VEN - Lugo helps basketball development in Venezuela

VALENCIA (Liga Profesional) - Venezuelan veteran Richard Lugo normally makes a big impact for the national side in the low post as a powerful center.

He is now making waves off the court with the Richard Lugo Foundation to help with the development of basketball schools in the Carabobo region.

"I come from a family that wasn't well off and I also lived the stage in my life in which I used to practice sports without proper resources," he said.

"I want to contribute in this new project, in which I can collect resources with my image and give it to others."

Lugo is offering a helping hand, and not just to improve basketball skills.

"We will bring also mobile clinics to do dental tests and checks, and provide educational stuff and hold discussions about drugs, responsible sex and whatever helps them to grow up as responsible sportsmen and people," Lugo said.

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