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Memphis Grizzlies: A Team that Gives Back on and off the Court

By Blake Monroe

MEMPHIS, TN - MARCH 8: Mike Conley #11 of the Memphis Grizzlies design sneakers with patients of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as a part of "Hoops for St. Jude" on March 8, 2018 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)
MEMPHIS, TN - MARCH 8: Mike Conley #11 of the Memphis Grizzlies design sneakers with patients of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as a part of "Hoops for St. Jude" on March 8, 2018 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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MEMPHIS, TN – FEBRUARY 12: Mike Conley #11, Zach Randolph #50, Marc Gasol #33, and Tony Allen #9 of the Memphis Grizzlies along with Jenny Koltnow, Executive Director of the Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation, present a check to Soulsville Foundation Board Chair Carolyn Hardy and Chief Operating Officer Mark Wender before a game against the Memphis Grizzlies and the Sacramento Kings on February 12, 2013 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, TN – FEBRUARY 12: Mike Conley #11, Zach Randolph #50, Marc Gasol #33, and Tony Allen #9 of the Memphis Grizzlies along with Jenny Koltnow, Executive Director of the Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation, present a check to Soulsville Foundation Board Chair Carolyn Hardy and Chief Operating Officer Mark Wender before a game against the Memphis Grizzlies and the Sacramento Kings on February 12, 2013 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. /

Grizzlies Foundation Gives Back:

The Memphis Grizzlies, like most sports teams, businesses, and educational institution, have a foundation. This foundation is responsible for promoting the Memphis Grizzlies’ charitable work in the community as well as raising funds for charitable donations.

Though the Memphis Grizzlies are located in a blue collar town in a small market, the impact they are able to make is exponential. Being able to partner with other large corporations and other Memphis based businesses, allows all the work they do to be home grown; like them team itself.

This foundation’s main goal and objective is to promote the changing of lives through sports, especially for at risk children. They are responsible for searching for or creating youth programs to raise awareness throughout the city of Memphis to help give kids the opportunity they deserve. Since the team’s relocation to Memphis in 2001, the Grizzlies foundation has reinvested over 51 million dollars into the youth of the area. Whether it be through reading, fitness, or providing access to volunteers that want to help,

The Grizzlies give back. And as long as the Grizzlies are in Memphis then they will continue to give back. Their foundation helps children, everyday, get ahead and stay ahead so that they will be able to grow up and be role models themselves. All of this starts with our Memphis Grizzlies.

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