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Photos: Game On 2015

Earlier this month, 40 Trail Blazers and Rose Quarter employees set out to honor the late, great Jerome Kersey by participating in a volunteer project clearing Forest Park trails of encroaching vegetation.  The staff hiked in and cleared vegetation from .75 miles of trails. Though temperatures were in the upper 90s, the volunteers had a blast through the hard work, and now people can enjoy clear, safer trails in Forest Park.

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Rose Quarter Staff Volunteers in Kersey's Honor

Princeton, N.J. (June 30, 2015) – The new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Award has announced six finalists that are strengthening communities through sport, including the Portland Trail Blazers. The winners will be announced on September 10, 2015 at an event in Princeton, N.J., where the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will host a day of learning, networking and celebrating excellence in the field.

The Sports Award builds on the Steve Patterson Award for Excellence in Sports Philanthropy – presented by RWJF for the past decade – by placing a greater emphasis on collaboration across communities and sectors to foster a Culture of Health, the Foundation's core vision. The award recognizes innovative and influential approaches to using sports to make communities healthier places to live. Approaches may include: helping children maintain a healthy weight, creating safe play environments, encouraging positive behaviors, eliminating bullying, abuse and violence, and expanding opportunities for children living in poverty.

“The finalists for our inaugural Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Award are outstanding examples of organizations dedicated to a Culture of Health,” said Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of RWJF. “Collectively, the finalists represent collaboration and innovation at its finest in using sports as a means to improve well-being in communities across the nation.”

Below are the finalists in each category:

Professional Sports Team Foundations and Community Relations Departments

Individual Athletes and Professional Coaches

Influential Leader and Model for Others Making Communities Healthier Through Sport

  About the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Award honors individuals, organizations and teams that are making communities healthier through sport and are dedicated to creating a Culture of Health. Follow the award on Twitter at www.twitter.com/RWJFSportsAward or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rwjfsportsaward.

About the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 

For more than 40 years the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked to improve health and health care. We are striving to build a national Culture of Health that will enable all to live longer, healthier lives now and for generations to come. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org. Follow the Foundation on Twitter at www.rwjf.org/twitter or on Facebook at www.rwjf.org/facebook.

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Trail Blazers Named a Finalist for Sports Philanthropy Award from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Wes Honors Wells Fargo Take it to the Court Winners

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Aldridge Joins Urban Gleaners and Papa Murphy's at Cherry Park Elementary School

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Batum, Freeland, McCollum Visit Legacy Emanuel Hospital

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Trail Blazers make it better At Boise-Eliot School

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Trail Blazers Staff Visit St. Mary's Home for Boys

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