China - Yao foundation to help rebuild Ike playgrounds
Some playgrounds in Houston damaged or destroyed by 2008's Hurricane Ike will get a boost from Yao Ming. The Houston Chronicle reports the NBA superstar's Yao Ming Foundation on Tuesday planned to announce a $100,000 donation. The money will support four Houston early education centers.
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Some playgrounds in Houston damaged or destroyed by 2008's Hurricane Ike will get a boost from Yao Ming.
The Houston Chronicle reports the NBA superstar's Yao Ming Foundation on Tuesday planned to announce a $100,000 donation. The money will support four Houston early education centers.
The Houston Rockets standout says Galveston still has not totally recovered from the storm. Yao says people in the area "treat me like family, and I want to give back."
The nonprofit Collaborative for Children will receive the foundation grant.
Stephanie Sandler, who helped Yao set up the foundation, says he toured two schools with nature-based playgrounds before deciding to donate the funds.
Yao established the school rebuilding foundation last year following the deadly earthquake in his homeland of China.