Font ResizeLAS CRUCES -- The Harlem Ambassadors, an international, co-ed basketball team, will play a team of Las Cruces business leaders in a charity fundraising game 7 p.m. Thursday to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern New Mexico.
The game will be played at O-ate High School, 5700 Mesa Grande Drive. Tickets purchased in advance are $7 for students and seniors and $9 for adults. At the door, tickets will cost $9 for students and seniors, and $11 for adults.
The Harlem Ambassadors have partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern New Mexico to help raise funds for youth mentoring in southwest New Mexico. The Ambassadors play a unique brand of Harlem-style basketball, featuring high-flying slam dunks, dazzling ball-handling tricks and hilarious comedy routines.
The Las Cruces team will include: Savonne Griffin, FirstLight Federal Credit Union; David Hicks, Las Cruces Convention Center; Davin Lopez, Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance; Kiel Hoffman, Pioneer Bank; Susan Palmer, Mesilla Valley Mall; Stacie Christiano, Stacie Christiano, chief executive officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern New Mexico; Amanda Cruz, Hispano Chamber of Commerce; Ken Hoeskema, Life Support Medical; Jeffery Silva, Bank of the West; Matthew France, Bank of the West; Walter Morris, Sams Club; and Robert Paquette, The Market Store.
For more information, including details how to become a sponsor, or to purchase advance tickets, call Big Brothers Big
