H.O.P.E Youth Handball Tournament

April 14th, 2007

(Handling Opposition with Peace Effort)

The Brothers of Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Inc. Alpha Rho Chapter Temple University, Pennsylvania 1-Wall Handball Association MIGDOG PROMO Handball Association hosted a Youth Handball Tourney in North Philadelphia to address the issue of violence that's plaguing our City. Philadelphia is now the Nations Murder Capital with over 100 deaths this year!!! We held a candlelight ceremony in remembrance of our fallen Philadelphians. We had a huge turnout in which a few of our Councilmen/women where in attendance--Councilman at Large Juan Ramos, Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds-Brown, and Councilman Darryl Clarke.

In desperate times, it is a great feeling that we can come together as a community to support our family, friends and most importantly are youths. To display peace and harmony amongst bitter rivals, that’s why we love to play this game we call HANDBALL. The goodwill and ambassadorship among the players and advocates goes to show how you can just leave it all on the court in the heat of battle and walk off the court shaking hands and gaining the respect of one another and becoming handball buddies for life. Over 25 teams came to display their overall raw talent, but before the games started, a park clean up was started then a ceremony for our fallen Philadelphians.

The results of the H.O.P.E Tour

1st place: Jose Serrano 17 & Pedro Garcia

2nd Place: Giovanni Hernandez & Christopher Pagan (red sweater)

3rd Place: DJ Malve & Omar GarciaAlso

4th Place: Felix Valdez & Ryan Rivera (Felix is wearing theGreen shirt & white paints)

Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc.,Step-Up & Penna 1-Wall Handball Association, MigDog Promo Handball Association Presents “Handling Opposition with Peace (H.O.Pe.)” is the only way to WIN!
WHEN: Saturday, APRIL 14, 2007
ENTRY: 8-10AM SHARP!
WHERE: ALLEGHENY & MASCHER PARK/ (SALVATION ARMY if it rains!)

Jose and Pedro mount a fierce comeback to win after being down by 10

DJ and Omar put it on their opposing players

Special thanks goes out to everyone who assisted in this great cause:

Miguel Torres- MigDog Promo
Ricardo Medina- Pennsylvania 1-Wall Handball Association
Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Inc.
Alpha Rho Chapter
Temple University
Salvation Army
Boys & Girls Club
City of Phila
Councilman at Large Juan Ramos
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds-Brown
Councilman Darryl Clarke
Albert Apuzzi

Hector Diaz- Allentown Big-blue Handball Association

Gary Cruz- United States Handball Association