Harlem Ambassadors VS Guardians of the Hoop

Guardians of the Hoop welcomes some new players from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department!

Bryan Corrado

Tyrone Ruff

Warith Muhammed

Kenan Brooks

We are excited to have the CMPD joining us to support us in support of the children in the Mecklenburg County foster care system. We hope to see other community groups joining us on Saturday, March 12 at 4p.m. We are offering a discount group rate of $40 for youth groups with 2 adults. Tickets are available at our website: www.meckguardian.org

When we started recruiting for our team we had a goal to show Mecklenburg County’s united front to support the children in care. So far we have representation from community volunteers, GAL volunteers, Court and County officials, and the business community! We are inspired by the support we have received thus far and can’t thank our sponsors enough.

Check out our updated team roster listed below:

County Commissioner Harold Cogdell Jr.

GAL Volunteer Gena Bane

Honorable Judge Louis Trosch aka The Gavel
Marlene Jeter-Volunteer and aka Miss Molly former Lady Vols player from University of Tennessee

Kevin Christmas-Athletic Director for CCHS
Mike Brodowicz-Football coach for CCHS

Tom Timmermans-Volunteer basketball coach for CCHS, and former player of University of Notre Dame
Eric Trosch-Community Volunteer
Tom Dumas-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer
Trip Higginbottom-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer
Keith Taylor-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer
Johnathan Hargrette-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer
Blair Thompson-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer
Neal Brincefield-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer
Bill Brincefield-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer

Jeremiah-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer

Chris Wilson aka Mr. Wilson -Community Volunteer

Brian Goudie- Community Volunteer

Rod Gomez- Community Volunteer

Omar-Community Volunteer
Jeremy Braketa-Community Volunteer

Bryan Corrado- CMPD           

Tyrone Ruff- CMPD

Warith Muhammed- CMPD

Kenan Brooks- CMPD

Harlem Ambassadors Update

The Harlem Ambassadors are coming to South Charlotte!!


Who?
The Harlem Ambassadors are a traveling basketball showcase that partner with non-profits in an effort to help them raise funds. The Harlem Ambassadors offer a unique brand of Harlem-style basketball, featuring high-flying slam dunks, dazzling ball-handling tricks and hilarious comedy routines. Playing against the Harlem Ambassadors will be a team put together by the GALA foundation, The Guardians of the Hoop. The team will consist of:

County Commissioner Harold Cogdell Jr.

GAL Volunteer Gena Bane

Honorable Judge Lou Trosch

Chris Wilson-Community Volunteer

Tom Timmermans-Volunteer basketball coach for CCHS

Greg Krill-Community Volunteer

Marlene Jeter-Community Volunteer

Omar-Community Volunteer

Jeremy Braketa-Community Volunteer

Kevin Christmas-Athletic Director for CCHS

Mike Brodowicz-Football coach for CCHS

Eric Trosch-Community Volunteer

Tom Dumas-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer

Trip Higginbottom-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer

Keith Taylor-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer

Johnathan Hargrette-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer

Blair Thompson-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer

Neal Brincefield-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer

Jeremiah-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer

Bill Brincefield-Consolidated Planning, Volunteer What? The Harlem Ambassadors are being hosted by the GALA Foundation and Charlotte Catholic High School, in part with their athletic association. The game will consist of two quarters of fast paced, competitive basketball and two quarters of fun, comedy routines. Where? Charlotte Catholic High School 7702 Pineville Matthews Road Charlotte, NC When? March 12, 2011 at 4 P.M. Why? This event is in an effort to support the children in foster care in Mecklenburg County. The funds raised at our charity basketball event will help us kick off a new initiative to support the extracurricular activities of these children in care. It is our goal to give children in foster care the opportunity to engage in an extracurricular activity of their choice for a short period of time. How? There are several different ways you can get involved and several opportunities to get tickets for the event. To get involved, or to be a sponsor, please call: (704) 577-2375 or e-mail: Guardian@meckguardian.org. For ticket information please visit: http://meckguardian.org/harlem-ambassadors/tickets. Also, a huge thanks to our sponsors:

Thank you to all of our sponsors!!

Charlotte Catholic High School for use of their school and all of the amazing help they have given us.

Courtside Defenders: Donna Rice, Fredda Kimball, Effie S. Hall

Team Superstar: Knights of Columbus St. Matthews, Knights of Columbus St. Vincent

Game Day Hero:



GALA Champion:



Thank you to the following businesses for allowing us to sell tickets: Harris Teeter, Earth Fare, Steinmart, South Park Mall