The ‘Sixth Man’ Center, which opened officially Tuesday, features seven basketball courts. The facility also offers an education suite, mental health oasis, and multimedia labs.
Philadelphia Youth Basketball hopes the Alan Horwitz ‘Sixth Man’ Center brings ‘life-changing opportunities’
Holdsman worked with PYB cofounder Eric Worley, also the creator of the Philly Triple Threat AAU program, and Ameen Akbar, the chief mission officer, to forge relationships with donors and eventually secure a facility. “One of the things that took us a little bit, wasn’t just finding the right property, but getting a set of philanthropists, and in particular Alan, to say, ‘You know what, I’m going to make a big bet on this organization, on this center, and this leadership team.’ Within 13 months we raised another $15 million.”
The center has begun hosting summer day camps for rising third graders to rising eighth graders, who were in attendance for Tuesday’s ceremony, and afterward, played small games on the courts. Then in the evening, PYB will have a summer academy for teenagers in the high school level.
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