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A CELEBRATION OF BASKETBALL[Hoops for History 2023]
HISTORY AND THE GRAND PRAIRIE COMMUNITY.DREW A BIG CROWD TO THE DALWORTH RECREATION CENTER.
IT'S CALLED HOOPS FOR HISTORY, AN ANNUAL FEBRUARY TRADITION ON THE BASKETBALL COURT DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND THIS YEAR IT INCLUDED THREE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS TO RECOGNIZE SOME OUTSTANDING GRAND PRAIRIE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON MANY IN THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY, THE CITY AND BEYOND.
THIS CAMERON MAYS IS RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND THEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING, THE ANNUAL HOOPS FOR HISTORY BASKETBALL CLASSIC FEATURING THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT AGAINST AN ALL-STAR TEAM OF CO-EDS FROM THE DALWORTH REC CENTER.
IT'S A CHANCE FOR BOTH SQUADS TO DISPLAY SOME IMPRESSIVE SKILLS WHILE SHARING IN SOME FRIENDLY COMPETITION AND MOST IMPORTANT TO SERVE AS A TESTAMENT TO THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS BEEN BUILT IN GRAND PRAIRIE BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ITS COMMUNITY.
WE LOVE THIS EVENT 'CAUSE IT'S A WAY FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS TO COME AND GET THE KNOW THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE LOVE IT WHEN WE GET TO SEE THE POLICE OFFICER INTERACTING, UH, WITH THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE US AS POLICE OFFICERS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
YOU KNOW, PLAYING SOME BASKETBALL, SHOOTING SOME HOOPS, SLAPPING, FIVES, SMILING, AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND SAY, YEAH, GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
THE OFFICERS THERE, THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT US.
THEY, THEY, THEY'RE THERE FOR US.
THEY SUPPORT US NOT ONLY IN THE SCHOOLS, BUT ON THE STREETS AS WELL.
THIS YEAR'S GAME WAS ALSO A REUNION OF SORTS BECAUSE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS IT HAD TO BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AND STAGED VIRTUALLY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.