it was Game Night in Vancouver as the volcanoes hosted a fundraiser to benefit a local nonprofit Fox 12's Nick krupy was in Clark County where the friends of the children took Center Court at the professional basketball game a 61 Guard from Little Rock Arkansas a lava flow night of energy with the pros Vancouver volcanoes from the TBL the TBL is the basketball league it is tier three so it's right underneath the G League volcanoes have erupted upon return to Clark County the third season back to
fast break action one of the main focuses of the volcanoes this time around is to make sure that we're around for 12 months out of the year and not just during our season Calvin Hampton played four years the Oregon State Beavers for his time with the volcanoes launched a pro career all over the world it means a lot for me to be able to mirror the experience that I had had as a volcano but amplify it you know what I mean like bringing back my experience as a as a associate head coach showing the
se guys that hey this is what it looks like over there you ready all that now an associate head coaching director of Player Development with Vancouver the 38-year-old in custom kicks is having a blast giving back to the next generation of hoopers got sat on the bench what a lot of guys that had a lot of Veteran experience that would sacrifice their time to come back from overseas and just teach guys like me the younger guys you could tell that I wanted it and I'm and I was thankful that I had th
ose teachers too you know Saturday night's Main Event spotlighted the friends of the children a Southwest Washington nonprofit that matches paid professional mentors with kids who have big dreams we get our coaches we get our players we get a lot of the guys involved in that as well so it just speaks to another way that that we're accessible to the fans to the community Friends of the children aims to be the big assist along their game of life our mentorship starts in kindergarten and it's 12 ye
ars no matter what that's the promise half of the volcano ticket sales went to the Friends of the children while some of the kids in the program were treated like big stars any Partnerships it just goes a long way eight of the volcano's 10 home games are all Community fundraisers also with Friday's game to benefit the Vancouver Public Schools and Sunday for the boys and girls club this Sunday they'll be against the capitals at the Salem Armory for their annual teddy bear toss at Hudson Bay High
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