Sly Johnson

President / CEO

516.314.7397

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BE A PERSON WHO HAS ALWAYS "GA VE BACK' TO MY COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE I HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH ALONG THE WAY. GOD BLESSED ME WITH THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, ORGANIZE AND BE DEDICATED TO THE YOUTH AND ADULTS WHO WERE IN MY LIFE.

AS FOR AS BASKETBALL IS CONCERNED, I WAS ABLE TO USE THAT 'T00L" TO HELP MANY KIDS IN MANY WAYS. GIVING THEM A SENSE OF BELONGING, A SENSE OF PRIDE, BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND MENTORING THEM SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL CITIZENS IN LIFE.

AT THE TIME, NONE OF MY "ALLSTARS" KNEW THAT THE PLA YERS THEY WERE COMPETETING AGAINST WOULD BE NBA PLAYERS SUCH AS; DANNY GREEN (SAN ANTONIO SPURS), KEMBA WALKER AND LANCE STEPHENSON (CHARLOTTE BOBCA TS), LANCE THOMAS (NY KNICKS) ROY HIBBERT (INDIANA PACERS) JOSH McROBERTS (MIAMI HEAT) TOBIAS HARRIS (ORLANDO MAGIC) RUDY GAY (SACRAMENTO KINGS) JUST TO NAME A FEW, OR THEY WOULD PLA Y TWO GAMES AT THE "WORLDS MOST FAMOUS ARENA" MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. THE EXPOSURE WE GA VE OUR KIDS WAS SECOND TO NONE.

THE "ALLSTARS" WERE ALWAYS BUILT WITH KIDS WHO WANTED TO LEARN AND BELONG.

WE TRAVELED EVERY WEEKEND THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER TO GIVE OUR KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH KIDS THEY WOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO IN THEIR RESPECTIVE NEIBORHOODS.

THE END RESULT WAS TRIPS TO MEMPHIS TENNESSEE, CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE, COCO BEACH FLORIDA, AND ORLANDO'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS FOR THE AAU NATIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS.