April 7-13 is National Boys and Girls Club week and Milwaukee Bucks mascot Bango joined in on the fun with a surprise visit to the Engelburg Site in Milwaukee. Bango served up a healthy afternoon snack of strawberries, bananas and grapes along with plenty of smiles... Photos
Bucks players, along with coaches and mascot Bango, hosted over 1,000 Milwaukee grade school students for an afternoon of reading and entertainment at the 15th annual Bucks and Sam’s Hope Literacy Foundation Book Blast... Photos | Paschketball: Bucks Host Annual Book Blast
Join Bango and the Bucks to help fund Autism Research. Walk Now for Autism Speaks is a fun-filled, family friendly event and a powerful force to fund vital research. Experience the power of thousands united by a single cause by joining Walk Now for Autism Speaks. Whether this is your first walk or the 5th, take the first step with Bango... Read More
Bucks forward Mike Dunleavy joined approximately 32 seventh graders from Bruce Guadalupe Community School for the Time to Read program. The event is part of the Milwaukee Bucks and Northwestern Mutual Foundation’s Read to Achieve Program... View Photos
When you think of an NBA Player in "his element," you probably envision the heat of the battle, on-court game situation. On a wintry Friday night in Wisconsin, eight Bucks players and two coaches were in their element, but it wasn't on the BMO Harris Bradley Center court. Story
Dreaming Big in the realm of the NBA & all professional sports is not limited to playing the game. There are many other BIG careers within the NBA to set your sights on. While we never want to shatter the dream of being a professional athlete, we do want to share other options in sports, specifically the NBA, which kids might not know exist... Read More
Bucks players Joel Przybilla, Beno Udrih, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Larry Sanders, Ekpe Udoh, Tobias Harris and John Henson, along with assistant coaches Bill Peterson and Chris Gilmartin, led stations to teach various basketball skills to over 200 area kids from Metro Milwaukee YMCAs... Photos | Video
The Bucks teamed with the Milwaukee chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation to host their annual “Bowl for the Cure®” event. Both veteran and novice bowlers aimed to strike down cancer and have a great time raising funds and awarness for breast cancer research... Photos | Paschketball Video
The Milwaukee Bucks will celebrate the progress, beauty and diversity of African American culture and achievements. Throughout Black History Month, the Bucks will honor the accomplishments of leaders that have made an impact on the world and the city of Milwaukee... Read More | [WATCH] Bucks Celebrate Mr. Perkins' Family Restaurant | Bucks Celebrate Dick Garrett
The fifth annual Bucks Snuggle Up and Read event was recently held at Hartford School featuring 150 students. Sponsored by the Milwaukee Bucks and Sam’s Hope Literacy Foundation, the event featured an evening filled with students coloring their own bookmark as well as selecting a free book to take home... Photos
Boys & Girls Club Bango Visits
Autism Speaks big success
Green Week Recycling Event
Soldier's Surprise Surprises Kids
Book Blast Bucks & Sam's Hope
Bucks Blood Drive Photos
An Artistic Impression Larry Sanders
Walk Now For Autism Speaks
Mike Dunleavy Read to Achieve
Special Olympics Basketball Clinic
Dream Big Careers in Sports
YMCA Clinic Bucks Teach Skills
Bowl Bowl For the Cure
Black History Past, Present, Future
Bucks Salute Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Author's Night Snuggle Up & Read
Past Community Events
March 14, 2013 - Artistic Impression
Larry Sanders met with area students at the Arts @ Large Gallery to discuss how to overcome the obstacle of feeling like you don't fit in and using art as a form of expression... Paschketball
March 14, 2013 - Read to Achieve
Bucks forward Mike Dunleavy joined seventh graders from Bruce Guadalupe Community School for the Time to Read program at Northwestern Mutual (720 E. Wisconsin Ave.)... Event Photos
January 9, 2013 - Read to Achieve Tip Off
The Bucks, along with the Northwestern Mutual Foundation and the Milwaukee County Federated Library System, tipped off the annual Read to Achieve Library Reading Challenge at the Central Library Betty Brinn Children's Room... Photos | Video
January 2, 2013 - Brandon Meets Dominique
Twenty-one year old Dominique Johnson was born with a heart defect and recently received a heart transplant. His idol is Bucks guard Brandon Jennings and before the Bucks took on the Spurs Dominique got to meet Brandon... Read More | Photos | Video
December 22, 2012 - Season of Giving
It's the Season of Giving and the Bucks have been out and about in the community. Check out some of the photos from three recent events... Photos
December 16, 2012 - Jennings Throws Holiday Party for Kids
Brandon Jennings invited 200 Milwaukee area youngsters for an afternoon of food, fun and games... Watch | Photos
December 11, 2012 - Bucks Visit Children's Hospital
Recognizing that there are issues bigger than shooting percentages and conference standings, the Milwaukee Bucks made their annual trip to Children's Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 11... Story | Photos | Video | Truman Reed: Mutual Inspiration
November 28, 2012 - Sanders and Henson Drop Off Gifts
