The non-profit focuses on mentoring young kids to decrease violence and break the cycle of poverty. Academics is the name of their game but organizers keep kids interested through another game: basketball.
"Spiritually, mentally, sometimes even physically, basketball communicates with other people," said Alvin"JJ" Robinson.
"I always thought that it would be, like, 'Oh, I got the money I can just go do whatever I want. Oh, we can go outside, or we can do this.' Now it's like I've understood when I get a certain amount of money, I have to put a certain part of it away," Robinson said.. This time, it will be focused on fashion, design and art.
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