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East Bay Kings is a non-profit organization and professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association.  The team plays in the Pacific division of the ABA, which was reformed in the year 2000 in partnership with the NBA. The ABA originally founded in 1967 with notable players such as Dr. J, Julius Erving, Moses Malone, & Rick Barry among other NBA greats has been going strong since its reformation.  With 175+ teams the ABA is now the largest professional sports league in the world and is aggressively expanding.  We serve our community in the East Bay Area giving them nightlife entertainment and provide jobs in underprivileged communities of Oakland, Richmond, Pittsburg, Concord, Antioch, California and the surrounding low income areas.  We also host youth basketball and football camps, and provide personal training services.   We are looking to launch a minority scholarship program for East Bay Area residents that are graduating college-bound seniors that have shown great triumph over adversity.  Our goal is to inspire and motivate our local community thru sports and entertainment, highlighting individuals that have persevered thru difficult circumstances.  Our game events will employ local talented performers as the entertainment during half-time and post game events.  We also operate an audio and video production department that will tell the stories of these talented athletes and performers in our documentary movie series "East Bay Kings".  Operating a sports franchise is challenging enough as is, but with the plans to create a unique entertainment division we will need additional funding.  If we can accomplish this we can give hope to an area decimated by the recent Covid-19, and bring light to the culture and undiscovered talent that has fell through the cracks in this region of the Bay Area.  Your company logo will be prominently displayed at all our events, uniforms, equipment, and via website and social media. Your company will be looked at as a hero to our community and a preferred brand.