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10/25/2021 Alley Oop Hoops distributes 125 Chromebooks at LeVelle Moton's Velle Cares' "Single Mother's Salute"Read NowLast weekend, at Coach LeVelle Moton’s 7th Annual Single Mothers Salute, Alley Oop Hoops donated 125 Chromebooks so that each mother in attendance had a Chromebook for their family. Our Board Member, Michele Douglass shared her "why” in our organization making this donation, even more special with Michele having attended the event each year prior as one of those single mothers. Social Media Influencer, Jessica Hall, covered the event in a reel that can be found here. We are consistently impressed and motivated by Coach Moton’s efforts in the community – he sets the tone for leading community impact through partnership, and we know the Alley Oop Hoops x Velle Cares has a lot we can accomplish together. #alleyoophoops #vellecares #singlemotherssalute #nonprofit
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Please join us in welcoming Michele “Cheley” Douglass to the Alley Oop Hoops Board of Directors! Cheley received her Bachelor of Science in Therapeutic Recreation/ Recreation Therapy at Shaw University. She has several certifications including, Mental Health First Aid Responder, Behavioral Specialist, and Crisis Counselor. Cheley currently attends North Carolina Central University and will complete her masters in social work with an adjacent certification as an Addiction Specialist in May 2022. As an active community service contributor in many areas of North Carolina, including her hometown Raleigh, Cheley has a persistent passion for volunteering, encouraging, and advocating for the at-risk populations. After years employed in Behavior Psychology, Cheley transitioned her career to Wake County Public School System’s central services special education department. While providing the occupational course of study for high school student’s education in self-awareness, job readiness, and life skills, Cheley collaborates with large and small businesses to provide community resources and employment opportunities for adolescents. Connect with Michele on LinkedIn here and on Instagram here. 10/1/2021 Vaco Raleigh contributes an additional $5K to Alley Oop Hoops to go toward LeVelle Moton's "Single Mother's Salute"Read NowPRESS RELEASE Alley Oop Hoops is excited to announce our continued corporate sponsorship with Vaco, a premier talent solutions firm! Vaco’s Raleigh office has awarded Alley Oop Hoops with a second $5,000 contribution to our Chromebook Drive, supporting no less than 45 Chromebooks to be distributed to students in need. The entirety of the donation will go dollar-for-dollar to Chromebooks. Though Vaco is a talent and transformation company, the organizations high-level goals are far loftier. Through multiple associations and strategic partnerships, Vaco has cemented itself as a pillar in Triangle economic development and start-up growth. “To take the Triangle to the next level, organizations need to be more diverse, not just based on race and gender, but also in financial privilege and opportunities granted,” says Sid Mitchener, senior managing partner at Vaco. With the firm belief that “talent is equally distributed, whereas opportunity is not,” Vaco has set out to level the opportunities our community is offered. This includes holding monthly start-up mentorship and coaching, offering mock interviews for underserved groups, and investing in a diverse talent pipeline, particularly within STEM education. Sid adds, “We see the work Alley Oop is doing with our future generations and this is truly what will unlock the potential for both the individuals served, and the region as a whole.” Given Vaco’s corporate and community focus on technology, finance and accounting, we are thrilled Vaco has agreed with the critical role that access plays in achieving positive outcomes. ABOUT ALLEY OOP HOOPS Alley Oop Hoops is a mentoring program connecting youth to community advocates through our shared love of the game of basketball. Our mentors help student athletes reach their full potential on and off the court, with programs focused on leadership development, STEM education, entrepreneurship, career readiness, community engagement, and wellness, both physical and mental. The organization was founded in June 2020, as an approved 501(c)(3) charitable organization, EIN 85-1483359. All contributions are tax deductible. Alley Oop Hoops loves partnering with local leaders similarly committed to the development of our future generations. ABOUT VACO Vaco provides boutique level service with global reach in the areas of consulting, consultative project resources, executive search, permanent placement and strategic staffing. Areas of expertise include c-suite search, accounting, finance, technology, health care IT, operations, administration and international managed services. Since its founding in 2002, Vaco has grown to serve more than 40 markets across the globe, 9,800 employees and $700 million in revenue. Vaco has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies for the past 14 years and was named to Forbes’ 2018 & 2019 lists of America’s Best Recruiting Firms.  9/19/2021 Alley Oop Hoops talks Career Planning and Financial Literacy with Shaw Bears BasketballRead Now
Alley Oop Hoops excited to announce our partnership with LeVelle Moton and the Velle Cares Foundation! Earlier this year, we provided 22 Chromebooks to the Foundation, and now we look ahead to LeVelle's Annual Single Mother's Salute dinner in October, where we will begin immediately fundraising to provide each of these ladies a Chromebook for their children. Though you may believe that all students “have what they need” at this point, that could not be further from reality. Our community partners continue to ask us for more Chromebooks to serve students in their network, and we have to deliver! 
