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 .

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2012 Camps

Rowan County Tuesday, June 5, old middle school gym, 415 West Sun Street, Morehead.
Clay County Thursday, June 7, Clay County Middle School, 239 Richmond Road, Manchester.
Martin County Monday, June 18, Sheldon Clark High School, 1925 Blacklog Road, Inez.
Whitley County Tuesday, June 19, Boston Elementary School, 3291 Highway 1804, Williamsburg.
Magoffin County Thursday, June 21, South Magoffin Elementary School, 171 Half Mountain Road, Salyersville.

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 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.