‘Bowling saved my life’: Memphis woman gives young bowlers free gear
Latasha Peeples founded the annual Adult II Youth Bowling Donation Drive in 2022. She is pictured in the green shirt with bowling participants. (Courtesy Latasha Peeples)
It doesn’t take long to see that Latasha Peeples loves bowling.
She has bowled every week for nearly two decades and has come within 11 pins of a perfect game. Her team has won a league championship, and she has competed in tournaments across the country.
But Peeples isn’t just an avid bowler. She’s also an ambassador for the sport, and she wants more people to have the chance to play it.
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John Klyce
John Klyce is an enterprise reporter with The Daily Memphian who writes a wide range of in-depth features, as well as profiles about local leaders, scientists, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs, and anyone else doing exciting and important work in this city. He previously spent four years with the Memphis Business Journal, where he covered public companies, startups, and innovation, and a fifth year with The Commercial Appeal, where he covered education, and chronicled how gun violence and poverty were affecting Memphis youth and their families. He has also been a fellow with the Institute for Citizens and Scholars. John has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Boston University.
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