Heyyyyyy wooorrrrld!!! A big, big announcement today for everybody out there and I’m really going to need y’all’s help and support to make this a big-time success.
We’re launching the Dwight Howard Fund to try and help Haitian kids affected by the earthquake back in January. I made the announcement Tuesday night at Adonal Foyle’s Gala Dinner because Adonal’s Kerosene Lamp Foundation is going to help me manage the foundation.
Adonal has been a real mentor to me, and I wanted to use his experience to make sure our fund really makes a difference the way his does.
Not bragging or anything, but I made an initial donation of $100,000 to help the at-risk Haitian children affected by January’s earthquake there. That’s just the start of what I want to try and do for that country because they really need our help.
I spent a couple of weeks in South Africa last summer with Dikembe Mutombo and Chris Bosh and it made a huge impact on my life and how I look at things. I want to use my name and everything in my power to help people and make a difference. Us in the NBA, we have it so good and we complain sometimes over the smallest stuff. So I want to do what I can spread some goodwill to people who need it the most.
Haiti seemed like the perfect place to start and a place that really needs the help. They were a poor country and then they had the devastating earthquake, so they need a lot of help. There have been a lot of relief efforts in Haiti already but there’s still a lot of work to do there, especially with the children.
That’s where I need all of my fans out there to help me. I’m just one dude and I can only do so much, but if all the Magic fans and all the Dwight fans come together I feel like we can make a big difference.
We’re trying to raise another $100,000 for Haiti’s children. And I’m going to throw in a couple of personal shopping sprees with yours truly if you will help out.
For everybody who donates $2.99 to the cause, your name will be entered into a drawing. One winner will get a $500 Adidas shopping spree with me in Orlando. And the person who recruits the most people to donate will also get to go on another $500 Adidas shopping spree with me in Orlando. You can go to www.dwighthowardfund.org or www.pinkdingo.com/dhf for details and to donate.
We might have to wait until late June to go on the shopping spree because I’m hoping to be busy these next couple of months trying to win my first championship.
I just hope everybody gets involved with this because it’s a great cause and you can possibly get to meet yo’ boy in person and get some fresh Adidas gear to go along with it. I’m very much behind my Fund, and I hope you guys will join me in helping make a difference around the world.
Well, I’m outta here. Make sure y’all spread the word about this fund to everyone you know. I want to try do everything I can to raise money and help some people that really need our assistance.
Peace!
—DWIGHT
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