Tony Squire, founder of Squires AAU Basketball and the Squires Basketball Foundation, was the first person in Richmond to start an AAU basketball program in the city in 1987 and has used the program as a way to "give guys more of an opportunity." Squire spoke to our club in September about how's his program has helped more than 400 kids to receive scholarships that slept in "gated communities to bathtubs." Squire spoke of the success stories of his program, helping children steer themselves out of trouble as well as superstars such as Ray Allen and Amare Stoudamire, who have been a part of the program. He also spoke about how everyone does something to help support the program, everyone helps with the fundraising and that there are "no short cuts" for those participating in his program and that his motto for his players is "a degree for free."
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