BBBSLI recently teamed up with Hofstra Men’s Basketball to host “A Little Match Up” event sponsored by Col E. David Woycik Jr., (Ret) Esq. The match and mentor recruitment event included speeches from 2015 BBBSLI “Man of the Year” award winner and Hofstra Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Joe Mihalich and former NBA Champion and Hofstra Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach Craig “Speedy” Claxton. They spoke to mentors, mentees, family members and guests about the importance of youth mentorship.
After the speeches, players from Hofstra men’s basketball team led the group in a series of warm up exercises and drills followed by a series of 1-on-1 match up basketball games.
In addition to serving as a fun match activity for Bigs and Littles, the event was an opportunity for potential volunteers and families to learn more about BBBSLI’s mentoring programs.
BBBSLI would like to express our appreciation to Head Coach Joe Mihalich, Assistant Coach Craig “Speedy” Claxton, Assistant Coach Jason Posser and the Hofstra Men’s Basketball players for giving of your time to make this event so much fun for all in attendance. Thanks also to David Woycik for your sponsorship. Huge thanks goes to Hofstra Graduate students David Salomon and Jessica Avenia Gamba for coming up with the idea for this event and for all you did to help us organize it.
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