WHO: Richmond Chief Administrative Officer Byron Marshall
CarMax President and CEO Tom Folliard
CarMax Foundation President Lynn Mussatt
Richmond Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities Dr. Norman C. Merrifield
Other City and CarMax Officials and Youth Basketball Teams
WHAT: A ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a new basketball court and recognize the CarMax Foundation for its
donation of a $155,000 grant to support youth basketball in the City of Richmond.
WHEN: Thursday, June 30, 2011
4 p.m.
WHERE: Pine Camp Arts & Community Center
4901 Old Brook Road
Richmond, VA 23227
BACKGROUND:
The CarMax Foundation has awarded a grant of $155,000 to the Enrichmond Foundation for use by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities to build a new basketball court, restore an existing building for use as a concession facility, and expand league play to include more Richmond youth and a new wheelchair league. This is the fifth year that CarMax has supported youth basketball in the city. Since 2007, the CarMax Foundation has given more than $500,000 to restore and expand the department’s basketball courts at Pine Camp and fund league play for hundreds of Richmond youth between the ages of 10 and 17.
