The Los Angeles Sparks Sponsors Community Outreach To Raise Clothes For The Homeless

Story By L.T.Willis

Panorama High School was one of the three sites for the 4th Annual Community
Outreach Basketball Tournament for high school girls to raise clothes for the
homeless, community outreach programs and the Los Angeles Mission.
Photos by L.T.Willis/T.G.Sports.

The 4th Annual Community Outreach Basketball Tournament  presented by ThruGod Entertainment and T.G.Sports, for high schools girls, high school girls travel ball teams and the support of The Los Angeles Sparks raised 121 bags of clothes and several boxes of book and toys for the homeless.The other sites were Gardena Serra and Compton Centennial were fans came out to support this great event.This year event was special because the team that raised the most clothes for the tournament would receive new practice gear for their team, and once that was announce let the games begin.

Photo by L.T.Willis/T.G.Sports

The other great part of the tournament was if you could have seen the smiles on the players faces when they were told that the Los Angeles Sparks sponsor tickets for the teams to come to the Staple Center to one of any of the remaining home games, you could hear players saying" i have never been to the Staple Center or went too a Sparks' game." Those sounds were priceless as their parents where smiling also. The 4th Annual Community Outreach Tournament was created 4 years ago to teach our youth on giving back to the community i hopes of planting a seed into these young ladies lives,so when they go to college, in the work force or make it to the WNBA, they will always remember to give back.

Photo by L.T.Willis/T.G.Sports.

Photo by L.T.Willis/T.G.Sports.

Photo by L.T.Willis/T.G.Sports.

This year tournament had three division Gold, Silver and Bronze to allow teams too have a fare chance to compete and advance in the tournament.This year teams were Compton Centennial, Gardena Serra, Crenshaw, L.A. Poly, Grant, Lynwood, Palisades, Hawthorne, California Elite, Sylmar, Cleveland, Monroe, Vaughn, Fast Lady Cats, Panorama and Lynwood 2 all combine their efforts to raise a whopping 121 bags of clothes for a great cause.This years 4th Annual Community Outreach Basketball Tournament division Champions are Gold Division Champions Gardena Serra, Silver Division Champions Sylmar and the Bronze Champions Hawthorne.

Gold Division Champs Gardena Serra.

Silver Division Champs Sylmar.

ThruGod Entertainment/T.G.Sports and all the teams and their parents would like too thank Sparks' President Mike Levy, Paula Williams Madison CEO and The Los Angeles Sparks for making this year 4th Annual Community Outreach High School Girls Basketball Tournament the best tournament in the summer and your continue support on teaching our youth on giving back to the community,with your support you give each player a chance to make a difference, and for those players who never been to The Staple Center to see the Sparks play, now have a opportunity. The winner of new practice gear for raising the most clothes goes to L.A. Poly.

Bronze Division Champs Hawthorne.

From left to right: Eugene from the Los Angeles Mission and
L.T.Willis from T.G.Sports.

Over the years schools that have made this tournament really grow Santa Monica, Inglewood, Gardena, Carson, Huntington Park, South East, Lincoln, North Hollywood, Narbonne, Westchester, Washington, Locke, Palisades, Grant, L.A.Poly , Lynwood, Locke, Serra, Birmingham, Sylmar, Monroe, Westchester, Crenshaw, Fairfax, Centennial, Panorama, California Elite, Fast Lady Cats, Dorsey, Vaughn, Cleveland and Los Angeles Adventist, The Los Angeles Mission would like to thank you all for your support and help raise clothes for those in need over the past four years.