Photo: Mayer Buddy Dyer Cuts the Ribbon at Opening Ceremony
Mayor Dyer, NBA Cares, Orlando Magic and Toyota Project Rebound Celebrate the Opening of the “Green” Basketball Courts at the John H. Jackson Community Center
WHAT: Mayor Buddy Dyer, the NBA, Toyota, and the Orlando Magic will unveil two refurbished basketball courts at the John H. Jackson Community Center. Mayor Dyer will join Orlando Magic Community Ambassadors Nick Anderson and Bo Outlaw to dedicate the new courts, followed by an exhibition game with the City of Orlando’s Parramore Kidz Zone basketball team. The center is located in the Parramore community, where both the City of Orlando and the Orlando Magic has been committed to revitalizing for the past several years. The courts were refurbished using recycled materials.
Parramore Kidz Zone youth will play in a scrimmage game coached by Anderson and Outlaw after the opening ceremony. Modeled after the Harlem Children’s Zone, Parramore Kidz Zone launched by Mayor Dyer in 2006, employs creative outreach to engage a critical mass of Parramore’s children and linking them to positive opportunities, including pre-kindergarten education, parenting education, health care, mentoring, tutoring, and constructive activities when school is out.
Funds for the newly renovated basketball court were donated to Orlando Community and Youth Trust, Inc., a non-profit organization that fundraises for the City’s Families, Parks, and Recreation Department to provide facilities, scholarships, programs and activities that are not regularly part of the department’s allocated funds. Projects and activities funded by the Orlando Community and Youth Trust, Inc. enhance the quality of life for the people of the community living in the City of Orlando.
Now in its second season, Toyota Project Rebound is a community initiative established by the NBA and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. The program includes 21 hands-on community service projects that will be hosted by NBA, WNBA, and NBA Development League teams, and will include court refurbishments, the creation of Reading & Learning Centers, and other Legacy Projects providing youth safe places to live, learn, or play.
WHO: Mayor Buddy Dyer
Nick Anderson, Orlando Magic Community Ambassador
Bo Outlaw, Orlando Magic Community Ambassador
Linda Landman-Gonzalez, Magic VP of Community Relations and Government Affairs
David Steele, Magic play-by-play announcer and MC
Bob Duffin, Southeast Toyota
Parramore Kidz Zone Youth
Rodney Williams, City of Orlando Recreation Division Manager
WHEN: Thursday, July 23, 2009
· 10:00 a.m.– opening remarks
· 10:30 a.m. – PKZ basketball scrimmage game coached by Orlando Magic Community Ambassadors Nick Anderson and Bo Outlaw
WHERE: John H. Jackson Community Center
1002 Carter Street
Heather Allebaugh
Public Information Officer
City of Orlando, Office of the Mayor
400 S. Orange Ave, 3rd Floor
Orlando, FL 32802
P: 407-246-3423
