As part of the national Make a Difference Day, held on the last Saturday in October each year, students from Morton Middle School were invited to participate in a three-on-three basketball tournament at the Durfee High School gym on October 27, 2007. In order to participate, students had to bring in a canned good that was donated to the Fall River Food Bank. Then, with the assistance of Durfee High School basketball team members, students formed three-person teams and hit the courts for some healthy exercise. Youth Services Coordinator Christian McCloskey and members of the Youth Outreach team served as coaches for the games that lasted for two hours. Click here, here, and here to see some of the other Make a Difference Day activities that took place that day. For more information, contact Christian McCloskey at 508-324-2419
 

(Top row, left) Morton School eighth-graders Heck Champagne, Andrew Baptiste, and Jonathan Beaudry get ready for the three-on-three tournament. (Top row, center) Fall River Youth Services Coordinator Christian McCloskey sets out the rules for the game. (Top row, right) Morton School eighth-graders Alex Ried, Tyler Winn and Matthew Moussamih sign in for their game. (Middle row, left) Morton School sixth-grader Alex Lawal flies in for a shot while Jonathan Beaudry attempts to block the shot. (Middle row, center) Durfee High School basketball team members Jamie Resendes, Youri Dascy, Kevin Johnson, Jonathan Pavao, Rudy Joseph, Tom Roberts and C.J. Gonsalves in the back row, and Tyler Winn, Kingsley Alli and Ben Feitelberg in the front row, hold the cans of food that they brought in to participate in the game. (Middle row, right) Alex Lawal takes another shot while Jonathan Beaudry and Andrew Baptiste guard the basket. (Bottom row, left) Jonathan Beaudry dribbles in for a lay-up. (Bottom row, center) Sixty-grader Tyler Anderson fights for the ball with Jonathan Beaudry. (Bottom row, right) Sixth-grader Matthew Baker watches as Andrew Beaudry dribbles under the direction of Youth Outreach Worker Kelvin Oritz.