August 27, 2014
Giving back in the Alcy Ball Community
WMC Channel 5 4:00 News, July 16, 2014 MAM partners with SOS to teach teens home repair skills and more importantly, giving back to their own community.
August 27, 2014
MAM helps youth stay away from gangs
WREG Channel 3 6:00 News, June 26, 2014 Randy Odom, our chief operations officer, states that MAM and other youth organizations give our urban youth a reason NOT to become involved in gangs.
August 27, 2014
Taking the reins: At-risk kids saddle up
WMC Channel 5 News at 10, July 25, 2014 A special partnership with Old West Special Trails is allowing our MAM Leawood children to learn about country life and the unconditional love of a horse.
August 7, 2014
More and more youth attend Midnight Basketball
WMC Channel 5 10:00 News, July 13, 2014 Rajah Brown, MAM area director, manages the Midnight Basketball program at the Memphis Grizzlies Center. More and more young men are coming on Saturday nights to shoot hoops and hang around positive mentors.
August 7, 2014
MAM remains a safe haven in the Alcy Ball community
June 23, 2014, WREG Channel 3 6:00 News WREG's Sabrina Hall interviews Randy Odom, MAM Chief Operations Officer, about senseless violence after five youth are shot at the Hillview Apartments in the Alcy Ball Community.
July 25, 2014
Live at 9 likes Midnight Basketball, too!
WREG - TV, Live at 9, June 16, 2014 Rod Moses, MAM CAO, and Kerri Campbell with the Mayor's Initiative share how young men in Memphis can shoot hoops in a safe environment on Saturday nights.
July 24, 2014
At-risk youth get a taste of the Wild West at horse camp
WREG Channel 3 News at 5, July 22, 2014 At-risk kids are getting the ride of a lifetime, thanks to a local horse camp. Kids from Nutbush get a taste of the Old West, free of charge. Most of the kids couldn’t afford summer camp, but thanks to the program…
July 24, 2014
Teens from Memphis Athletic Ministries repair homes
Channel 24, Local Midday News, July 14, 2014 HAPPENING NOW. Two local families are getting help from a few local organizations. Teens from Memphis Athletic Ministries and volunteers from Divine Life Church are teaming up with Service Over Self to repair two homes in the Alcy Ball Community. The two…
The Commercial Appeal, Sports, July 6, 2014, by Michael Cohen The man pacing at the back of the gymnasium, microphone in hand, is police officer John Grandberry. Seated before him is an audience of roughly 85 high school and college-aged boys. Their collective attention span, already small, is siphoned into…
Memphis Business Journal, June 20, 2014 By Michael Sheffield The Memphis Grizzlies have formed a partnership with Memphis Gun Down, the Memphis Police Department’s Community Outreach Program and Memphis Athletic Ministries to host Midnight Basketball Tournaments at the MAM Grizzlies Athletic Center, located at 2107 Ball Road. The tournaments will be held…
