For the last two summers, my daughter, Cara, has attended The Emily Krzyzewski Center in Durham, NC. She is pictured here as Aunty Em in last summer's production of the Wizard of Oz. Cara, has blossomed through this program and I am continually amazed at what a wonderful group of talented teachers, voice coaches, acting coaches and energized staff who work with these young girls and boys.
The late Emily Krzyzewski emigrated with her parents from Poland to the United States and grew up in western Pennsylvania.
Emily Krzyzewski persevered when the family struggled to adjust to a new nation, a new people and a new language, while still providing a nurturing environment for her sons. Emily worked nights as a cleaning lady. Her hopes and dreams inspired her youngest son, Mike, to rise from such a humble beginning to become one of the best coaches in all of basketball. Mike is coach at Duke University in Durham.
He founded the Emily Krzyzewski Center to bring to Durham the opportunities he and his mother experienced years before in Chicago’s North Side for focused student programming that can inspire hopes and dreams and forever transform lives. Today, Coach K and his entire family are as committed to making the Emily Krzyzewski Center a driving force within the Durham-area community as his parents and the North Side community center were committed to him.
Emily Krzyzewski passed away in 1996, but her strong legacy lives on through the work of the Emily Krzyzewski Center.http://www.emilyk.org/about/inspiration.shtml
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