Syracuse answers Houston basketball’s call for help after Tropical Storm Harvey
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Kelvin Sampson, Houston's head coach, put out the call for help on Monday via Twitter. By Tuesday, more than 100 donations had been sent in.
UPDATED: Aug. 30, 2017 at 1:51 a.m.
As the city of Houston begins to recover from storm Harvey, Houston men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson put out a call for help.
#HoustonStrong #ForTheCity #GoCoogs pic.twitter.com/aAlkkcNqnE
— Coach Kelvin Sampson (@CoachSampsonUH) August 28, 2017
Realizing that thousands of people will be needing basic items like clothes and shoes, Sampson asked that coaches on any level send along 20 T-shirts and 10 pairs of shoes, or whatever they could afford to give.
Syracuse and dozens of other high schools and colleges answered the call.
? gear is on the way! Coach, keep up the great work and our prayers are with #Houston.#HoustonStrong https://t.co/tJF02KoQ0L
— Syracuse Basketball (@Cuse_MBB) August 29, 2017
News of the aid from SU comes just a day after football coach Dino Babers, who has deep Texas connections having coached at Baylor in Waco, Texas, and Texas A&M in College Station, Texas, offered his prayers to those affected by the flooding.
“My heart goes out to (the people of Houston),” Babers said on Monday. “I hope they’re all OK.”
As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 100 high schools and colleges have sent supplies to Sampson, who plans on donating the gear to aid organizations better suited to distribute it to those in need, per his Twitter page.
The story has been updated for appropriate style.
Published on August 29, 2017 at 6:18 pm
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