The Salvation Army Kroc Center Boston will be a regional host site for the national NBA FIT / WNBA FIT Dribble, Dish & Swish basketball skills competition on November 4. The skills and speed obstacle course – which will have kids dribbling, passing and shooting in a timed accuracy competition – is sponsored by the NBA and WNBA and presented by Pepperidge Farm. The contest is FREE and open to children ages 7-12 years old, who will compete in three age groups (7-8, 9-10 and 11-12).
Some of the female and male winners in each group may then be eligible to move on to compete in the Regional Competition at the Celtics practice space in Waltham, Mass. Top score-getters from that contest will be eligible to battle it out with the best youth players in the U.S. at the Dribble, Dish & Swish National Finals in Orlando, Florida in February, 2012.
The competition is Friday, November 4, 2011 from 4 to 6pm at The Salvation Army Kroc Center of Boston which is located on 650 Dudley Street, Boston, MA.
For more information about the NBA FIT/WNBA FIT Dribble, Dish, & Swish go to http://www.nba.com/nbafit/dribbledishswish/.
Make your date memorable and have a good time with your significant other! The Kroc Center is hosting a Culinary Couples Night where couples will prepare and cook a delicious meal together. The event will take place at 650 Dudley Street in a state-of-the-art culinary arts training kitchen alongside a professional chef. Later, enjoy a scrumptious dinner in the dining hall to smooth and soothing music. Don't have a date? Bring a friend, sibling or co-worker! Singles are welcome to pay half the couples' rate. The event will take place on May 15 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm and will cost $50/couple for members and $60/couple for non-members. RSVP by May 13 to Chef Timothy Tucker at 617-318-6954 or timothy.tucker@use.salvationarmy.org.
Know a teen who likes to rhyme or make beats? The Kroc Community Center (650 Dudley Street in Dorchester) presents E-Raps, an educational music production program. Students will learn to write bars, rap smoothly and handle sound engineering equipment. Students even get to record a CD! This program will run every Saturday from 9am to noon (July 20 to August 10. For more info, call 617-318-6965 or email 
Calling all kids ages 6 thru 13! Don't miss this free Dance Workshop offered by the Kroc Center of Boston. The workshop will take place on July 13 from 11am to 12:30pm at 650 Dudley Street in Dorchester. No membership required, but must pre-register. For more information, or to pre-register call 617-318-6900.
What is racial discrimination? How do you prove it? On Wednesday, June 8, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., the Boston Branch NAACP will hosting a Racial Discrimination Training at the Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, located at 650 Dudley Street, Dorchester. The training is co-sponsored with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts' Young Professional's Network (YNPN) and the Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston, and supported by the Attorney General's Civil Rights Division and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD). RSVP to 
