SHI TO SPONSOR ANNUAL LATSEEN HOOP CAMP
Camp to feature Hoop Time AAU Coach Bob Saviers
July 6, 2015
Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor its annual Latseen Hoop Camp in Juneau in August and feature Bob Saviers, a current coach for Juneau's Hoop Time Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).
The Latseen Hoop Camp is a free, innovative program that provides a fun and safe environment for youth to be physically active, develop basketball fundamentals and learn the Tlingit language.
The camp is for students in grades 3-8 and is scheduled 8am-5pm, August 10-13, location to be determined. Students may register online.
Saviers is an AAU/NCAA certified coach, a former coach for Dzantik'i Heeni and Floyd Dryden schools and one of the originators of Hoop Time AAU.
Sealaska Heritage Institute was founded in 1980 to promote cultural diversity and cross-cultural understanding. The institute is governed by a Board of Trustees and guided by a Council of Traditional Scholars. Its mission is to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures of Southeast Alaska.
CONTACT: Rosita Worl, SHI president, 907.463.4844