Before they went to do a radio interview Larry Sanders and John Henson filled their cars with toys they bought to drop off for patients at Children's Hospital... Watch
November 15, 2012 - Bucks Help Children Discover Reading
Pairing with Sam's Hope Literacy Foundation, the entire team, along with mascot Bango and members of the Energee! dance team, made a trip to Milwaukee's Discovery World for an afternoon of fun with area school children... Story | Photos | Video
November 20, 2012 - Jennings, Sanders Provide Holiday Meals For Families In Need
Recognizing the need for food in the community, Brandon Jennings, along with Larry Sanders, helped to ensure that local families will have a warm meal on Thanksgiving by donating 150 turkeys through the House of Peace Holiday Food Basket Program... Photos | Story
November 6, 2012 - Importance of Reading
The Bucks joined forces with The UPS Stores, the Salvation Army's Toys for Tots program, Scholastic Books and Sam's Hope to provide books for kids at Longfellow Elementary School in Milwaukee. Luc Richard Mbah a Moute talked to the students about the importance of reading... Photos | Video
November 5, 2012 - Bucks Honor Vets
Looking for a way to show their support for America's service men and women, and with Veterans Day around the corner, players Tobias Harris, John Henson and Ekpe Udoh, along with mascot Bango, paid a special visit to veterans at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center on Nov. 5... Story | Photos | Paschketball Video
October 31, 2012 - Shopping Surprise
The Bucks tipped off their 45th Opening Week by surprising shoppers at Metro Market. See what happens when 15 NBA players work at a grocery store... Story | Photos | Paschketball Video
October 10, 2012 - Harris and Bango Surprise Students
After posting 11 points in the Bucks 97-80 preseason victory over the Cavaliers on Oct. 9, forward Tobias Harris had a stop to make before joining his teammates at practice the next day. As part of the Bucks annual Back-to-School Distribution, Harris, along with Bango, took time to deliver more than 2,000 sets of school supplies to three area schools... Story | Photos | Video
August 22, 2012 - A Day of Caring
Bucks assistant coach Sidney Moncrief lead a group of volunteers from the Bucks front office, along with GE Healthcare employees, at the Anna F. Doerfler Elementary School where they painted, cleaned and landscaped the school. It was part of GE's Annual Community Service Day, the largest single-day volunteering event at GE in the World... Photos | Paschketball Video
July 10, 2012 - Tobias Harris Super Reader
Tobias Harris joined a group of elementary aged students to participate in a weekly Summer Reading event that takes place as a part of the Milwaukee Public Library's Super Reader program. The Milwaukee Bucks, Northwestern Mutual Foundation and the Milwaukee Public Library are partnering to raise awareness among children and families about the importance of reading.... Photos
June 22, 2012 - Bango visits Mary Ryan Boys and Girls Club
Every summer the Bucks and Bango head back to camp to make surprise visits to elementary aged children at local day camps. At Mary Ryan, Bango took part in several cardio driven games with the children, supporting active and fit lifestyles, and later handed out gifts... Photos
June 21, 2012 - United Way National Day of Action
Bucks staff along with Tobias Harris and Jon Leuer join forces to assist in the United Way's National Day of Action. Volunteers helped clean, garden, and paint, adding warmth to the YWCA's Transitional Housing Facility. Volunteers also had the chance to interact and play games with YWCA children and families... Photos
June 18, 2012 - Bucks and The Salvations Army Feed the Kids
The Bucks and Milwaukee county community leaders teamed up with The Salvation Army of Milwaukee County to kick off the 23rd anual Feed the Kids Mobile Lunch Program. Together they made more than 2,000 lunches... Photos
June 7, 2012 - Brandon Jennings Builds with Habitat for Humanity
Looking to make an assist in the community, Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings volunteered alongside Milwaukee area employees of M&I, a part of BMO Financial Group, and Habitat for Humanity workers... Photos
April 3, 2012 - Meet Brandon Jennings Brandon Jennings made an appearance at the Oak Creek Woodmans to meet fans and sign autographs. The event took place on April 3 and was presented by Palermo's... Photos
March 28, 2012 - Bucks Authors Night With two days off between their home game against Atlanta and their contest in Cleveland, the Bucks are taking advantage of the time in Milwaukee to connect with their community. Rookies Tobias Harris and Jon Leuer, joined by mascot Bango, partnered with Sam's Hope Literacy Foundation to host "Authors Night" on Wednesday, March 28... Photos
March 6, 2012 - Bucks Book Blast 1,000 Milwaukee grade school students visited the Bradley Center for an afternoon of reading and entertainment hosted by the Bucks for the 14th annual Bucks and Sam's Hope Literacy Foundation Book Blast. The afternoon was geared toward building a love of reading in students... Photos | Paschketball Video
February 24, 2012 - Annual Blood Drive The Milwaukee Bucks, in an effort to save lives, teamed up with the Blood Center of Wisconsin to host the 11th Annual Milwaukee Bucks Blood. Participating sponsors for the blood drive included the Bradley Center, Levy Restaurants, Palermo's Pizza, Pepsi, Trattoria diCarlo and Frontier Airlines... Photos | Paschketball Video
