Almost eight hundred dollars was raised at a fundraising car wash on Saturday which was held by the Youth Development Basketball Programme that is currently headquartered at Kings Gym.

Under the leadership of Coaches Daniel Augustine , Bruce Reynolds and a Parent Support Group, the youth players and their parents, washed, shined and vacuumed some 40 cars from 8.00am to 2.00pm on Saturday March 3rd at Wendy’s Restaurant parking lot.

The programme media officer said “money raised will go towards a trip that has been planned to take the athletes to Eckerd College Development Basketball camp in a few months.”

The kids will also be doing other fundraisers like food sales and a walkathon to help offset the cost of the trip.

Last year 4 of the participants won gold medals in their individual divisions and it is hoped that more hardware can be gotten this year.

The Programme says they are grateful for the support from the public and also from sponsors of the event, namely Wendy’s who provided the venue, Tony’s Toys for the car washing supplies and Hurley’s supermarket for the breakfast pastries and goodies.

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