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Warriors Wrap Up Special Program for Disadvantaged Girls Interested in Basketball

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The Golden State Warriors wrapped up a special program Monday that benefits disadvantaged girls interested in basketball.

For the last three Mondays, the Warriors have been hosting girls from the Grassroots Oakland organization Homies Empowerment.

The so-called Chicas Series invited groups of girls to the Warriors' Oakland facility for a basketball clinic with talented coaches. Then, they invited them into a locker room where brand new jerseys were hanging, with their names on the back.

The girls also got new shoes and hats.

โ€œItโ€™s inspiring for us to be able to do so and hopefully for the girls some things theyโ€™ll never forget,โ€ said Jeff Addiego, vice president of the Warriors Basketball Academy.

The experience has been a win-win for Warriors staff and the girls taking part.

โ€œMost people, they might never get to experience this maybe because of how they live, or maybe they think they can't, but I think it's a fun experience for people who never had it before,โ€ said 13-year-old Sophia.

Mondayโ€™s event also included a panel discussion about how women can get involved in basketball careers off the court as well as on the court.

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