ($125 at door). Tickets may be purchased on the www.mvpbasketballcamp.org website or by calling (914) 946-1231. Sponsorship packages and program ads are available. Donations of items to be used as a raffle or auction prize are welcomed. Call (914) 946-1231 for information.

About MVP Basketball Camp

Stan Greene founded MVP Basketball Camp in 1994 with the dream that no child would ever be turned away due to an inability to pay. Stan passed away in December of 2009 after a long illness. His legacy is a basketball camp has awarded over 4000 scholarships to economically disadvantaged children, plus scholarship awards to numerous children with a family member serving in the armed forces through MVP’s “Hoops for Troops” program.

MVP is dedicated to youth development, and its guest speakers use the game basketball as a metaphor for the challenges adolescents face as they approach adulthood. MVP also offers internships to former campers who are looking to develop job skills in a fun atmosphere that celebrates diversity. But first and foremost, MVP is a place where boys and girls have fun playing the game they love. As one young camper says in MVP’s camp video, “it’s like we’re in the real NBA.”

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By: Noel Muyskens