Matt Carroll and Ryan Hollins were on hand to help dedicate the newly refurbished indoor basketball court at the Mesquite Branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas on Friday. Carroll and Hollins were joined by representatives from the Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Mavericks Foundation, FOX Sports Southwest, Coca-Cola, NexCourt and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas. Following the dedication ceremony, Carroll and Hollins, with help from the Mavs Hoop Camp staff, conducted a 30 minute basketball clinic for more than 100 kids from the Mesquite Club.
“Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas is thankful for our partnerships with the Dallas
Mavericks, FOX Sports Southwest, Coca-Cola and NexCourt, which has provided a high-quality, safe basketball court for our Mesquite Club,” said Charles English, President/CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas. “Because Sports, Fitness & Recreation is an integral component of BGCD, the newly redesigned basketball court will benefit our members, now and for years to come.”
This is the 15th basketball court the Mavs and Mavs Foundation have refurbished since 1998. The new court, worth an estimated $55,000, will allow the Mesquite Club to expand programming so that more than 500 at-risk youth and teens ages 6 to 18 throughout Mesquite and East Dallas will have a safe place to play. In addition, the court will give the Club the ability to offer programs that enhance youth interaction and development, allowing them to make healthy choices and avoid a wide-range of high-risk behaviors.
Work completed by NexCourt of Arlington includes installing 5,400 square feet of maple Sport Court tiles and new wall pads, repairing 6 different goal units, painting basketball and volleyball lines and putting in 5 full-color logos. The cost of the project and incidentals were taken care of by FOX Sports Southwest, Coca-Cola and the Dallas Mavericks Foundation.
About the Dallas Mavericks Foundation:
The mission of the Dallas Mavericks Foundation is to assist young people through programs stressing education, good health and skills necessary for their future success. Established in October of 1996, the Mavs Foundation is dedicated to inspiring and motivating youth to take their education seriously, strive for healthy bodies and minds, become involved in community service activities, set personal goals, visualize their dreams and take responsibility for their own lives and neighborhoods. The Mavs Foundation supports programs and organizations that address the community's most pressing problems involving youth, specifically education, good health and community service activity. Visit www.mavsfoundation.com for a complete listing of previous award recipients and programs.
About FOX Sports Southwest:
FOX Sports Southwest is the cable and satellite television home of the Dallas Mavericks and reaches over 9 million homes in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and parts of New Mexico. Annually, the regional sports network produces more than 700 event telecasts and nearly 3,000 hours of local original sports programming, including season-long coverage of the Mavericks, Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, Houston Rockets, Houston Astros, San Antonio Spurs and Big 12 Conference sports.
About Coca-Cola Bottling Company of North Texas:
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of North Texas started in 1902 in Dallas with only three employees and one horse-drawn wagon to make deliveries. Today, it has more than 2,738 employees and a fleet of 1,730 vehicles serving customers throughout North Texas. The company bottles more than 65 million cases annually at its 14 North Texas sales centers. Coca-Cola Bottling Company of North Texas is proud of its century-long commitment to the community and to producing and distributing quality beverages throughout North Texas. Coca-Cola Bottling Company of North Texas is part of Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE), headquartered in Atlanta, that produces, markets and distributes the world’s favorite beverages in thousands of communities across many parts of the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. As the largest Coca-Cola bottler of liquid non-alcoholic refreshments, their 74,000 employees operate more than 400 facilities serving retail customers neighborhood by neighborhood. Coca-Cola Enterprises distributes approximately 80 percent of The Coca-Cola Company’s North American bottle and can volume and is its sole licensed bottler in Belgium, France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco and the Netherlands.
About NexCourt:
NexCourt, A Division of North Texas Courts & Floors located in Euless, provides high-quality indoor and outdoor sports surfaces as well as residential sports equipment. NexCourt is the only authorized dealer and certified installer of Sport Court products in the North Texas area. Sport Court indoor surfaces are used at NBA, NCAA, USA Volleyball, US Badminton Association, and FUTSAL events. NexCourt works with schools, churches and other facilities that need a safe, durable, multi-use gymnasium floor. The outdoor surfaces and residential backyard game courts are designed with the family in mind, and currently there are over 50 current and former NBA players and coaches that have a Sport Court game court in their backyard. NexCourt also provides indoor/outdoor putting greens. NexCourt has been conducting business in the North Texas area for nearly 20 years. For more information about NexCourt, call 1-800-235-1767 or visit www.nexcourt.com.
About the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas:
The mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas is to enable all young people, especially those that need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas offers programming in five core areas – Character & Leadership Development, Education & Career Development, Health & Life Skills, The Arts and Sports, Fitness & Recreation. The programs offered provide strong moral guidance, positive role models and life-changing educational programs designed to save kids from lives of crime and failure. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas is an organization that stands for traditional values, while providing progressive programs that address the problems faced by the youth of today, including substance abuse, teen pregnancy, gangs and violence. Today, thousands of boys and girls from low-income neighborhoods benefit from the building centered programs and services at fourteen local Clubs. |
