On July 4, 2008 at 2 p.m. twenty-four past, present, and future students of Heartland Lutheran High School in Grand Island, Nebraska began their attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest basketball game which was currently 72 hours. The students started play at 2 p.m. on the 4th of July 2008 and continued to play basketball in their high school gym until
7:07 p.m. on 7/7/08. Total playing time was: 77 hours 7 minutes 7 seconds!
The twenty-four students played the game to raise money for bond payments to pay for their school building that houses the gym and classrooms. We have just completed our second year in our new building. Two of the students that are participating in this event graduated before the building existed and never got to play a home basketball game. All of our participants are committed to raise money to help keep their school in operation so that they and many more in the future will continue to get their education at Heartland Lutheran High School. The game was open to the public.
The participants went out and collected donations for this event. You can continue to donate to help the participants celebrate their accomplishment.! If you would like to donate in honor of one of our participants to celebrate their effort click the donate button below or the donate button on one of the player pages to donate online by Paypal or credit card or you can mail your donation to Heartland Lutheran High School, BB EX 77, 3900 West Husker Hwy, Grand Island, NE 68803. Please make sure to note BB EX 77 on the envelope or check and include name of player you are sponsoring if you want to specify a specific player.
100% of all donations go directly to the bond payments and are tax deductible.
To find out more about Heartland Lutheran High School go to www.heartlandlutheran.org
