CONWAY, Ark. (April 15, 2013) - The Power 92 Jammers will play the Conway All-Stars in a tie-breaking charity basketball game on Friday, April, 26 at 7 p.m. in the Hendrix College Wellness and Athletics Center at Harkrider and Siebenmorgen.
The game, co-hosted by Hendrix College and the True Holiness Saints Center, will benefit the Pine Street Community Backpack Program, which provides backpacks filled with needed school supplies for K-12 students to start off the new school year.
In addition to the backpack program, the Pine Street Community Development Center sponsors a food bank, health clinic, and pre-school program free of charge. The program also offers haircuts, hot meals, and opportunities for children and their families to meet and talk with community leaders and role models in the field of education or strong advocates for education.
For more information, contact Shawanna Rodgers at 501-327-8770 or thsc@cyberback.com.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the fifth consecutive year, Hendrix was named one of the country's "Up and Coming" liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix is featured in the 2012 edition of the Princeton Review as one of the country's best 377 colleges, the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges, Forbes magazine's annual list of America's Top 650 Colleges, and the 2013 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.