Inspiration #3

            Another person that inspires me is a well-known male in some of Philadelphia named Harry Leong. Harry Leong is the center director at the church and after-school program that I tutor at, but Harry isn’t just a center director. Harry doesn’t seem busy all the time, but if you didn’t know Harry is always working at home, work, and even just on the streets. Harry works for the church a lot, but what inspires me the most is that he is in charge of one of Philadelphia’s Chinese Basketball teams. There is a team around the areas of Chinatown here in Philadelphia that harry is the supervisor/director/coach of and they are called the Philadelphia Suns. It is a basketball team for all different ages and genders such as the young suns ranging from 7-14 years old, Risings suns that are no older than 18 and is attending high school, The lady suns from 13 years old and up, Men suns team A & B, and even Senior Suns ranging from old to older.

Even though Harry only coaches the young suns he still takes care of all the financial problems that these teams cost by having some of his players participate in the Chinese Lion Dance. The Chinese lion dance is a tradition where they perform in lion heads made by different materials to use while they shake it in different ways performing some of their own routines. The Chinese lion dance is also traditionally performed at some Chinese grand openings at a restaurant, weddings, events such as Phillies game, Asian inheritance month, and especially Chinese New Year. The Chinese lion dance is one of Chinese traditions that what the Chinese

believes to give good luck and also scare away the bad spirits and start of new cleansed life once again. Harry organizes a lot of community events such as a Chinatown cleanup not because he lives in Chinatown, but just to keep any community clean and safe. Some other community attractions that he holds is an after-school program and also a summer camp called PUMP. Some of these attractions are available for kids because Harry is very good with kids. Before he became the center director of the Chinese Christian Church & Center he was a teacher at Mc Call elementary. Harry was basically in the Philadelphia community forever.

            For the most part Harry Leong is gradually becoming more renown every day because of the work he does for us.  You might not know him now but eventually after you read this and is very curious to learn a little bit more about this man it is possible you can search up Harry Leong on Google. That’s how popular harry is. He is like the Yao Ming of China, but instead in Chinatown.