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12/14/2000
The
Atlanta Hawks Help Goodwill Games and TNT Donate 70
Basketballs to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America
The Atlanta Hawks gave an assist
to the Goodwill Games and TNT (Turner Network Television)
by helping make a special donation of 70 basketballs,
on behalf of their fellow Time Warner owned companies,
to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America on Tuesday,
December 12.
The donation was made prior to
the nationally televised Sacramento Kings vs. Atlanta
Hawks game at Philips Arena. On hand to make the donation
TNT Director of Sports Marketing & Promotions Bo
Heiner, Goodwill Games Director of Public Relations
Jeff Pomeroy and Atlanta Hawks Director of Community
Relations Jim Washington .
Accepting the donation on behalf
of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Atlanta was
their Executive Vice President of Operations John Mack,
along with volunteer Darryl Smith and ten club members
from local Atlanta chapters. Hawks players Jim Jackson,
a Boys & Girls Club member as a youth, and Alan
Henderson, a Goodwill Games alumni (1990), were also
part of the donation that provided the ten local Boys
& Girls Clubs members with autographed basketballs
signed by the entire 2000-2001 Hawks team.
The additional 60 basketballs are
being sent to the Boys & Girls Clubs national headquarters
in Atlanta for distribution.
"The donation is indicative
of our commitment to kids and the important life lessons
sports teaches them. We are happy that these basketballs
will be put to good use," said McNerney.
"The Boys & Girls Clubs
provide a great atmosphere for kids and give them somewhere
to go instead of hanging out on the streets," said
Atlanta Hawks guard Jackson.
"I spent many years at the
Boys & Girls Club growing up in my neighborhood
and continue to give back to that organization. I'm
happy to see someone else making a contribution to help
with the success of kids," added Jackson on his
history as a Boys & Girls Clubs member.
The relationship between the Goodwill
Games and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America dates
back to the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York, where Turner
Broadcasting donated $1 for every volunteer hour pledged
to local Boys & Girls Clubs across the country through
a Goodwill Games program called the SuperChallenge.
The charity drive raised almost $3 million nationwide.
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