Lakers Community Archive
In December, Lakers forward Brian Grant and his wife Gina adopted 10 families for the holidays through the Heart of Los Angeles Youth (HOLA) organization. More...
Lakers Remember Chick Hearn at Chick Hearn Night
On November 28th, the Lakers remembered legendary Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn in several ways at the game against the New Orleans Hornets. More...
Lakers Host Annual Holiday Party
On December 19th, at the HealthSouth Training Center, the Lakers hosted their annual holiday party. This year's guests were the spouses and children of active California Army National Guard members who are currently deployed and unable to spend the holidays with their loved ones. The children and their moms spent the afternoon playing games and mingling with the entire Lakers team and Laker Girls. More...
Lakers Visit Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA
December 9th was a great day at Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA. The Laker Girls joined Lakers Tierre Brown, Vlade Divac, Devean George, and Sasha Vujacic, visiting the young patients to spread some holiday cheer and to hand out toys and presents. More...
Lakers Host a Holiday Fishing Trip
On December 6th, the Lakers, Laker Girls and Santa Claus made a surprise appearance on a fishing trip with 50 homeless children and 25 adults. The Lakers partnered with a youth fishing program. More...
Los Angeles Lakers’ Annual Thanksgiving Celebration
On Monday, November 22nd, the Lakers watched almost 200 children in the Pico Union neighborhood smile, as they served them a traditional Thanksgiving meal at the Salvation Army Red Shield Youth and Community Center... More...
Lakers Celebrate Read to Achieve Week
The Lakers made an unexpected visit to the students of Center Street Elementary School on October 20 in celebration of the NBA’s Read to Achieve Week. When the 600 students saw the Lakers head coach, Rudy Tomjanovich; the players including Kobe Bryant, Brian Grant, Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Cook, and Chris Mihm; and Laker Girls, they were truly astonished.. More...
Open Practice 2004
The highlight of this year's Lakers Training Camp in San Diego came on October 14th when the Lakers invited guests -- including 1000 students, 100 members of the military, teachers, principals, and representatives from various non-profit organizations local to the San Diego area --to attend the annual Lakers’ Open Practice. More...
A Lakers Reading Room Dedication
James Worthy, Brian Cook, and the Laker girls joined together on September 23, 2004 to help the children of Monterey Park celebrate the start of a new school year. The Lakers organization dedicated a Lakers Reading Room at the Boys and Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley, which was the setting for the Laker representatives and children to share time together during a Reading Time Out. More...
End of Summer Block Party
On Friday, August 20, the Los Angeles Lakers helped kick off the new school year by donating 1,000 backpacks for the Los Angeles Mission’s 4th Annual End of Summer Block Party. More...
George Grants Minnesota Teens’ Wish to Visit L.A.
For the past three years, Devean George, who was raised in Minnesota and is a graduate of Augsburg College, has been a sponsor of the Minneapolis-based program called Why Can’t I Go?, which provides students with the opportunity to educate themselves through diverse travel experiences. More...
Lakers Youth Foundation and Foot Locker Renovate Basketball Court in Watts
Lakers Assistant Coach Jim Cleamons joined players Kareem Rush and Luke Walton for the dedication of the newly renovated Rhino Dream basketball court at the Young People of Watts in Watts, CA during NBA All-Star weekend. More...
Malone Surprise Shopping Spree with HOLA
On Tuesday, January 13, Karl Malone sponsored a surprise shopping spree for twenty-five middle school children who are part of the L.A. Bridges program at Heart of Los Angeles Youth (HOLA). More...
Kareem's Kids
On both Monday, December 15, and Wednesday, December 17, Kareem Rush invited twenty-one kids to the STAPLES Center to watch the Los Angeles Clippers take on the New Orleans Hornets and the Milwaukee Bucks respectively as part of the Kareem’s Kids program. More...
Malone, HOLA Monster Truck Jam
Karl Malone and Clear Channel Motorsports invited a group of children from HOLA to attend the Monster Truck Jam in Anaheim on Saturday, January 10. More...
Operation Teddy Bear Day
On December 17th Brian Cook, Sparks Head Coach Michael Cooper, Sparks Assistant Coaches Karleen Thompson and Ryan Weisenberg, NBA Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, and the Laker Girls visited the students at Center Street Elementary School in El Segundo, CA to host a Reading Time-Out session. They teamed up with the Volunteer Center South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach to promote literacy and celebrate Operation Teddy Bear Day with the first graders of Center Street Elementary School. More...
The Lakers Host Annual Holiday Party
The Lakers hosted their annual holiday party for 60 foster children from the Department of Children and Family Services on December 20th at the HealthSouth Training Center. The kids enjoyed an afternoon with the Lakers and the Laker Girls. More...
