The forward received the NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award winner for February after donating $250,000 to a program aiding students in Bexar County.
Spurs forward Harrison Barnes has been named the NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award winner for February, the NBA announced Wednesday. Barnes won the award after he and his wife, Brittany , made a $250,000 donation to AlamoPROMISE, a program providing the cost of tuition and fees for eligible students in Bexar County .
The couple also helped fund the renovation of the basketball court and playground at Davis White Northeast Neighborhood Park as part of the Play ATX initiative in Austin. The NBA is donating $10,000 to the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum in honor of Barnes winning the award. Barnes also received the David Robinson Trophy, which goes to each monthly winner. NBA Cares is the league's global social responsibility platform. The gift to AlamoPROMISE will help support students at St. Philip’s College, a Historically Black College and University and Hispanic Serving Institution. The donation was made in honor of Black History Month. “Throughout my career I've had the privilege of experiencing the power of community and support,” Barnes, 32, said in a statement. “Now, as part of the San Antonio community, my wife Brittany and I are honored to give back and help invest in the future of this incredible city. Partnering with AlamoPROMISE and St. Philip’s College is my way of ensuring that young people here have the resources and opportunities to succeed. It’s about creating lasting change, building bridges, and supporting the next generation of leaders. 'My wife and I are both deeply committed to being advocates for this community, and together, we’re excited to make a meaningful impact and help open doors for local college students to chase their dreams.” This is the second time Barnes has been named a Community Assist Award winner. The NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award honors Bob Lanier, an NBA league office executive and NBA Cares Ambassador for more than 30 years who the NBA said in a statement 'had an enormous influence on the NBA family and young people globally, traveling the world to teach the values of the game and making a positive impact through his kindness and generosity.' Lanier, who was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992 after a 14-year NBA career, died in 2022. He was 73. Barnes, a 13th-year player, came to the Spurs from the Kings in a trade last summer with a well-earned reputation for helping out in the other cities he's lived in as an NBA player: Oakland, Dallas and Sacramento. 'His reputation prior to coming here was that he was the consummate pro,' Spurs general manager Brian Wright said. 'But it wasn't just as a consummate pro on the floor. It was how he invests in the community, how he conducts himself at all times. And you see that with this type of donation and the research he's done about where he wanted to impact his community, it speaks volumes to who he is and what he cares about and how he wants to leave something lasting beyond just his play on the court. '...We're very proud of the person Barnes is and the people his family are. You look across the league and at the type of people you want to represent the organization, and I don't think we could ask for anything better than Harrison Barnes and the Barnes family.'
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