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Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...

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The Mutual Impact of Giving By AJ Matthew I had no idea what to expect on the first day of camp, but when I saw the first group of kids walk in with smiles on their faces I knew it was going to be phenomenal. … Continue reading → A Day to be Cherished Yesterday was a...

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Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...

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Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...

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The Mind Game By: Kaustubh Garimella. Kaustubh is a sophomore at Northwestern University and has previously volunteered in India helping students learn basketball. Basketball is just as much a mental exercise as it is physical one. Coaches often talk about basketball...

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Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...

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Service Learning in India By Maggie Brown (@MagsOnWags) Their feet are bare and their clothes are tattered, And yet they show up at Crossover like nothing is the matter. As four o’clock passes the gym fills up as the children gather, And laughter fills the room …...

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Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...

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Service Learning in India By Maggie Brown (@MagsOnWags) Their feet are bare and their clothes are tattered, And yet they show up at Crossover like nothing is the matter. As four o’clock passes the gym fills up as the children gather, And laughter fills the room …...

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Service Learning in India By Maggie Brown (@MagsOnWags) Their feet are bare and their clothes are tattered, And yet they show up at Crossover like nothing is the matter. As four o’clock passes the gym fills up as the children gather, And laughter fills the room …...

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Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...

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Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...

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Empowered By Ram Sundaram Dear Team Crossover, Hope you got the sleep you deserved on your way back.  It’s just been a week since Crossover and so much has happened already:  The Opportunity To Changes Lives By George Baldini Our days can be long. Very long. And last...

The Surprising Thing About Hope

By Devin Bramhall Hope to me speaks to the core of our mission: we’re teaching children that there are greater possibilities for them in the future by teaching them the skills they will need to achieve those great goals. It’s not enough to know what is out there in...

What Hope Means to Me

By Anjali Ramakrishnan Crossover Basketball uses the specific term of creating hope because little things, like making a basket or solving a math problem are the building blocks of a hopeful future. It’s a reminder they are capable of success in life and beyond,...
Taking A Shot At Hope

Taking A Shot At Hope

By Sailesh Tummala As I stepped out of our air-conditioned house in southern Chennai, and on to our bus with the privileged American International School badge on it, I had no idea what to expect. I’ve heard the stories from my family and even visited to India when I...

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To Find a Million Ram’s… By Maggie Brown One of the greatest beauties in the mystery of the precious human life lies within the irrefutable fact that time is not infinite, tomorrow is never guaranteed, and that the world will not spin beneath our wavering … Continue...
New Challenges, New Joy

New Challenges, New Joy

By Neel Kohli June 24th Truth: I was nervous getting ready to go on this trip. I didn’t know anyone going, what they’d be like, or whether I’d fit in, so I just tried not to think about it. June 26th Truth: The people volunteering are so smart and so far the biggest...

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Excited For This Opportunity By Lauren Ball Twenty one more days until I board a plane to Boston, where my adventure with Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy begins. I first heard about this organization in August of 2013 after I had just returned from …...

Empowered

By Ram Sundaram Dear Team Crossover, Hope you got the sleep you deserved on your way back.  It’s just been a week since Crossover and so much has happened already:  PARENTS: A parent is trying to set me up with the local ward Councillor to seek permissions to enable...