Memorial Day weekend in Middletown again will mean family fun and community pride if former Middie football, track and basketball standout Darrell Hunter has
anything to say about it. The Darrell Hunter Organization hosts its annual breast cancer awareness and community pride walk, as well as a youth football camp and two basketball competitions Saturday and Sunday, May 23-24. “Mainly, I think our goal is to have people come out in the community and support,” said Hunter, a 25-year-old Middletown High School alumnus who also played at Miami University, then for the Arizona Cardinals and the New Orleans Saints in the NFL. Hunter is in his first year with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. A free youth football camp will take place in the park after the walk. Children 4 to 16 are welcome to learn what it takes to win on and off the field. “We’re excited and anxious for the weekend to come,” said Kelven Moss, account executive for the Darrell Hunter Organization. Moss, another former Middie athlete, said this year’s event will have some special highlights. Some Middletown City Schools personnel will shoot hoops at 3 p.m. May 24 at Rosa Parks Elementary, 1210 S. Verity Parkway, against some familiar faces from the community. The teams are made up of folks who inspired Hunter and Moss as they grew up in Middletown. A charity basketball game is set for 4 p.m. featuring current Middie players against former players. Canned goods will be used as admission proceeds will benefit the Dream Center.
“We’re trying to give a positive spin to this recession and just have fun,” Hunter said.