Tangerine was joined by Vancouver-raised national team and NBA player, Rob Sacre, at its second Community Gym event in Vancouver. As part of Tangerine’s sponsorship and community investment program, #BrightWayForward, this event provided a day of empowerment and basketball skills training for local youth while also introducing long-term partnerships with local charitable organizations in British Columbia.

Tangerine’s #BrightWayForward program focuses on building up confident, optimistic individuals to become the backbones of strong communities. By working with charitable partners across the country, Tangerine is able to bring this to life through a variety of programs focused on empowerment, including the basketball and leadership training featured at the Community Gym today.

Rob Sacre and 170 local youth participated in empowerment and basketball skills training led by Basketball B.C. on May 15, 2016.

Some of the Vancouver BrightWayForward Partners include:

Tangerine Community Gym: Vancouver, BC

Here are some photos of the Community Gym in Vancouver held May 15, 2016

Happy Families

Here are some photos of families that attended the event. They are all smiles of course!

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Everyone Getting Warmed Up

It is important to warm up before you start drills. Here are some photos of kids warming up.

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Drills, Drills, Drills!

If you want to improve your skills, then you know you must do lots of drills, drills, drills!

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

 NBA Star Bobby Sacre Teaching Kids Teamwork

What a treat for the kids participating to have Bobby Sacre teaching them about teamwork and also sharing some tips and tricks on the court as well.

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Team-building workshops

BrightWayForward partner Unity Charity on hand again this year to teach the kids team-building workshops.

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver

 

Tangerine Community Gym Vancouver