Kids customize sneakers in OKC Thunder Kicks For A Cause workshop

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KSWO) – Some fortunate children bought to customize sneakers in the Kicks For A Cause workshop with an Oklahoma City Thunder participant Sunday.

Each scholar acquired a brand new pair of Converse in their dimension to sketch, design and paint on.

Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous Alexander hosted youth from Poetry and Chill OKC Kids after college program.

Alexander stated it’s solely proper to offer again to the neighborhood that exhibits as much as help his crew’s basketball video games.

“I just think it was a great opportunity to give back to the community,” Alexander stated, “connect with some kids and kind of connect with something that I love to do as well and have a passion for, makes it more genuine and authentic.”

The workshop is a part of the Thunder’s fifteenth season of Holiday Assist, which incorporates greater than two dozen neighborhood engagements.

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