MVP Basketball Camp Sponsors Ping Pong Fundraiser

Thanks to MVP Basketball Camp and eager Ping Pong players, hundreds of underprivileged children, as well as children of family members serving in the U.S. Armed Forces will be able to attend free weeks of camp this summer. MVP is sponsoring a Ping Pong Fundraiser on Friday, May 3 from 6:30-10pm to benefit its scholarship program and its MV "Hoops For Troops" program. It will be held at The Westchester Table Tennis Center at 175 Thompkins Ave. in Pleasantville.

There will be ping pong contests, tournaments and demonstrations as well as music, a silent auction and light dinner and refreshments, including soda, beer and wine. Celebrity guests including New York Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz will attend.

MVP Basketball Camp has a long history of serving adolescents and children of all economic classes. Stan Green founded the organization in 1994 with the dream that no child would ever be turned away due to an inability to pay. And that dream has come true! Stan passed away in December 2009 and left a lasting legacy: a basketball camp that has awarded over 4,000 scholarships.

MVP has always been dedicated to youth development and baskbetball serves as a metaphor for the challenges children face as they approach adulthood. For former campers, internship are available to enable them to develop job skills in a fun and supportive environment.

But first and foremost, MVP offers a place for boys and girls to play the game the love. As one camper put it, "it's like we're in the real NBA!"

Tickets for this family fun event are available at the website, www.mvpbasketball.org or by calling 914-946-1231. Prices for the fundraiser are $40/adults ($50 at door), $20/children under 16 ($25 at door) and $100/family of 2 adults and 2 children ($125/door). Sponsorship packages and program ads are available and donations of items to be used as a raffle or silent auction prize are available. Call for information.

This is sure to be an evening of laughter and fun and benefits a most worthy cause.