Nets players surprise, pass out gifts to disadvantaged children at Atlantic Terminal
The holidays came early for a group of 75 underprivileged kids on Tuesday as four Brooklyn Nets players danced, laughed and handed out gifts to children at Santa Land at Atlantic Terminal in Downtown Brooklyn.
And although the Nets had an away game in Houston the night before, that didn’t stop All-Star center Brook Lopez, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Luis Scola and Justin Hamilton from coming out and giving back to the local kids.
The youngsters, ages six to 10, were from Children of Promise, NYC (CPNYC), a nonprofit that helps children who have incarcerated parents. CPNYC is based in Bedford-Stuyvesant, which has one of the highest concentrations of incarceration in the city.