All-Star Weekend typically brings charity and social justice initiatives to the game's host city. Here are some of the service projects happening.
All-Star Weekend typically brings charity and social justice initiatives to the game's host city, and Salt Lake is no exception.The league is donating about $1 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah and Raise the Future, a group that connects youth in foster care with adults who serve as mentors after they turn 18.
Each group is represented by an All-Star team, and kids from the programs are joining the players in practice, the pregame draft and the game itself.
Collins was the first openly gay NBA player, and Wideman is now an NBA executive and lawyer specializing in criminal justice reform.The NBA and the Jazz are hosting basketball clinics Sunday for kids who use wheelchairs and kids with autism.Grambling State and Southern University face off Saturday at the Huntsman Center for the NBA's annual HBCU Classic, a nationally televised matchup of historically Black colleges and universities.
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