Contest to serve as fundraiser for Light for Life
It will be firemen against the law enforcement officers in the “Guns and Hoses” Lights for Life benefit basketball game set for the Franklin County High School central gym.
The event will be held starting at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, and sponsored by the Franklin County YOVASO (Youth of Virginia Speak Out) for traffic safety club.
Tickets are $5.
Club sponsor Brian McClung said all proceeds will go to the Lights for Life fundraiser.
McClung, a Rocky Mount police officer who is the criminal justice instructor at FCHS, said the benefit game was the students’ idea.
“They wanted to raise money for the drive and came up with pitting the firefighters against the police officers. Of course all proceeds will go to the fundraiser,” he said
Participants are still being recruited, according to McClung.
“The students have been working on this and the public safety folks have helped in spreading the word,’ McClung said.
“We want all of the volunteer firefighters to know about it and hope they provide some outstanding talent we don’t know about,” McClung said.
“The same is true with the police officers. The students want these men to bring their best shooters and defensive players to the gym and let them battle it out on the court,” McClung said.
“These guys are in good shape so they should be able to run up and down the court without any problem. Just in case, we’re trying to recruit more players than most folks need,” McClung said. “Who knows, there even might be some minor injuries.”
Team rosters will be announced as soon as possible, McClung said.
The club is trying to bring in some “personalities” who will serve as honorary coaches of the two teams.
“We’d like to urge everyone to come out for the big game and also assist the Lights for Life campaign. Who knows, this game could become a big annual fundraiser for the YOVASO club members,” McClung said.
