Cavs Players Team Up With Feed The Children
NBA Week of Service
Cavaliers Players and Coaches
Team Up with Feed the Children to Distribute
400 Boxes of Food and Personal Care Items to Families in Need
Danny Green and J.J. Hickson to Lend a Hand at
Nordson Community Center/Lorain Boys & Girls Club in Elyria
Jawad Williams and Darnell Jackson Volunteer at
Westside Boys & Girls Club in Cleveland
The NBA’s “Week of Service” concludes when the Cavaliers team up with the hunger relief organization, Feed the Children, to provide 400 boxes of food and personal care items to families in need at two area Boys & Girls Clubs this Friday.
Cavalier players Jawad Williams and Darnell Jackson along with assistant coach Chris Jent and player development coordinator Lloyd Pierce will help unload the Feed the Children truck at the Westside Boys & Girls Club in Cleveland. Teammates J.J. Hickson and Danny Green, along with assistant coaches Melvin Hunt and Mike Malone, will lend a hand at the Nordson Community Center/Lorain Boys & Girls in Elyria.
During the week of October 19-23 the Cavaliers have been participating in the NBA’s Week of Service in partnership with the White House’s “United We Serve” initiative by giving back to Cleveland and regional communities that support the team. “Staying connected with our community is a very important part of our culture and philosophy, not only here in northeast Ohio and during this special “Week of Service”, but year round and all throughout Ohio. It is a privilege for us to be in a position to serve our communities and fans with these kinds of service events,” said Cavaliers majority owner, Dan Gilbert.
WHEN: Friday, October 23rd – 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at both locations
WHERE: Westside Boys & Girls Club
3340 Trowbridge – Cleveland, OH 44109
Nordson Community Center/Lorain Boys & Girls Club
1821 Middle Ave. – Elyria, OH 44035
About Feed The Children
Founded in 1979 by Larry and Frances Jones, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. In FY 2008, Feed The Children distributed more than 133 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally, supplementing more than 760,000 meals each day. Since its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need in 118 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit www.feedthechildren.org.
