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"I'm not going to say it was easy," said [Horatio Williams]. "But we just had to stay focused. I was determined to do well in school, to be an athlete, to get a scholarship, to go to college."
"Horatio has really been a blessing for these kids," said Kirk Teasley, Butzel head basketball coach. "They really look forward to the basketball camp. We get about 100 kids a day. We've already had several go on to play successfully on high school teams.""I've always wanted to give back to my community," said Clayton Woodard, a junior college basketball coach who volunteers his time and skills to the Horatio Williams Basketball Camp. "When I found out what Horatio was doing, I jumped at the chance to do my part. I've coached all over the country, but I grew up around here. These kids are me, and so often they just need the right helping hand. That's why we're here."See the full content of this document
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Giving Back
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Horatio Williams admits that he was a product of his environment when he was growing up on Detroit's east side in the late 1970s. And even though his mother, Hattie Fields and her husband, Melvin, were working and raising t...See the full content of this document
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