« NBA Finals | Main | If You are Having a Bad Day or Life... »

Yo, Yao, Yo, Yogi

Houston Rocket's Yao Ming is giving back. He's the nicest, most real one on the team!!

The Houston Rockets center created a foundation with a $2 million donation to rebuild schools devastated by last month's earthquake in his native China. Yao said the Yao Ming foundation will help raise funds to build earthquake-resistant schools in China.

"As everyone knows about the recent tragedy in China, the earthquake tragedy was the worst in history," Yao said. "For this reason, I am working to give back funds."

Since rebuilding will take many years, Yao also said he plans to make further donations and raise public awareness about the earthquake victims.

Why can't all pro ballers be like that?

Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 05:45PM by Registered CommenterSisterFreese in , | CommentsPost a Comment

PrintView Printer Friendly Version

EmailEmail Article to Friend

Reader Comments

There are no comments for this journal entry. To create a new comment, use the form below.

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>