[Hoops for History 2025]
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IT'S A FEBRUARY TRADITION AT GRAND PRAIRIE'S DALWORTH RECREATION CENTER, AND THE PLACE TO BE, TO CELEBRATE HISTORY, THE COMMUNITY, AND SOME FRIENDLY COMPETITION, ALSO KNOWN AS HOOPS FOR HISTORY AND SPONSORED BY THE GP PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION INCLUDES A PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE THREE OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS WHOSE ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE HISTORIC DALWORTH COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.
AND THEN IT'S TIME FOR THE MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING, THE HOOPS FOR HISTORY BASKETBALL CLASSIC FEATURING THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT AGAINST A TEAM OF DALWORTH ALLSTAR.
IT'S A CHANCE FOR BOTH TEAMS TO DISPLAY SOME IMPRESSIVE SKILLS, ENJOY SOME SPIRITED COMPETITION, AND TO SHOW EVERYONE ON HAND THE KIND OF RELATIONSHIP THAT THE GPPD HAS BUILT WITH THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE EVERY DAY.
A LOT OF THESE KIDS I'VE KNOWN SINCE I CAME INTO THIS DEPARTMENT, AND I'VE WATCHED THEM GROW UP FROM KINDERGARTEN TO NOW HIGH SCHOOL, AND SO WHEN THEY SEE ME, THEY DON'T JUST SEE OFFICER DYE.
THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS BEEN BUILT THERE WITH THOSE KIDS.
AND SO IT NOT ONLY MEANS THE WORLD TO ME, BUT IT ALSO MEANS THE WORLD TO OUR DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THOSE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIPS BUILT BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ALL THE OFFICERS THAT WE SEE ON THE USUAL, YOU KNOW, THEY COME OUT FOR ALL THE EVENTS, SO IT'S A, IT'S A GIVE US A CHANCE TO SEE 'EM IN A DIFFERENT KIND, LIGHT, YOU KNOW, FUN LIKE VERSUS, UH OH, THEY'RE HERE TO PROTECT US.
NOW IT'S, WE CAN SEE LIKE, OH, THEY'RE HERE TO HAVE FUN WITH US.
THEY'RE EATING WITH US IN THE BACK, AND THEN THEY COME DOWN AND PLAY BASKETBALL.
IT'S JUST, IT'S MY MOST FAVORITE PART OF THE YEAR.
THE MOST FUN WE HAVE ALL YEAR.
ALL THE KIDS LOOK FORWARD TO, THIS IS MY FAVORITE EVENT.
THE HOOPS FOR HISTORY EVENT HAS NOW BEEN HELD AT THE DALWORTH RECREATION CENTER FOR 11 STRAIGHT YEARS.