Hoop It Up!

Saturday Hoops works to change the lives of youths in Cincinnati.

It started with Saturday basketball, but then came volleyball, yoga, ballet, jumprope, and more.

These gatherings grow bigger and bigger during the summer, but with the weather turning cooler, the organization needed a bigger indoor space to continue its growth.

Enter, Lincoln Recreation Center in the West End.

“We’re so excited! This is year 19 for Saturday Hoops. The program began and it was January - May and that was it. 5 years ago we had a summer program at Ziegler Park. And now, we’re here year round at the Lincoln Rec Center.. We’re really excited to serve hundreds of families here in the West End.” said Saturday Hoops Director, Adam Turer.

Last week, on a cool, fall day, Saturday Hoops welcomed local students and volunteers at Lincoln Rec Center to kick off its Fall Season.

Photos courtesy of Saturday Hoops

Their friends at Bigger Than Sneakers unveiled the fully stocked Saturday Hoops Resource Closet. Kids will be invited to grab a new pair of shoes, a basketball, a toy or anything else they’d like.

Turer says they’ll gauge this by the awards given out at the end of each day.

“We’re really excited that Saturday Hoops is now officially a program of CYC, one of the biggest and best youth mentoring programs in Cincinnati. We’ve hired program coordinator, Jason Brown and we’re really excited to see it expand and grow throughout the city,” he says.