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How did the Charity Basektball Game begin?
For the first four years, Smith middle School held the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Five years ago, we talked about how we could raise more money for our event. We came up with a charity basketball game. We had three schools involved and played one game. Our sponsorship was pretty good for throwing everything together so quickly. Our biggest sponsor was the Detroit Pistons. Six years ago, our event became so large that it was moved to the Troy Community Center. Our basketball game was equally as large. We had four teams playing three games. The entire community was involved.
For the past seven years, we have tried several different formats. To see a list of all the games and find our more information about them, click here.

We would like to give a special thanks to all of our sponsors. We would not be where we are today if you had not stepped in to help. Our sponsors have included: ABC Warehouse, Artistic Sign's & Banners, Andiamo, Baden Sports, Benefit Events, Best Buy on Rochester Road, Buff Whelan Chevrolet, Classic Design, Coldstone, Comerica Bank, Dave Scillion, Dean Sellers Ford, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Dickeys Barbecue Pit, Doeren Mayhew, Flagstar Bank, Dr. Barbara Fowler, Charles and Theresa Koneval, Dr. Richard Machesky and Dr. Kelly Machesky, McDonalds on Rochester Road, Moody Atamai Travel, Noodles on Rochester Road, Noonan Pontiac-GMC, Olei Realty, Papa Johns Pizza on Rochester Road, Quality Hardware Corporation, Royal Park Hotel, Salsaritas on Rochester Road, Serra Buick-Pontiac-GMC-Cadillac, Marc and Amanda Summers, Total T's, Townsend Hotel, Tri-County Sports, Troy Marriott, Vargo Group (Bruce Hills Golf Club)


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