Join Hoops 4 Hope for our 9th annual benefit and all-star coaching clinic. Children ages 6-16 can learn basketball from the game's greatest including Larry Brown, Lawrence Frank, Doc Rivers, and Rod Thorn. Mike Breen, who announced this year's NBA Finals on ABC, will be the kids' play-by-play man, and will host a Q&A session with the coaches afterward. From 9am-12pm at SYS Southampton Recreation Center, 1370 Majors Path, Southampton. T-shirts, prizes and more!

Then join us as Mike and Taylor Lupica host this year's benefit at their home in Bridgehampton. Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, fun & festivities to support Hoops 4 Hope! The evening will feature live & silent auctions with such fantasy items as impossible-to-buy major league baseball and basketball tickets. Tickets start at $225.

Hoops 4 Hope is a non-for-profit organization that each year gives over 10,000 children in South Africa and Zimbabwe a better chance to beat the odds in communities plagued by poverty, violence and HIV/AIDS. Founded in 1995, H4H combines the joy of basketball with life-skills training that promotes leadership and responsibility, while empowering youngsters to live healthy and productive lives. H4H helps kids survive and thrive in the big leagues of life.

For more information, please contact 631-267-8682 or hoops4hope@mac.com.