Young athletes from Associação São Bento de Basquetebol (ASBB) participated on Saturday, May 31st, in Joinville (SC), in the ASPA Institute Basketball Festival. The event’s goal was the official launch of the new edition of the Projeto Basquete.com and took place at EEB (Basic Education School) Plácido Olímpio de Oliveira, in the Bom Retiro neighborhood. The occasion featured students and teachers from the project’s nuclei, as well as special guests and a program focused on promoting integration, fun, and encouragement of sports.
Representation and encouragement of sports
Atletas dos núcleos de Joinville e São Francisco do sul estiveram em quadra com os jovens jogadores da Athletes from the nuclei of Joinville and São Francisco do Sul played on the court with the young players of ASBB to promote synergy and integration between the units, as well as to give visibility to social initiatives supporting sports in the state.
“As we have sponsorship from ArcellorMittal Tuper, we were invited to provide this experience to young athletes and thus promote the integration of the projects,” highlighted Professor Ismael Rodrigues, who accompanied the ASBB delegation.
To celebrate the new cycle of the project, uniforms were handed out to ASPA students. The event also included an insightful chat with national basketball idols, such as former Brazilian national team players Tiagão and André Bambu. The veterans not only shared their journeys but also experiences with the children and teenagers present.
Learn more about the work of the ASPA Institute, sponsored by ArcelorMittal, which offers free classes in the sport for students aged 7 to 14.
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About ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal is the largest steel producer in Brazil and a global industry leader. The group employs around 127,000 people worldwide, including 20,000 in Brazil, and serves customers in 140 countries. Its mission is to create smart steels for people and the planet.
The company has industrial plants in eight Brazilian states (MG, ES, RJ, SC, CE, BA, SP, and MS), along with the country’s largest distribution network. It was the first company in the Americas to have a unit certified by ResponsibleSteel—one of the most respected ESG certifications in the world.
Its Brazilian operations have an annual production capacity of 15.5 million tons of crude steel and 5.1 million tons of iron ore. They supply industries such as automotive, home appliances, civil construction, oil and gas, machinery, and equipment, among others.
ArcelorMittal is also active in areas such as energy generation for internal consumption, renewable bio-reducer production (charcoal from planted eucalyptus forests), and information technology.
Learn more about ArcelorMittal Tuper.
