DONATE A PAIR OF NEW OR USED BASKETBALL SHOES
One of the very first Bulls initiatives was born out of a direct need in our community for kids playing in our Franklin/South Auckland Leagues. The right footwear is extremely important and we believe all kids playing in our leagues need the right tools to be able to learn with confidence.
One of Our Missions:
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Create opportunities for young people to pursue their dreams, especially in the sport of basketball and remove barriers to play.
We do this by working to ensure that all kids who want to play our sport have:
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A pair of adequate basketball shoes to use on court or at home to train or play in.
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A ball to be able to practice with.
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Access to a hoop, at home, school or at a local facility.
These initiatives are not simply sport orientated, but more about ensuring that every young person has access to activity, friendship as part of the team or club and has no restrictions for access to be able to achieve their goals.
HOW DO WE FIND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE?
We partner with local community organisations, clubs and Franklin Basketball Association to identify the need in our community.
Please get in touch if you have a young person who needs support to be able to play the greatest game in the world. admin@bullsbasketball.nz
DONATING SECOND HAND SHOES?
Most basketball players accumulate shoes, especially young players who grow out of theirs and most of the time these shoes are still adequate for use by someone else.
HOW IT WORKS
STEP 1. Find your shoes and decide you want to donate them.
STEP 2. Rate Them: Poor, Average, Good or Excellent. WE ONLY ACCEPT GOOD OR EXCELLENT
STEP 3. Put them in an old shoe box or a box you can find and write your name and email address on a piece paper and place in one of the shoes.
STEP 4. Drop the shoes off to the Franklin Pool and Leisure Centre, Pukekohe.
Once we receive them we touch them up, put new inner soles in them and then find an appropriate home for them.
We also take donations of brand new shoes and we are excited to partner with footwear suppliers who help us with inner soles and new kicks for our kids.
Conditions: Not every shoe that is donated will be passed on. This is usually due to quality and condition. Remember these shoes are being donated to children and communities that will love and use them, so all shoes we pass on must be of a certain standard. A standard you would be proud to have and own.
Reasons shoes will not be passed on:
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Soles unusable on courts.
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Rips and tears.
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Unrepairable damage.
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Shoes look too old and in poor quality.
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LARGE SIZES
Thanks to our amazing players, we always have large sizes. Yup once our players finish the season many of them donate their playing shoes. This means we have sizes ranging from size 12s upto size 16 and depending on the players, even larger.
So if you have a young athlete with large feet, we might be able to help.