On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, South Pasadena High School hosted a basketball tournament that also served as a fundraiser for families affected by the Eaton fire. Coach Ernest Baskerville organized the event to help those who lost their homes and worked with the Johnnie Cochran law firm to award over $50,000 in grants. Volunteers also signed up to adopt families in need.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, South Pasadena High was the site for eight basketball games. Before each game on Monday, an excerpt from Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I have a dream' speech played over the public address system. It was a reminder to players and fans what the day meant. For South Pasadena coach Ernest Baskerville, from morning to night, he turned his tournament into a way of helping families who lost homes in the devastating Eaton fire.
Eight signed up to help. The need is real. An assistant principal said Muir High in Pasadena had 168 students lose their homes. Dozens more had homes damaged. Muir won't reopen until next week at the earliest. 'I'm not an original Pasadena resident, but I've been here 16 years now,' Baskerville said. 'I've built relationships with people in the community. There were people coming to tell us their stories and tell us their home of 50 years is gone.
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