Houston Area Angel Tree Basketball Sports Camp at Mi3 Center Saturday
Featured Speaker: Brandon Johnson—Former Pro Basketball Player, Incarcerated After a National Sports Betting Scandal
Prison Fellowship®, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, is conducting a free Angel Tree Sports Camp® that will benefit more than 170 kids, ages 7 to 17, at the Mi3 Center in Houston on Saturday, March 12, 2022, in the third nationwide event for Opportunity Kids®.
With the support of Walmart through the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity—Prison Fellowship is launching the Opportunity Kids Collaborative, a nationwide movement geared at connecting children in distressed communities of color to a network of support.
Featured at this free basketball clinic is former University of San Diego standout Brandon Johnson who was being recruited for the Phoenix Suns and Washington Wizards until he was later indicted and then sentenced to six months in a federal prison in a sports betting scandal.
After his release, Brandon played six years overseas in a professional league and now works with his nonprofit, AWAKE Program, which provides a curriculum and youth mentoring program for Houston’s Juvenile Detention Centers. Brandon will be on hand, along with other coaches and players, to instruct the children of incarcerated parents at the Mi3 Center for a day-long basketball clinic—free of charge.
Who: Prison Fellowship’s Opportunity Kids Program
What: Angel Tree Sports Camp for the children of incarcerated parents
Where: Mi3 Center, 1135 Ella Crossing Drive, Houston, TX 77090
When: Saturday, March 12, 2022, beginning at 9:00am until 12:00pm
Media: All members of the Houston area media are invited to attend
Each Angel Tree Sports Camp participant will receive a free swag bag which includes fitted new tennis shoes, a Wilson basketball, and a Bible.
