LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) - Councilman Derry Glenn has announced plans to host a basketball tournament to raise awareness about gun safety and to give kids a fun send-off for their summer.
The Bradfield Community Center will host the tournament on Aug. 12 at 6 p.m. Teams for the tournament have already been selected, and admission will be free for the event. Handouts and information about gun safety will be provided at the tournament. Glenn said he was inspired seeing other tournaments held at the community center, and that he wants to give kids an opportunity to have fun before school starts back up.
"We want to have some good fun in basketball. Last time they had one here, it was a sold-out crowd," said Glenn.
"We want to make that crowd bigger and better and have some good fun at the end of the summer right before we go out to school the following week. That's what our main purpose is: to bring everybody together. Kids from other schools come together, and they get to know one another even more."
Refreshments will be sold at the event, and all proceeds will go towards the Bradfield Center's Boys & Girls Club.
