Matthew J. Andrews sent a message to Edward W. Stack - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dicks Sporting Goods - Email Address that said:
Dear Mr. Stack,
My name is Matthew Andrews, Im a regular hard working middle class twenty-four year old man from Washington Pennsylvania. Ive always had the dream of winning the lottery as do most Americans, and with the money I have always said the first thing I would do is rebuild the three inner city park basketball courts. The three courts combine for one functioning hoop. Our town is experiencing a major drug crisis right now and I feel as if our youth has nowhere to go to be kids.. My plan is to hopefully start a non profit organization to start rebuilding these parks. My idea was to start with the basketball courts and then the rest of the park. I wanted to start with the courts because they target more of the teenage crowd. Im not looking for any type of recognition or a payday. Im simply trying to give the youth nice places to get away for free. Parks they can appreciate and be proud of! The reason Im contacting you directly is because this is going to be a costly situation. Im not asking for a handout but maybe a discount on the hoops. Being as there is a big Dicks Sporting Goods here in washington and your company sponsors the pony world series which is here I thought you may be willing to help! Im sure I could get the city to approve my proposal and I would give full credit to you and the the construction company who will be laying the concrete for the courts and installing the hoops. Id ask for your company to recieve an honorary plac in each park and advertise dicks sporting goods on all the hoops. If your able and willing to help you will be touching the lives of many generations to come! Thank you and I hope to hear from you!
-Matthew J. Andrews
(724) 328-2724
Mattandrews623@yahoo.com