Alley Oop Hoops (@alleyoop.hoops) x Soul Food ‘21 (@soulfood_raleigh) 🔥 Juneteenth was a success! Together, our volunteers helped distribute 100 laptops to the community! Thank you to Poobie Chapman (@sirpoobie32) for allowing us to be part of what was a beautiful day. Your heart for others is infectious - we appreciate you! Thank you to Michele Douglass (@cheley_d), Nikita Taylor (@nikitalashaye), Ralston Turner (@roturn22), Chelsie Trask (@chello.2), Justin Youngblood (@jyoungblood3) for volunteering during the event! Thank you Applied Data Technologies (@applieddata) for giving us the space to prepare and store the laptops, and bringing the laptops to Juneteenth! Thank you Vaco (@vacoglobal) and eTix (@etixworld) for the computers, and Vaco Raleigh (@vaco_raleigh) for helping prepare the computers for distribution! TEAM EFFORT = BIGGER IMPACT. Last week, Alley Oop Hoops got a huge #alleyoop from the Vaco Raleigh team. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣: To get 100 computers ready for community distribution on #Juneteenth. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩: The Vaco team put in a collective 100 service hours on Tuesday and Friday morning to get 104 computers ready for community distribution. Thank you to everyone who came out to help and made the service days a success! 🏀 🔥 Also, continued thanks to Applied Data Technologies for allowing us to use its warehouse, and both Etix and Vaco for the computers. ABOUT VACO Vaco provides boutique level service with global reach in the areas of consulting, consultative project resources, executive search, permanent placement and strategic staffing. Areas of expertise include c-suite search, accounting, finance, technology, health care IT, operations, administration and international managed services. Since its founding in 2002, Vaco has grown to serve more than 40 markets across the globe, 9,800 employees and $700 million in revenue. Vaco has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies for the past 14 years and was named to Forbes’ 2018 & 2019 lists of America’s Best Recruiting Firms. In partnership with the Raleigh Firebirds' Financial Literacy Series, Alley Oop Hoops will be providing a business planning Q&A session for the community this weekend! WHERE: Raleigh Personal Training – 4821B Hargrove Road, Raleigh, NC WHEN: Sunday, June 6, 1pm – 2:30pm WHO: All ages welcome – bring the family! Co-led and moderated by Khia Powell and Josh Haymond, this session may be helpful if:
We might not have all the answers, but through our resource network, we will be happy to connect you with someone who does. We hope to see you there on Sunday!  5/27/2021 Alley Oop Hoops partners with Poobie Chapman for Computer Distribution Day on 6/19Read Now** COMPUTER DISTRIBUTION DAY ** We are excited to collaborate with Poobie Chapman to bring our computer drive to Soul Food '21 on Juneteenth! Please help us spread the word to maximize the impact for the community! WHEN: Saturday, June 19th, 1pm WHERE: Roberts Park - 1300 East Martin Street, Raleigh, NC HOW TO SIGN UP: Please let us know ahead of time, if at all possible via message or email to josh@alleyoophoops.org, to put a computer on "hold" for you, ensuring we have a device ready for your child when you arrive. We will have computers at the event for students that have not registered ahead of time (on a first come first serve basis), but it would help in planning if we knew in advance to expect you! THE DAY OF: When you arrive at Roberts Park, locate the Alley Oop Hoops table to sign in/register and receive a ticket for your student's computer. We will begin distributing tickets promptly at 1pm on a first come first serve basis and will kick off distributing the computers promptly at 2pm. If you cannot make it before 2pm to receive a ticket, please let us know. We may have additional computers. If all computers are gone before you receive a ticket, then we will take your contact information and touch base with you as soon as we have a computer ready for your child. If you cannot attend altogether, please let us know if you would like us to make you aware when we have additional computers available.  |
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