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Jason Terry has been giving back to communities across the
country through The Jason Terry Foundation, founded in 2000. The primary focus
of the foundation is to provide inner city youths the opportunity to further
their education beyond high school.
The theme of the foundation is (H.O.O.D.) the acronym for Helping Others Obtain
Their Dreams. Jason the product of a household of 10 children in Seattle, and
now himself the father of four girls, has a passion for working with children
and helping them to be the best they can be in all they do. It is his goal to
show children that dreams do come true if you work hard and stay focused on your
goals.
For the second year, he has donated $100 dollars for each of the three point
goals he made with his NBA Dallas Mavericks team to Gilda's Club of North Texas,
an organization providing a free nonresidential meeting place for cancer
patients their families and supporters. This year he made 164 three pointers and
donated $16,400 from his foundation. Each year his donation is matched by the
Credit Union of Texas and an anonymous donor bringing the total donation for the
2006-2007 season to Gilda's Club to nearly $50,000. He donated $17,100 for the
2005-2006 season. Gilda's Club has named him a "Most Valuable Player" for his
generous contributions.
On August 24 he will be honored as Dallas Image Maker of The Year at a Coca Cola
Company and Boost Mobile sponsored summer camp in Dallas.
In addition to the thousands of dollars raised through his two year UNCF All
Star Hoops Showdown Celebrity Basketball Tournament at Phillips Arena, including
a personal donation of $25,000, the foundation holds annual camps for boys and
girls in multiple cities and has contributed a computer lab at South Shore
Community Center in Jason's hometown of Seattle. Summer basketball camps are
held annually in Tucson, the home of his almer mater the University of Arizona
and will be held again this year in Seattle at Franklin High School where his
jersey was retired in February. He has also held his camp in Atlanta at Clark
Atlanta University Gymnasium.
At Christmas time in 2003, Jason put smiles on the faces of children at
Atlanta's Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital when he visited with teammates
bringing toys provided by the Jason Terry Foundation. That same year the
foundation donated teddy bears and Jason's team jerseys to the Marine Corp Toys
For Tots campaign.
Because of all of his outstanding community work in 2003, The NBA awarded him
the July Community Assist Award and he received a $5,000 donation from the NBA
to the charity of his choice.
In addition Jason's foundation has hosted a Reading Timeout for the children of
the Atlanta Hawks/ Thomasville Heights Reading & Learning Center, took part in
the Thomasville Summer Camp closing ceremonies, presenting awards to reading
contest winners and conducted free basketball clinics for several Boys & Girls
Clubs at the Whole Foods Market in Roswell, a suburb of Atlanta. He was also
presented with the Frank Ski Foundation Athlete of the Year Award for his
philanthropic efforts throughout the Atlanta-area community.
For more information on the foundation contact Rahsaan Horne, Vice President at
[email protected] or 404 514-0826. For interviews with Jason
Terry and general media inquiries please contact Diane Larche', Publicist for
Jason Terry and the foundation at
[email protected]
or 404 273-3227.
NBA Dallas Mavericks
Guard Jason Terry Returns to Alma Mater To Host Summer Youth Basket Ball
Camp June 16-19 Seattle's Franklin High Site of JETerry Summer
Basketball Camp
The Jason Terry Foundation is gearing up for the JETerry Summer
Youth
Basketball Camps in a few cities around the country including Jason's
hometown of Seattle, Washington, July 16-19 at Franklin High School,
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NBA Dallas Mavericks
Guard Jason Terry Returns To Tucson For Signature Youth Summer Basket
Ball Camp July 23-26 Camp For Boys & Girls To Be Held At Pima Community
College
The Jason Terry Foundation is gearing up for the JETerry
Summer Youth Basketball Camps in a few cities around the country
including Tucson at Pima Community College, West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam
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Jason Terry's Donation to Gilda's Club
When the Dallas Mavericks hit the court this season,
Gilda’s Club had a special reason to join the thousands of fans who were
cheering them on. Each time Mavericks’ guard Jason Terry attempted a
three-pointer it potentially meant hundreds of dollars in donations for
Gilda’s Club North Texas, thanks to some very generous donors who teamed
up to support North Texans
living with cancer. -
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