Grant provides basketball shoes for refugee children at clinic run by school student

Refugee children unwind before practicing basketball abilities at American Preparatory Academy, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, in West Valley City. Alta School sophomore Jonathan Diener has organized Hoops 4 Bright Futures and received a $2,500 award from Select Health to acquire basketball shoes for refugee children who attend his basketball clinics.

Young basketball players got their kicks in more different options than one at American Preparatory Academy on Thursday.

The refugee children received new shoes authorized by a grant then latched onto a legal court to function on basketball skills inside a clinic place on by Alta Senior high school sophomore Jonathan Diener.

Diener organized Hoops 4 Bright Futures, several basketball clinics to aid refugees, and received a $2,500 grant from Select Health to buy the sneakers for the children.