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The Brooklyn Nets have unveiled their NBA 75th Anniversary Legacy Project – renovating and re-opening the Joseph Miccio Community Center Fitness Room, run by Good Shepherd Services in Red Hook, Brooklyn. To commemorate the NBA’s 75th Anniversary, teams from around the league have been working hard to renovate spaces in their communities. The Miccio Community Center serves families from the NYCHA Red Hook Houses with programming throughout the year, providing a safe space for youth to learn and play. The center’s fitness room was damaged during Hurricane Ida in 2021, rendering the space unusable until now, and as part of this renovation, the Nets provided treadmills, a bike machine, weights and racks, benches, and other multifunctional equipment, along with installing three murals in the space.

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Marc J. Spears: Pelicans & Gulf Coast Renewal Fund donating $100K to Rebuilding Together New Orleans and another $100K to Got Our Troops to restore and revitalize South Louisiana. Also donating $300K to restore playgrounds, damaged gyms, equipment and basketball courts affected by Hurricane Ida.

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A group of former New Orleans Pelicans players are making donations to the communities in the areas of Southeast Louisiana affected by Hurricane Ida last month, with Jrue and Lauren Holiday leading the charge. The Holidays, Langston Galloway, Jahlil Okafor and Frank Jackson have committed to sending four truckloads of supplies to the region. The supplies include 200 generators, 200 gas cans and gift cards for gasoline and stores.

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JJ Redick is opening his checkbook to make a difference helping to feed the south Louisianans, who were affected by the Hurricane Ida storm recently. The former Pelicans sharpshooter made the announcement this week that he and his wife, Chelsea, were donating $100,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

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