First Chick Hearn Memorial Scholarship Recipient Announced
Zeus Ayter, a senior majoring in Broadcast Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, was named the first recipient of the 2003 USC Annenberg Chick Hearn Memorial Scholarship during a pre-game ceremony at the Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs game on Friday, November 28. More...
Laker Fans Donate Over 1,000 Books in Chick Hearn’s Memory
The first Lakers Read to Achieve book drive of the 2003-2004 NBA season was an overwhelming success thanks to the hundreds of Laker fans who showed their support for literacy by donating over 1,000 children’s books prior to the Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs game on Friday, November 28. More...
Los Angeles Lakers and Sparks Celebrate Thanksgiving
The Los Angeles Lakers and Sparks celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday by holding their annual Thanksgiving Celebration for two hundred families on Saturday, November 22. More...
HOLA Reading Time Out
On October 22, 2003, Lakers Derek Fisher and Luke Walton conducted a Reading Time Out at Heart of Los Angeles Youth (HOLA) in celebration of the NBA’s Read to Achieve Week. More...
Open Practice 2003
On October 15, 2003, the Los Angeles Lakers welcomed 550 students, teachers, and principals to the Health South Training facility for the Lakers’ annual Open Practice. More...
Preseason Meet and Greet
During the pre-season, Laker players give their fans a special treat during meet and greets before the game. Before each pre-season game, a few players go up to the main entrances of the arena and sign autographs and take pictures with fans for about 15 minutes. More...
Back to School 2003
On Saturday, September 27th, the Los Angeles Lakers hosted a Back to School/Health and Safety Fair at the Roy W. Roberts, II/Watts-Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club for over 500 children. Devean George, Brian Cook, NBA Hall of Famer James Worthy, and the Laker Girls were on hand to kick off the event. More...
Visit to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
Rookies, Luke Walton and Brian Cook, and Lakers TV host, Nicole Irving, paid a visit to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on September 18, to get a behind the scenes look at how the Marines train and operate. More...
Toyota/Lakers Tip-Off Golf Invitational
On August 18, 2003, Toyota and the Lakers held the 14th Annual Tip-Off Golf Invitational at the Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles. Participants were greeted at the start of the course by the Laker Girls, and enjoyed an afternoon of golf with celebrity golfers and Laker legends including Derek Fisher, James Worthy, Mitch Kupchak, Bill Sharman, Pete Sampras, Sinjin Smith, and Eric Fonoimoana. More...
1st Court Makeover
The Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation teamed up with Foot Locker to create our 1st court makeover. Sorting through many requests, Young People of Watts, located near the Famous Watts Tower, became the recipient of a new Rhino Dream Court this past June. More...
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The Los Angeles Lakers READ TO ACHIEVE campaign enjoyed continued success as the organization and its players focused their efforts on literacy and instilling in Los Angeles youth the joy of reading. The four main components of the program are the annual reading challenge, book drives, L.A.K.E.R. (Los Angeles Kids Enjoy Reading) Time Outs, and the development of Lakers Reading and Learning Centers throughout Los Angeles. More...
O’Neal Receives Sports Illustrated for Kids 2002 Athlete of the Year Award
Last fall, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR KIDS asked its readers to vote on their choice for the 2002 “Athlete of the Year.” After nearly 75,000 ballots were tallied, Shaquille O’Neal, the All-Star Center for the Los Angeles Lakers, was chosen by kids as the 2002 “Athlete of the Year,” for leading the team to their third straight NBA championship. More...
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On September 25, 2002, the Lakers Youth Foundation partnered with the Heart of Los Angeles Youth (HOLA) in the dedication of the Lakers Reading Room and the Chick Hearn Learning Center at HOLA. The afternoon started out with a brief dedication ceremony featuring speeches by Lakers Derek Fisher, Mark Madsen, and James Worthy, followed by a presentation to Marge Hearn. More...
Honorary Ball Kids
This season the Los Angeles Lakers are continuing the Lakers tradition of having an honorary ball person at many of their regular season home games. This special opportunity is something that the Lakers donate as a silent auction item to local charities for fundraising events. More...
In-Arena Auction
At each Lakers home game, fans have the exclusive opportunity to bid on autographed memorabilia. The auction excitement can be found next to Guest Link and across from Aisle 12. More...
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What better way to wish the Lakers luck than to "high five" them as they run out on the court? At each home game, six youth are given the opportunity to do this, to line up courtside and "high five" the team as they take the court for pre-game warm-ups. More...
Time for Kids and Host a High School Programs
At weekend home games throughout the Lakers regular season, the Lakers Youth Foundation provides a game ticket, T-shirt, food and refreshments for up to 30 children from various charity organizations in the Los Angeles community to attend a Lakers game.More...
