Thanks also to everyone in the league that came out and participated in this charity initiative throughout the season.  It’s important to us that, as a league, we have a heart for community/charity and the entire Vancouver Metro League did an amazing job rounding up their kicks at home and donating to folks that need them more than we do.

EA came in with over 50 pairs of shoes!  EA Sports Metro League Team includes Jeff Atienza,  Mike Mahar, Matt Mahar,  Jeff Antwi,  Shane Luke,  Colin Currie, Phil Sinnott, Mike Smit, Matt Ng, Mike Baxter,  Zach Russell, Kyle Russell and Andres Rivela.

2009 Charity Shoe Drive brought to you by New Age Sports/Nike.  Visit New Age Sports for all your athletic shoe and apparel needs at the following Vancouver Locations:

Individual Leaders will be posted after this week’s collection of shoes!  Dig around the house for those old kicks and bring them in for folks that need them!  Donations go to Hoops4Hope!

Here’s the gameplan:

• Bring in your old shoes to your Metro League game this week.
• Drop them in the shoe drive collection bin.
• Sign the donation sheet at the main scorer’s table with team name and # of pairs
• Win Nike gear/discounts

Vancouver Metro Basketball League Shoe Drive

Bring in that pair of kicks that haven’t seen the light of day in the last year to any Metro League game in 2009 and support the Vancouver Metro League Shoe Drive. We’ll be giving these shoes to some folks that need them and handing out Nike gear to the team that donates the most pairs of kicks!

The 2009 Vancouver Metro Basketball League shoe drive is sponsored in part by New Age Sports and FCV Technologies and is proud to be benefitting the following organizations:

Night Hoops      www.nighthoops.ca

Night Hoops is a late night basketball program for youth 13-18 years of age. It’s goal is to use basketball as a vehicle to promote asset development in a supported environment. Night Hoops offers youth the opportunity to experience the thrill of playing on an organized basketball team. Program is currently active in Vancouver and Burnaby. For more information visit www.nighthoops.ca

Hoop4Hope Vancouver

Since 1995, HOOPS 4 HOPE (H4H), a global not-for-profit organization, has supported youth development throughout southern Africa by providing more than 10,000 school-age children with our Basketball/Life Skills program. 

For more information visit http://www.hoopsafrica.org/

To learn more visit us at www.vancouverbasketball.ca or email us at mark@vancouverbasketball.ca