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“Nothing but Net”
By Anne | July 20, 2010
ELGA has discovered another one of Flint’s best kept secrets and I want to share it with you! Did you know that we have our very own Woman’s Semi-Pro basketball team? The Flint “Lady” Flames is their name. All of their games are played at Flint Northern High School. They still have 4 games left this season so please go out and support them. Check out their website at www.FlintFlames.com.
For a basketball fan like me, it is so great that we have a ladies team…especially with the Detroit Shock leaving us for Tulsa. I remember when the Shock first came to Detroit, I was in middle school. It was thrilling to watch their games. I am so excited we have a team in our community that young girls can look up too. When I was young I had this great dream of playing pro ball. But I never got taller than 5 foot 4 and never quite became more than a so-so player. Although my basketball dreams never came true I sure hope this team inspires other girls to make good decisions and chase their dreams. This is just another cool thing going on in our community.
The Flames really are a great asset to our community. They have a real passion to give back. Recently they held basketball clinics for kids ages 10 through 17 at the Boys and Girls club and Flint Northern High School. ELGA was a very proud sponsor of this event. The kids learned many basketball skills at different stations set up around the gym. One of the stations the kids went to was the ELGA Credit Union “Financial Fitness” portion. We got to talk to the kids about savings, needs versus wants, and goals. It was so much fun and we had a really engaged group of kids.
Has anyone had a chance to go to a game yet?
Myself and Kathy hanging out at the Boys and Girls Club. Notice the Huge Banner with Detroit Shock players. On the other side of the room was a huge banner with current and former Pistons players and I wanted it!
Throwing a stress ball to one of the kids who answered one of our financial fitness questions
Boys and Girls Club
Flint Northern High School
Hello! I'm Anne and I work in Marketing at ELGA Credit Union. I've worked here at ELGA since July 2005. I've worked in a variety of positions including teller, call center agent, Member Services, and now Marketing. I graduated from U of M Flint in 2007 with my BBA with a concentration in Marketing. GO BLUE! I'm passionate about helping others achieve financial harmony and I love being involved in the Flint Community. One thing I would like to see in the next few years is the Flint economy to turn around and for Flint to become a college town! Topics: Education, For Fun, Just About Life, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
I haven’t been to a game yet but it sounds like they are making a big impact! I love your pics!
I went to a game a few weeks ago and it was so much fun! They have one regular season game left this year on Saturday July 31st. They play at 4pm at Flint Northern High School.