Photos by Michelle Coats for Headline Surfer / "Hot Shot" Aundre Branch of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters visits Samsula Academy in Samula on Monday. At left top, fourth-grader Donnie Padgitt with Hot Shot. At right, children see some of Hot Shot's cool basketball-handling tricks. At left, first-grader Chris Runestad shows his own ball-handling skills.
By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer
SAMSULA, Fla. -- Fourth-grader Donnie Padgitt was among the many children at Samsula Academy on Monday to receive a fast-break visit from "Hot Shot" Aundre Branch, a member of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters.
The Globetrotters' Hot Shot Branch visited the charter school to speak with second- through fifth-graders about the team’s “C.H.E.E.R.™ For Character” program, which was designed with assistance from the U.S. Department of Education.
Globetrotters at Ocean Center
The Harlem Globetrotters brought a new show and 2010 “Magical Memories” Tour to the Volusia County Ocean Center in Daytona Beach on Feb. 23.