IBGR BREAK OUT COMING!DRYWORLD Partners with Legendary Harlem Globetrotter, Curley Boo Johnson, on Skills For Life Basketball Camp
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SANTA BARBARA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 21, 2024 / Dryworld Brands Inc. (OTC Pink:IBGR), a premium performance sports brand, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the legendary Harlem Globetrotter, Dr. Curley Boo Johnson, to sponsor the Skills For Life Basketball Academy camp in Peoria, Illinois for a second year.
Skills For Life Basketball Academy is a premier summer day camp for young men and women aged between 9 and 14 years. Athletes at The Academy are coached by Curley Boo Johnson with assistance from top high school players from the Peoria area. The camp is entering its 17th season in 2024.
The popular camp has grown to over 750 young people attending from the surrounding community and provides a skill-building, competitive basketball camp that reinforces the mindset it takes to achieve greatness, and the importance of building, and giving back to, community.
As part of the partnership, Curley Boo Johnson will become an official DRYWORLD ambassador and shareholder. DRYWORLD receives the right to be the official brand of the Skills For Life Academy basketball camp.
"It is an honor to support the Curley Boo Johnson Skills For Life Basketball Camp for a second year," commented DRYWORLD Co-CEO, Matt Weingart. "The outpouring of love and positivity from camp attendees and their parents is truly heartwarming. Proof of Curley's powerful force of positivity is that he has nearly 100 camp Alumni coaches that return each year to give back to their community. Curley truly is a legend and an inspiration."
As a member of the world-renowned Harlem Globetrotters, Curley Boo Johnson traveled to six continents and 94 countries, meeting with dignitaries including Pope John Paul II, Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela during his career. Known as the World's Greatest Dribbler, many of Curley's basketball records are still standing and may never be broken. In his 18 seasons as a professional basketball player, he discovered secret components of success, which he is passing on to the next generation through his Skills For Life Basketball camp.
Curley Boo Johnson said, "Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation. My goal each summer is to provide a space for the young people in our community to have fun, be competitive, and to learn skills, the importance of teamwork and the power of perseverance. I am excited to be a DRYWORLD ambassador and shareholder and very happy to have gained the company's support for our camp again this summer."
