The Vasilopoulos family!! We are so grateful to our dear Illinois friends for hosting our very first Team Empty Chair/Hoops of Hope event in their driveway.  We had a blast.  We shot over 1000 hoops…

made a ton of pictures for the backpacks

…and had lots of fun.

The day was extra special because we shot in honor of Paige Stibgen. Though Paige lost her battle to cancer, she loved basketball and would have loved the smiles that these backpacks will bring to children in Africa.

This was her basketball team picture…

It was a great day, mostly because we’ve been on the road so long.  It felt good to finally start shooting hoops.  Thanks again for everything you guys did.  We love you!!!