2006 Tournament Preview. Click here.
Click here to read our new March e-Newsletter
Click here to read about Hoop Dreams in the January 11, 2006 edition of The Georgetowner. (see page 7)
Click here to view the recent Hoop Dreams interview on Comcast. (please note this file will take a moment to download)

Pictured here are Sports Junkies, John "Cakes" Auville and J.P. "JP" Flaim with Susie Kay at the February 18th Maryland Nighthawks game. During halftime the Sports Junkies shot 13 foul shots to raise $1,300 for the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund. The money was a donation from Tom Doyle and the Maryland Nighthawks.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006, The Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund was awarded a grant of $5,000 from the Aronson Foundation to support our efforts to build educational and career opportunities for Washington, D.C. students. Aronson & Company, a Washington area accounting and consulting firm, formed the Aronson Foundation to address the needs of the community they have served for over 40 years. With a primary focus on the needs of children, the Foundation grants charitable contributions to organizations who have dedicated themselves to providing services that enhance our world and help the people in it thrive and succeed. All of this is made possible through the generosity and enthusiasm of Aronson & Company staff, officers, clients and friends.
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Hoop Dreams with The Potomac Officers Club

Hoop Dreams has been named as one of ten local charities to participate in The Potomac Officers Club new Corporate Citizenship program. Initiated by community-minded POC members, which includes many of the most influential CEOs in the area, the program emphasizes the importance of integrating select nonprofit groups into the mainstream area business agenda. POC's Corporate Citizenship program will promote the designated nonprofits along with corporate sponsors on a monthly basis at POC events. Officially rolling out in January 2006, the program provides local business leaders and area nonprofits the opportunity to connect and establish new relationships. The Potomac Officers Club is a nonprofit membership organization that fosters peer-to-peer collaboration among prominent C-level business executives in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia. For here additional information on the club or to apply.

Hoop Dreams Contributor Raul Fernandez of ObjectVideo (second from the left), honored at the 18th Annual Washington Business Hall of Fame Awards on November 29. Click here for full article.

NEW! --  FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace

Susie Kay, Founder and President of the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund, is Fox News Sunday's with Chris Wallace "Power Player" of the week.  To view this Sunday, June 19th, video, click HERE.  This is a Windows Media Player file.

Hoop Dreams Tournament 

THE 10th ANNUAL HOOP DREAMS 3-on-3 CHARITY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND COMMUNITY FESTIVAL

The 2005 Champs

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Photos by Jim Chu of Techworld Photo, Karine Aigner, Deborah Greene and Elise Hufano.

A Hoop Dreams Success Story

Ted Leonsis, vice chairman of America Online and owner of the Washington Capitals and part owner of the Washington Wizards, and Michael Hendrickson, a Hoop Dreams student, share their Hoop Dreams mentoring relationship and Michael's future in this wonderful Washington Post article.  Hoop Dreams thanks both Michael and Ted for their inspiring relationship!  To read the article in full, click HERE.  Also, Michael and Ted discussed their relationship on Comcast SportsNet .  To view the video, click HERE.

Full Circle

Former Susie Kay student returns to his roots by becoming a mentor; Ronald Briscoe, a recent graduate of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, for his MBA, returned to the Hoop Dreams program to become a mentor.  He and his wife, Karen, are recognized for their service in this month's DCmilitary.com.  Click HERE to view the article.

Arthur Agee, star of the documentary, "Hoop Dreams"

The Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund thanks our friend Arthur Agee of the "Hoop Dreams" documentary whose support of our organization is deeply appreciated!  To view the Washington Post article on Arthur, click HERE.

The Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund Family extends our thoughts, love and prayers to Arthur Agee, the star of the documentary film, "Hoop Dreams", and his family after the recent slaying of his father, Arthur "Bo" Agee, Sr.  If you wish to contribute to the Arthur Agee Memorial Fund, please click HERE.

Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund
800 K Street, NW, Suite 1100 South
Washington, DC 20001 
202-414-4774
info@hoopdreams.org

About Hoop Dreams

Since our inception in 1996, The Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund has helped send nearly 750 DC public high school students to college and move toward a more positive and enriched future with the combination of awarding of over 1,100 academic college scholarships and renewals, totaling approximately $2.5 million coupled with our year long college prep mentoring program, internship program and SAT prep partnership program with the Princeton Review. These programs and scholarships are combined with our community building efforts, which are all focused on empowering DC students and building bridges across diverse communities.   Hoop Dreams has brought together over 800 DC students and mentors from the local business community through our year long college prep mentoring program; facilitated hundreds of internships; engaged over 1,000 volunteers in community work; and helped coach nearly 400 students through our SAT prep program in partnership with The Princeton Review.  We are also very proud to note that many of our Hoop Dreams college graduates have returned to volunteer and mentor with the organization, completing the circle of community service. Over 125 of Hoop Dreams students have now graduated from college. Most of our students are the first in their family to go to college. Hoop Dreams remains deeply committed to uniting the community and building bridges while supporting our local students and their dreams.