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The Clippers also challenge high school students to participate in the READ TO ACHIEVE “POETRY SLAM N’ JAM” by taking time out to celebrate the written word through a creative poem or rap. All students participate in the program in a quest to become Los Angeles Clippers Student Reading All-Stars. School visits by Clippers players, game tickets, books, bookmarks, t-shirts and grants are also incentives provided for the program. The goal of READ TO ACHIEVE is to build a lifelong love of reading in young people by providing greater access to books and technology while encouraging families and adults to read regularly with young children.
The Los Angeles Clippers would like to thank the following schools for participating in the Los Angeles Clippers Read to Achieve program:
68th Street Elementary, Atwater Avenue Elementary School, Brightwood School, Capistrano Elementary, Castlebay Lane Elementary, Centinela Elementary, Cesar Chavez Elementary, Chapman Elementary, Dearborn Street Elementary, Dominguez Elementary School, Figueroa Elementary Street School, Foshay Learning Center, Frank del Olmo, Jane Addams Elementary, Lakewood School, LaSalle Elementary School, Liberty Blvd. School, Limerick Avenue Elementary School, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, Moffett Elementary School, Palms Elementary School, Rosecrans Elementary School, San Rafael Elementary School, Saticoy Elementary, Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, West Vernon Avenue Elementary, Willard Elementary School, Buford Elementary School, Beulah Payne Elementary, Clara Barton Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, Madison Elementary School, Heliotrope Elementary, Virginia Road Elementary, Kentwood Elementary, Vista Middle School, Bret Harte Middle School, Dodson Middle School, Sepulveda Middle School, West Middle School, Stevenson Middle School, Madrona Middle School, Cochran Middle School, Carnegie Middle School, Holmes International Middle School, Vista Middle School, Gardena High School, Lincoln High School, South East High School, Santee Education Complex, Harbor Teacher Prep Academy
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Students will have opportunities to double their investment and earn additional Read to Achieve dollars by reading from a select list of children’s books that focus on financial literacy. They will also be able to select items to purchase using their reading currency. At the end of the program the five elementary school students and five middle school students with the most Read to Achieve dollars left will become members of the Clippers Financial Bank Shot Board.
High School students participate in an essay contest to express their knowledge of how earning, saving, spending and borrowing can affect their financial future. The top five essays will be selected. These five students will round out the Clippers Financial Bank Shot Board at fifteen members.
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Every day physical activity allows children and teens the ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle. A moderate amount of physical activity such as running, jogging and playing sports, added into a child’s daily routine, can have significant health benefits.
The Los Angeles Clippers would like to thank the following schools for participating in the Los Angeles Clippers Fastbreak to Fitness program:
Saticoy Elementary, Lakewood School, Rosecrans Elementary, Jane Addams Elementary, Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary, Dominguez Elementary School, Del Amo Elementary School, Cheremoya Elementary, San Jose Street School, Bethune Middle School, 186th Street School, and San Jose Street School
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In the month of November the Clippers team up with corporate partners to serve hot Thanksgiving Meals complete with all of the trimmings to members of the Bread & Roses Cafe in Venice. Immediately following the Bread & Roses Cafe event, everyone reconvenes at St. Joseph's Center. Three hundred (300) pre-selected families receive Thanksgiving Food Baskets with turkeys and all of the trimmings. Clothing is also donated to help outfit the families from St. Joseph's Center during the winter months.
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Organizations interested in receiving a Charity Seats ticket donation please click here for more information and to get your organization added to the Charity Seats list.
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Now in the eighth year, the program has grown to include over 2,000 participants from 10 recreation centers representing all regions of LACRP. Recreation centers include Normandie, Shatto, Rosecrans, Lake View Terrace, Jim Gilliam, Alpine, Robertson, Rancho Cienega, Central Park, and EXPO Center. The Junior Clippers program serves inner-city children, ages 5-15. The season runs from early January through the end of March, culminating with a championship tournament in early April. The Junior Clippers program also includes three clinics. Two of the clinics are held at inner city recreation centers and one held at STAPLES Center prior to a Clippers home game. The Clinic Series includes basketball fundamentals, health & nutrition, and sportsmanship.
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In 1997-98, the first-ever NWBA All-Star Game for its NBA-affiliated teams was held in New York as part of All-Star Weekend. Chairmen team member Sal Diaz represented the Clippers Chairmen at the 2004 NWBA All-Star game held during NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles in February of 2004.
The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA), along with the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association (CWBA) offers the NBA a 50 year history of organized and competitive sports for people with disabilities. Wheelchair basketball began as rehabilitation for soldiers returning from World War II and was formalized as a competitive sport in 1948, just one season after the NBA.
