"Hoops for Hope" Helps Chicago Kids Reach Their Dreams.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 1999-- Basketball can change your life, especially if you are a fourth through seventh grader A grader, also commonly referred to as a blade or a motor grader, is an engineering vehicle with a large blade used to create a flat surface. Typical models have three axles, with the engine and cab situated above the rear axles at one end of the vehicle and a third participating in the "Hoops for Hope" program. Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA. The Philip Morris Company (now known as Altria Group), a company that produces tobacco products, acquired Kraft for , in partnership with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes  This January 2007 is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . will host the third annual "Hoops for Hope" children's basketball clinic Noun 1. basketball clinic - a meeting at which basketball players receive special evaluation and instruction clinic - meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity July 27 (for girls) and July 28 (for boys) at the Moody Bible Institute's Solheim Center, 930 N. Wells Street from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The clinics help 9-12 year-old children learn how to improve their basketball skills with guest speakers, drills and mentoring. The "world's greatest" female ball handler A software routine that performs a particular task. It often refers to a routine that "handles" an exception of some kind, such as an error, but it can refer to mainstream processes as well. The term is typically used in operating systems and other system software. , Tanya Crevier will be on hand to share her dribbling tips and tricks as well as motivate attendees on how to get the most out of life. Clinics held throughout the day will include guest speakers from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Kraft Foods encouraging kids to play drug-free, group basketball drills, and a competition and scrimmage at the end of the day. The clinics will teach kids the overall importance of education and staying drug free as a the key to success in basketball and life. Approximately 160 children from the Chicago Youth Center's Lower North and Centro Nuestro locations will participate. Additionally, kids will receive a "Hoops for Hope" gym bag filled with Kraft products and promotional items Promotional items or promotional products refers to articles of merchandise that are used in marketing and communication programs. The items are usually imprinted or decorated with a company's name, logo or message, using techniques such as Embroidery, Silkscreen, or . "Kids need to know they can reach their dreams through education and a drug-free lifestyle," says Ron Gillespie, Kraft Foods Business Systems Manager and a board member of the Greater Chicagoland FCA FCA Abbreviation for the Free Carrier . "Hoops for Hope is fun, and it offers kids a positive alternative to the influences that could turn them to drug use." One hundred Kraft employees from the company's Glenview, Northfield, Northlake, Wooddale and Addison locations will be given the day off to volunteer for "Hoops for Hope" as part of the company's commitment to community service. "Kraft has a long tradition of service to the community, and `Hoops for Hope' is a program where we can help kids learn an immediate skill, while also developing life-long values," said Darryl Armstrong, Manager, Financial Policies and Controls, Kraft Foods and one of the coordinators of the project. "By contributing time, resources and encouragement we hope to give kids the tools they need to improve their game and their chances to succeed in life." Kraft Foods, Inc. is the nation's largest packaged foods company with $17.3 billion in 1998 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. revenues. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a national youth ministry which, since 1954, has impacted young people through sports. |
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