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Over 150 youth and 35 teams participated in the 2^nd Annual Hip Hop Hoopfest at Britland Park on  August 28^th, the culmination of the summer-long Community Outreach Program. The seventh annual summer evening activities program kicked off the week of July 19 with a focus on positive youth development, an ongoing process that combines people, places, supports, opportunities and services to engage all youth in meeting their basic personal and social needs to be safe, feel cared for, be valued and be useful. “The Community Outreach Program has been extremely successful.  It provided the youth of Fall River with safe, positive activities to do right in their own neighborhood” said Mayor Ed Lambert.   He added “The Hoopfest is a great way to wrap up the summer.  It gives the youth a chance to get together before the school year starts and be involved in some friendly competition.”
 

The Hoopfest featured a three-on-three, double elimination basketball tournament with a male and a female division.  Each division had a middle school bracket (ages 11-14) and a high school bracket (ages 14-19). The middle school division tipped things off at 11:00 a.m. and the high school division began at 1:00 p.m. Teams comprised of teachers also competed in the high school division. Prizes and trophies will be awarded to the winners. DJ Josh Berube provided musical entertainment and the Pleasant St. Domino’s served free pizza. Partial funding for the event was provided by the Harvard-Pilgrim Healthcare Foundation as part of the Healthy City Fall River initiative.

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