On July 3, 2014 the founder of the league that now has his name passed away. We want everyone involved in his program to understand that Pete Petersen was more than the name on the t shirts and the PETE patches on uniforms. Don Petersen was a humble man with a simple philosophy when he started this program. He wanted to give the children in his neighbourhood a safe place to come to to play basketball and to learn both game skills and, just as important, life lessons at the same time. He transferred that enthusiasm for making a difference to hundreds of people over his life time and we will be forever grateful that he opened the back door at St. Pat’s and invited the children playing on the hill to come in and play some basketball. We remain committed to keeping Don’s dream alive so that the next generations of players will know how much fun being on a team and playing this game can be. Thanks for sharing that vision and dream with us Don.
