NBA Community Assist Award
The Community Assist Award or NBA Community Assist Award is a monthly and annually - multiple - award of the NBA Cares program of the National Basketball Association (NBA), which serves the global social responsibility . NBA Cares maintains various programs to promote youth and families, mental, emotional and physical health, international exchange, social inclusion, education and environmental protection in close cooperation with organizations such as UNICEF , the Make-A-Wish Foundation , the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Autism Speaks , the American Red Cross , the YMCA , World Vision , Save the Children , Let's Move , the Special Olympics and others.
history
Since the 2001/02 season, during the regular NBA season, the prize has primarily been awarded to NBA players who can choose a charitable organization as the recipient of a donation. Since the 2002/03 season, award winners have received a plaque dedicated to David Robinson , the David Robinson Plaque , with the inscription: "Following the standard set by NBA Legend David Robinson, who improved the community piece by piece" ("The one from NBA legend David Following the Robinson standard that has gradually improved the community ”). Since 2008/09 there have been awards for commitment during the break of the season and since 2011/12 there have been annual seasonal awards .
During the season break of the NBA, the WNBA Community Assist Award has been given to WNBA players every month under the motto WNBA Cares in the season months of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) since the 2008 season and also as an annual award since the 2017 season . The WNBA is also involved in breast cancer and ovarian cancer screening .
Currently, Kaiser Permanente sponsors the prizes for the men and State Farm for the women (as of 2019). Occasionally there is a polemic against the NBA Cares program because of supposed or actual bigotry and morally contradicting links with the industry .
The NBA award winners
- Season award winner of the Community Assist Award
- Recognition of the Community Assist Award during the summer break
See also
- List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
- WNBA Community Assist Award
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ NN: Derrick Williams To Participate In NBA Cares Special Olympics Unity Sports Basketball Game. On: Meet Minneapolis website; Minneapolis, MN, undated 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2019 (in English)
- ↑ Wayne Freedman: Warriors transform Oakland middle school with help from NBA Cares program. On: ABC 7 News website; Burbank, CA, June 3, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2019 (in English)
- ^ NN: NBA Cares Basketball Clinic at Wat Chaimongkol School. On: US Embassy Thailand website; Bangkok, Thailand, July 13, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2019 (in English)
- ^ NN: Legends profile: David Robinson. On: National Basketball Association website; New York, NY, undated. Accessed August 19, 2019 (in English).
- ^ Gaz V: Who Cares? The NBA Cares, That's Who! Part 1. On: Bleacher Report — Website; San Francisco, CA, July 4, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2019 (in English).
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