“Basketball is more than just a game,” Charity shared on a recent Sunday afternoon as we sat and talked. “It is life lessons: Persevere, you can’t give up through the wins or the  losses and you have to set a good example to be a good leader.”  Charity has played on Pearl-Cohn’s team each of […]

Sports boil down to the math.  Score a basket and get one, two or three points.  Five fouls get you benched. Books record our team’s assists, shots, baskets, fouls, and more. Let me tell you about some other math I did on Saturday. Last year PTM had two basketball teams with 16 total players. This […]

“I was paired with Marvell several years ago for a PTM Life 5k. We worked on not sprinting and walking, not sprinting and stopping, not sprinting and tiring out, but keeping a steady pace. Marvell accomplished his goal and was so excited, yet humble about it! “recounts Suzanne Salter, PTM volunteer. “He continues to lead […]

  “Don’t give up. Keep a positive mindset. Don’t worry about your size. Keep working hard.” These are some of the lessons Aubre, a starting center on the Hillsboro High School football team, has learned from experience. “When I was younger, I was small and wasn’t getting to play much. The coaches saw me working […]

Pat Whelan, Steven’s longtime PTM mentor, loves how he cares about people. He really cares about them, Pat says. He also enjoys his smile. It is easy to see why. Steven, a senior at Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School, has been at PTM since the third grade. His earliest memories are Ms. Sarah making him […]