The Great Lakes Basketball Association is NO LONGER IN OPERATION due to illness.

Bob Fillmore, the Founding President of the Great Lakes Basketball and a lifelong diabetic has started having complications from his diabetes in the last three years.

• In 2007 Bob Fillmore was through the emergency room 20 times and admitted 7 times.
• In 2008 Bob Fillmore was through the emergency room 4 times and admitted 3 times.
• As of July 18th, 2009, Bob Fillmore has been through the emergency room

The diabetes has affected his stomach's ability to digest food, vision problems, and kidney failure.

Presently Bob Fillmore is a patient of Harper Hospital, part of the Detroit Medical Center, where he is trying to get on a transplant list for a new kidney and new pancreas. However, that in itself is a very difficult road. Social workers at Harper Hospital are strongly encouraging donations to Fillmore as well as fundraisers to help offset pre-transplant as well as post-transplant costs.