Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson has received the second annual Alvin Attles Community Impact Award in recognition of his efforts to make a positive impact on the lives of underserved youth in the Bay Area.
Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson has received the second annual Alvin Attles Community Impact Award in recognition of his efforts to make a positive impact on the lives of underserved youth in the Bay Area, it was announced today. The annual award, named in Warriors Legend Alvin Attles’ honor, celebrates his commitment and dedication to the community and recognizes a current Warriors player who goes above and beyond to support local underprivileged youth. The Warriors Community Foundation is honoring Thompson for his continued commitment to giving back by donating $15,000 to the Good Tidings Foundation, a 501(C)(3) children’s charity that supports arts, education, athletics and dreams for youth from communities of need in the Greater Bay Area.
“I’m tremendously honored to receive the Alvin Attles Community Impact Award from the Warriors Community Foundation,” said Thompson. “I am committed to giving back to the Bay Area community that provides so much love and support to our team. Giving back to the community is important to me and I am humbled to receive this award in the name of a Warriors legend.”
Throughout the 2014-15 season, Thompson went above and beyond in supporting children and families in need throughout the Bay Area with his efforts including:
- In September, Thompson and teammate Stephen Curry and their fathers, former NBA players Mychal Thompson and Dell Curry, hosted the second annual Splash Brothers Clinic, a benefit event for the Warriors Community Foundation where proceeds from the parent-child clinic supported the Foundation’s grantmaking work in Alameda and San Francisco Counties.
- In October, Thompson continued his support of the Player Ticket Sections program with a donation of 12 season tickets, allowing more than 500 local youth to attend a Warriors game at Oracle Arena.
- In November, Thompson donated $20,000 to the City of Oakland’s Annual Thanksgiving Dinner, providing over 2,000 low-income families, seniors and homeless individuals with a Thanksgiving meal this holiday season.
- In addition, Thompson made time to serve a Thanksgiving-style dinner and play interactive games with children and families from Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco, the YMCA of San Francisco and Alive & Free at the team’s Thanksgiving Dinner event.
- In December, Thompson partnered with the Good Tidings Foundation to take a sixth-grade class from Palo Alto’s Eastside College Prep to Talbots Toyland to fulfill their holiday wish lists and share a holiday meal.
Warriors Legend Alvin Attles is in his sixth decade with the franchise, having served tirelessly as a player, coach, executive and civic leader. Attles’ current stint with the same team represents the longest active streak in the NBA. Attles is one of only six players in Warriors history to have his jersey retired (#16) and remains one of the most publicly recognizable sports figures in the Bay Area. His endless contributions locally as a player, executive and civic leader resulted in his much-deserved induction into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s John R. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. Additionally, in the summer of 2006, the newly refurbished outdoor basketball court at Lincoln Square Park in downtown Oakland was permanently named “Alvin Attles Court” in honor of the local legend and longtime Oakland resident. In the latter stages of the 1969-70 NBA campaign, Attles was named head coach of the Warriors, where his 30-game stint as head coach to end that season proved to be the start of the longest head coaching run in Warriors franchise history, a 13-plus year tenure which produced, among other highlights, the lone NBA Championship in the club’s West Coach history (1974-75). Attles completed his coaching career in 1982-83 to become the Warriors GM, heading the team’s basketball operations for three years.
About the Warriors Community Foundation
The Warriors Community Foundation is dedicated to making a meaningful and lasting impact on the lives of underserved youth in the San Francisco Bay Area. Specifically, the Foundation strives to improve educational outcomes among children in Alameda and San Francisco Counties. Established in 2012 under the new Lacob and Guber ownership group, the Foundation extends the team’s impact locally and continues a longstanding tradition of community involvement. It is sustained by generous contributions from Warriors owners, players, fans and partners.