Shoot Hoops

There will be (5) free Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camps, taught by former UK all-star Jeff Sheppard, conducted throughout southern and eastern Kentucky during June 2012. Participants will receive a free basketball, T-shirt and meal.

Sponsors needed for Shoot Hoops Not Drugs Camp 2012

If you would like to be a sponsor for the 2012 Shoot Hoops Not Drugs Camps you may download an information packet Pdf icon.
 

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  • Rowan County Tuesday, June 5.
  • Clay County Thursday, June 7
  • Martin County Monday, June 18
  • Whitley County Tuesday, June 19
  • Magoffin County Thursday, June 21

All camps will begin at 4 p.m. and conclude about 7 p.m.
 
Shoot Hoops camps provide participants an opportunity to interact with positive role models, receive positive anti-drug and self-esteem messages in conjunction with basic basketball skills instruction. A brief education program on how to talk with your children about drugs and the signs, symptoms and dangers of drugs will be provided to parents and/or guardians.

All participants in the UNITE-sponsored camps receive a specially designed event shirt, regulation autographed Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball, and are entered into a drawing for portable basketball goals to be given away at each location.

Drug-free fun

Presented by Phoenix Products, Shoot Hoops Not Drugs programs teach school-age youth fundamental basketball skills while emphasizing the importance for them to stay drug-free. Camps are fun, interactive, and provide a safe, drug-free activity where children have an opportunity to interact with positive role models while learning fundamental basketball skills.

As a senior at the University of Kentucky, Sheppard was named the NCAA’s Final Four Most Valuable Player in the Wildcats’ 1997-98 National Championship season. He would later go on to play one season with the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks and 3 years in Italy.

Some of the best volunteers at camp have been the residents and staff from the WestCare and Chad’s Hope treatment facilities. Their enthusiasm for helping youth stay positive and headed in a drug-free direction has added an extra spark to the instruction.

Through July 2011 there have been 39 Shoot Hoops Not Drugs camps drawing 5,055 youth participants from 53 Kentucky counties, 11 other states and Mexico.

To view photos from the 2011 Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camps Click here.
To view photos from the 2010 Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camps Click here.

2011 Event Sponsor

Gold Sponsors

    
  

Silver Sponsors

Citizens Bank & Trust Company – Jackson
Citizens National Bank – Somerset
First National Bank – Jackson
Huffman & Huffman PSC – Somerset
Johnny Maco’s Electrical Contracting – Jackson

Bronze Sponsors

Alton Blakley Family of Dealerships – Somerset
Community Trust Bank – Pikeville
St. Joseph-Martin (Catholic Health Initiatives)