IU Southeast Basketball Team Donates Bikes to Needy Children
IU Southeast Basketball Team Donates Bikes to Needy Children
NEW ALBANY, IN, (Dec. 21, 2011) -
The Indiana University Southeast men's basketball team had a new game plan this
week. Instead of focusing on stealing balls, they concentrated on giving gifts.
The Grenadiers, led by Head Coach
Wiley Brown, partnered with the New Albany-Floyd County Parks Department to
provide brand new bicycles to 25 children in need.
"Talk about the biggest smiles
you've ever seen," Brown said. "What's more, I saw big smiles on my players'
faces from helping."
Members of the IU Southeast men's
basketball team provided new bicycles to 25 kids in New Albany.
The bicycles were provided by an
anonymous donor and the children were chosen by the parks department. The kids
were given their new bikes by Grenadier players at Griffin Street Recreation
Center on Tuesday, Dec. 20.
Brown hopes the giveaway will become
an annual tradition. He modeled the event on a similar program he participated
in at the University of Louisville.
"It's a good gesture for our young
men to give back to our community like that," Brown said. "I hope when they
have families they can continue it on."
When the Grenadier players left the
recreation center after playing Santa, they could already see the impact their
donation made on the kids who lived in the neighborhood.
"As we were leaving we saw them out
there riding their bikes," Brown said. "They had their friends with them and
were having a great time."
To read more about the bicycle
giveaway, click here to read a story from The News and Tribune.
Photo Credit: Kevin McGloshen / News and Tribune
