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Grand Gym Hoops

Mark has put his time, money, sweat, tears, and prayers into the gym. He has spent hours upon hours working, cleaning, meeting with contractors,  emailing, making phone calls, and attending bi monthly meetings. He has dedicated so much time and is driven to continue forward amidst the difficulties and naysayers. We are now into year number 2. 

Earlier in the year, he was able to get and install basketball hoops, a $16,000 project. He received a nice grant to cover the costs of his hoops. He had a crew of board members help install the hoops. This was such a big step forward and gave everyone a boost of enthusiasm, especially when we got to try them out.  In late January, Mark and I made the first baskets in those hoops and played a few rounds of HORSE. We were both a little rusty, but warmed up and got pretty competitive. It was super cold in that gym, but we warmed up and played some ball. 

Grand Heritage Foundation was happy to receive a grant to cover the Basketball hoops.











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