{"id":117383,"date":"2023-04-06T21:03:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T01:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=117383"},"modified":"2023-04-06T21:03:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T01:03:22","slug":"greater-lehigh-valley-ymca-partners-with-pro-basketball-team-lehigh-valley-legends-to-introduce-sports-based-community-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=117383","title":{"rendered":"Greater Lehigh Valley YMCA Partners with Pro Basketball Team, Lehigh Valley Legends, to Introduce Sports-Based Community Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pictured: Lehigh Valley Legends Basketball <\/strong>shooting guard\/forward, Tim Simmons and Brandon Beloti , pose for pictures and sign autographs with basketball fans at Easton\u2019s YMCA Player Meet & Greet event on Wednesday, April 5th<\/sup>.\u00a0 <\/em>The Player Meet and Greet also served as early registration and info session for the organization\u2019s nonprofit, Lehigh Valley Legends Foundation<\/strong>\u2019s first clinic confirmed for May 6, 2023 at the Easton YMCA as well as this weekend\u2019s 2nd<\/sup> Annual All-Star Weekend, hosted by The Basketball League (TBL) and our Lehigh Valley Legends.\u00a0 Visit lehighvalleylegends.com for information on all events.<\/em><\/p>\n

(April 6, 2023, Lehigh Valley, Pa)<\/strong> \u2013 Professional Basketball team, the Lehigh Valley Legends greeted basketball fans, young and old during a Player Meet & Greet at Easton area YMCA on Wednesday night from 5 p.m. \u2013 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Players eagerly signed autographs and took photos with YMCA members and area residents, creating a \u201clegendary\u201d experience for attendees!<\/p>\n

\u201cI am just super excited that the YMCA is able to work alongside the Lehigh Valley Legends to fulfill our linear missions of contributing to a stronger, more cohesive community for all,\u201d says Sarah Wassel, Greater Valley YMCA Senior Program Director.<\/p>\n

James Stewart, Lehigh Valley Legends\u2019 Chief Operating Officer and Majority-Market Owner continues, \u201cPartnering with the YMCA is a great opportunity to bring our community together and raise awareness for the Legends, our nonprofit foundation, and local YMCA events.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Player Meet and Greet served as early registration and info session for the Lehigh Valley Legends Foundation\u2019s first sports clinic on May 6, 2023, at the Easton YMCA as well as this weekend\u2019s 2nd<\/sup> Annual All-Star Weekend, hosted by The Basketball League (TBL) and our Lehigh Valley Legends.\u00a0 All-Star Weekend is a star-studded event with a free Junior Basketball Clinic (JRTBL), Celebrity Game, All-Star Game with Legends\u2019 point guard Ja\u2019Quaye James, Dunk Contest, Three-Point Challenge, and of course, local legends. \u00a0\u00a0Visit lehighvalleylegends.com for information on all events.<\/p>\n

About Lehigh Valley Legends<\/u><\/p>\n

Lehigh Valley Legends is a professional men\u2019s basketball organization operating in The Basketball League\u2019s East Conference Division. We are dedicated to empowering a new generation of young athletes, growing new basketball fans and providing the Lehigh Valley with legendary family-friendly entertainment.\u00a0 Corporate Sponsors and Community Partners include\u00a0St. Luke’s University Health Network, St. Luke\u2019s Sports Medicine, Primerica Representative Samuel Yoder, Univest Bank and Trust Co., La Vida Caf\u00e9, Realtor Rennard Clayton, McDonald\u2019s Tasem Inc, Sports & Social Allentown, Greater Shiloh Church, Independent ZYIA Representative Jamie Toth, and Grandpa\u2019s Kitchen.\u00a0 Visit\u00a0lehighvalleylegends.com<\/a>\u00a0and @lehighvalleylegendsbasketball; @lvlegendsbball; @lehighvalleylegends, on social media for game schedule and ticket information, player profiles and upcoming community events.<\/p>\n

About Greater Valley YMCA (Easton, Phillipsburg & Vicinity)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

At the Greater Valley YMCA,\u00a0we are dedicated to strengthening community through programming focused on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.\u00a0 Our organization is spearheaded by dedicated volunteers and passionate staff invested in mobilizing to address key local needs.<\/p>\n

LINKS TO ALL-STAR WEEKEND:<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/cc\/the-basketball-league-april-2023-all-star-weekend-1987169<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/Day1oftheTBLAllStarWeekend.eventbrite.com<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/Day2oftheTBLAllStarWeekend.eventbrite.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pictured: Lehigh Valley Legends Basketball shooting guard\/forward, Tim Simmons and Brandon Beloti , pose for pictures and sign autographs with basketball fans at Easton\u2019s YMCA Player Meet & Greet event … Continue reading Greater Lehigh Valley YMCA Partners with Pro Basketball Team, Lehigh Valley Legends, to Introduce Sports-Based Community Programs<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/legends-YMCA.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}