February 17, 2012 - Bucks Bowl for a Cure The Milwaukee Bucks teamed up with Komen Southeast Wisconsin & Columbia St. Mary's to give area bowlers an opportunity to play the game for a great cause. The event helped raise funds to promote breast cancer research, awareness, education and treatment....Photos
February 6, 2012 - Bucks Special Olympics Clinic The Milwaukee Bucks players, coaches and mascot Bango host a basketball clinic for 200 Special Olympics athletes and their coaches at Homestead High School. The annual clinic is part of the long-standing support of Special Olympics by the Bucks organization...Photos | Paschketball Video
January 30, 2011 - Sams Hope Reading Rally Milwaukee Bucks players and coaches joined with Sam's Hope for Literacy Foundation to host 300 Milwaukee Public School children for an afternoon of fun and learning at Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin. The children created reading-inspired murals for their schools with the help of the Bucks team and got to pick out brand new books to take home for their school libraries, donated by Sam's Hope for Literacy...Photos
November 21, 2011 - Thanksgiving Meals at the HOP Bucks GM John Hammond, assistant coaches Jim Boylan, Joe Wolf, and Anthony Goldwire, and members of the front office staff continued the team's annual holiday volunteer efforts by purchasing and distributing all the elements for 150 Thanksgiving meals to the House of Peace, a Capuchin ministry... Photos
November 19, 2011 - Bucks Scholastic Book Fair The Bucks hosted A Scholastic Book Fair on November 12th and 19th in honor of Sam's Hope for Literacy Foundation. All the money raised at the fair is turned into Scholastic dollars and used to purchase brand new books for kids in need... Photos
October 31, 2011 - St. Ben's Pizza Dinner The Milwaukee Bucks teamed up with Palermo's Pizza, Trattoria di Carlo, Frontier Airlines and the Hunger Task Force to provide a balanced meal to over 580 people in need from our community... Photos | Paschketball Video
October 12, 2011 - Bucks Book Buddies Bango teamed up with Sam's Hope for Literacy Foundation at both Urban Day School campuses as part of the Bucks Book Buddies project. The event provides young children an incentive to read and learn with the donation of new books to take home. Bango assisted Urban Day teachers as they read stories... Photos
October 8, 2011 - Project F.O.C.U.S. The Bucks joined the Engine 18 of the Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) in conjunction with Project F.O.C.U.S. (Firefighters Out Creating Urban Safety) to inspect, install, and change batteries of smoke detectors for Milwaukee residents.... Photos | Video
September 30, 2011 - Sir Sid at Northwestern Mutual Bucks assistant coach Sidney Moncrief helped Northwestern Mutual Foundation wrap up their United Way Campaign at their downtown office. Sir Sid signed autographs, posed for photos and sold his book with a portion of the proceeds going to the United Way... Watch Video
September 22, 2011 - United Way Day of Caring The Bucks continued to give back to the community through the United Way Days of Caring Campaign. Bucks staff and volunteers from St. Francis Assisi Parish and the St. Francis Capuchin Center were at St. Francis Assisi Parish to help with building maintenance, gardening and window washing... Photos | Paschketball Video
September 12, 2011 - United Way Day of Caring The Bucks lent a hand in the United Way Days of Caring Campaign by visiting Sherman Park Boys and Girls Club to help paint the cafeteria, clean up the grounds and work on an art project with the children... Photos | Paschketball Video
August 24, 2011 - Bucks & GE at Burbank Elementary The Bucks and GE teamed up at Burbank Elementary School to help get the building and grounds ready for the school year. Bucks legend Bob Lanier surprised the volunteers and talked about the importance of helping out in the community... Paschketball Video | Photos
August 17, 2011 - Back To School Bango stopped by the House of Peace to assist with backpack and school supply distribution. Bucks employees donated more than 800 school supply items, including notebooks, binders, pencils and crayons for this year's House of Peace Back to School Drive. ... Photos | Paschketball Video
August 15, 2011 - Bucks Serve Supper On Monday, August 15, members of the Milwaukee Bucks staff continued the Bucks Community Caravan efforts and served dinner to the homeless and less fortunate at Christian Faith Fellowship East Church... Photos
July 29, 2011 - Downtown Employee Appreciation All week long the Bucks joined in to celebrate employees who work in downtown Milwaukee. Bango, Energee!, and Hoop Troop gave out prizes and held shooting contests. See some of the fun that was had on Friday... Photos
July 19, 2011 - Bucks "Snuggle Up and Read" Bucks GM John Hammond and members of the Bucks staff, and mascot Air Bango, teamed up with Sam's Hope in partnership with First Book at Urban Day School for the Summer "Snuggle Up and Read" event... Paschketball Video | Photos | Press Release
July 12, 2011 - Bucks Serve Breakfast The Milwaukee Bucks Community Caravan posted a community assist by collaborating with The Gathering of Southeastern Wisconsin to serve breakfast to the homeless and hungry at St. James Episcopal Church... Photos | Press Release
