Elementary school-aged basketball players from Port Chester compete against one another in the tournament held during Unity Day, an annual event celebrating the summer that also serves as a reunion for current and former Village residents, at Columbus Park on Saturday, Aug. 12. In addition to the tournament, food and vendors were at the event. (Jeffrey Cullen Dean/Westmore News)
Basketball wasn’t the only draw to Unity Day. Local vendors attended to display their goods, too. Port Chester residents Maria Guaman (front) and Adrian Pomavilla browse decorative Crocs made by Felicia Craft at the event. (Jeffrey Cullen Dean/Westmore News)
Purdy Avenue resident Angela Chambless serves food to Traverse Avenue resident Janet Rodriguez under the pavilion at Columbus Park. (Jeffrey Cullen Dean/Westmore News)
As a show of appreciation, The Give & Go Girls, a local basketball group that hosts clinics for young females, are presented with new equipment—basketballs, T-shirts and backpacks—during a break in the Unity Day basketball tournament. From left: Rockland County resident Chevonne Washington, Stamford, Conn.-based third-grader Anastasia Acosta, Unity Day co-founder Derek Vincent, Port Chester Middle School sixth-grader Hailey Umanzor, Tappan Zee High School 11th-grader and co-founder of The Give & Go Girls Amiyah Johnson, Port Chester Middle School sixth-grader Morgan Martin, Port Chester High School freshman Adriana Aguilar, Norwalk, Conn. resident coach DJ Peoples and Park Avenue Elementary School fifth-grader Helen Boctor. (Jeffrey Cullen Dean/Westmore News)
Incoming Port Chester High School freshman Christopher Martin is unphased by his opponent attempting to block him. (Jeffrey Cullen Dean/Westmore News)
Tommy Hinz, a rising freshman at Port Chester High School, prepares to pass the basketball to a teammate. (Jeffrey Cullen Dean/Westmore News)
Members of Royal-T Creationz Dance Team and their Port Chester-based coaches sell baked goods to raise money for cheer camp. From left, back: Port Chester Middle School eighth-grader Ray Watkins, Port Chester High School junior Destini Furman, and coaches Nana Jones and Yanna Watkins. From left, front: Port Chester High School sophomore Jahnysse Stanley, Greenwich High School sophomore Kaylee Carty and coach Daishanea Bruce. (Jeffrey Cullen Dean/Westmore News)
Nine-year-old Devin Velez, of Pleasantville, gets ready to take a shot. (Jeffrey Cullen Dean/Westmore News)
Tuckahoe 9-year-old Shun Nitta dribbles a basketball past his opponents. (Jeffrey Cullen Dean/Westmore News)
Traverse Avenue residents Judy (left) and Janet Rodriguez sit around Stamford, Conn. resident Elaine Blackburn to pose for a picture while enjoying a meal at Unity Day. (Jeffrey Cullen Dean/Westmore News)
