Syracuse, N.Y. -- On Saturday, benefactors of the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation will wear fancy clothes and gather at the couple's 19th annual Basket Ball at Turning Stone Resort. They will have paid a significant amount of money to mingle will Orange basketball royalty.
On Friday, a day before the gala, the Boeheims presented the Boys and Girls Clubs of Syracuse with a check for $125,000 to kick off a campaign designed to raise $1 million during the club's 125th anniversary year.
Without Saturday's Basket Ball, days like Friday likely would not happen.
"One lady gives us $50,000 who comes to our gala earmarked for the Boys and Girls Club," Boeheim said.