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MILWAUKEE (Apr. 21, 2025) – For the seventh consecutive year, the Milwaukee Bucks and Pick ‘n Save have teamed up to donate $50,000 worth of food to local Milwaukee organizations in support of Kroger’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative.

In lieu of in-kind, nonperishable food products, the Bucks and Pick ‘n Save are distributing the $50,000 in the form of Pick ‘n Save gift cards to help alleviate immediate food insecurity and access needs in the Milwaukee community.

The Bucks and Pick ‘n Save will tip off the seventh year of donations by partnering with Silver Spring Neighborhood Center (5460 N. 64th St., Milwaukee)&nbsp;to launch a Kroger delivery and pickup site on Monday, April 21, at 11:15 a.m. Beginning April 21, members of the community will be able to order groceries online at www.picknsave.com or through the Pick ‘n Save app and have them delivered for free to Silver Spring Neighborhood Center every Monday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., providing affordable, fresh food to the community. As part of the initiative, Silver Spring Neighborhood Center will also receive $15,000 in Pick ‘n Save gift cards to distribute to community members in need.

In addition, Chef Imani Graham, owner of Mentionable Eats, will be on site on April 21 with samples of his mediterranean chicken and rice dish. To show how easy it can be to cook healthy, fresh meals, he created the recipe utilizing food pantry staples and items available at Pick ‘n Save. Media planning to attend Monday’s event are asked to RSVP to Amanda.Janczak@Bucks.com.

“The Bucks are constantly seeking how to give back in more meaningful and deeper ways to the community,” said Arvind Gopalratnam, Bucks Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility. “Through our partnership with Pick ‘n Save, we’re able to support those who are experiencing food insecurity and provide the gift card recipients with relief, support and access to food.”

“At Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market, food and nutrition access are at the heart of our business, providing more than $350,000 in the past seven years to support organizations and programs addressing food insecurity in the Milwaukee Community,” said Emilie Williamson, Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market Corporate Affairs Manager. “I’m incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to work for an organization investing in our communities along with our collaborators Silver Spring Neighborhood Center and Chef Imani Graham, who are helping us change how fresh food reaches the table.”&nbsp;

WHAT: The Bucks and Pick ‘n Save will tip off their seventh consecutive year of food donations as part of Kroger’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative by launching a Kroger food delivery and pickup site.

WHO:  Arvind Gopalratnam, Bucks Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, Emilie Williamson, Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market Corporate Affairs Manager, James Wilbern, Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Assistant Executive Director

WHERE: Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, 5460 N. 64th St., Milwaukee

About Zero Hunger | Zero WasteZero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s bold social impact plan aimed at ending hunger in the communities it calls home and eliminating waste across the company by 2025. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is designed to address a fundamental absurdity in the nation’s food system: 40 percent of the food produced in the U.S. is thrown away, yet one in eight Americans struggles with hunger.

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Milwaukee Bucks and Pick 'N Save Team Up for Seventh Consecutive Year to Donate $50,000 Worth of Food

MILWAUKEE (Feb. 25, 2024)&nbsp;– For the&nbsp;sixth&nbsp;consecutive&nbsp;year, the Milwaukee Bucks and Pick ‘n Save have teamed up&nbsp;to&nbsp;donate&nbsp;$50,000 worth of food&nbsp;to&nbsp;local Milwaukee organizations and initiatives in support of Kroger’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative.

In lieu of in-kind, non-perishable food products, the Bucks and Pick ‘n Save are distributing the $50,000 in the form of Pick ‘n Save gift cards to help alleviate immediate food insecurity and access needs in the Milwaukee community. Throughout the season, the Bucks and Pick ‘n Save will donate to four different organizations to help alleviate hunger and access to food in the local community.

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Bucks and Pick 'N Save Join Forces Again

The Bucks and Pick ‘n Save will tip off the&nbsp;sixth&nbsp;year&nbsp;of donations with a meal distribution event at Ascension Lutheran Church (1238 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee) on Monday, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. The event will be held with The Gathering, a Bucks community partner that will be one of the four local organizations&nbsp;to&nbsp;receive part of the donation, and will be attended by Bucks forward MarJon Beauchamp and volunteers from the Bucks, Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market. Volunteers will provide a warm meal and sack lunch, and have experts available&nbsp;to&nbsp;speak about employment opportunities, prescription drug access and how&nbsp;to&nbsp;utilize grocery delivery provided by Kroger Delivery (with the option&nbsp;to&nbsp;utilize SNAP/EBT payment). Media planning&nbsp;to&nbsp;attend Monday’s event are asked&nbsp;to&nbsp;RSVP&nbsp;to&nbsp;Kate.Reed@Bucks.com.

“The Bucks are constantly seeking ways&nbsp;to&nbsp;give back&nbsp;to&nbsp;the community and through our partnership with Pick ‘n Save, we can continue this work by supporting those who are experiencing food insecurity,” said Arvind Gopalratnam, Bucks Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility. “We hope these gift cards provide all of the recipients with relief, support and access&nbsp;to&nbsp;food.”

“We at Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market continue&nbsp;to&nbsp;invest in programs and partnerships&nbsp;to&nbsp;increase food (and nutrition) access&nbsp;to&nbsp;the communities we serve and are grateful&nbsp;to&nbsp;be in&nbsp;year&nbsp;six of this partnership with the Milwaukee Bucks,” said Emilie Williamson, Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market Corporate Affairs Manager. “Together, we have provided over $300,000&nbsp;to&nbsp;support organizations and programs addressing food insecurity here in the Milwaukee community.”

In addition&nbsp;to&nbsp;The Gathering, the following three community groups will receive Pick ‘n Save gift cards courtesy of the Bucks and Pick ‘n Save as part of Kroger’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative.

Partners in Hope:&nbsp;The Partners in Hope organization is passionately dedicated&nbsp;to&nbsp;helping men, women and their families impacted by incarceration overcome social, economic and criminal justice system barriers. Gift cards will support those impacted individuals and their families.

MPS Late Night Leagues:&nbsp;Late Night Leagues offer a safe place for young adults aged 17-29&nbsp;to&nbsp;participate in either basketball or soccer leagues, while also connecting them with the many professional, leadership and life services throughout Milwaukee. Gift cards will support those participating in these leagues.

Teens Grow Greens:&nbsp;The Teens Grow Greens organization aims&nbsp;to&nbsp;develop teens through transformative experiences that promote belonging, life skills and connections&nbsp;to&nbsp;opportunities that grow leadership. Gift cards will support the youth involved in this program.

In addition&nbsp;to&nbsp;the gift cards, Pick ‘n Save and the Bucks will support these organizations through additional programming including nutrition education, additional food donations and job opportunities.

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Milwaukee Bucks and Pick 'N Save Team Up for Sixth Consecutive Year to Donate $50,000 Worth of Food

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For the sixth consecutive year, the Milwaukee Bucks and Pick ‘n Save have teamed up to donate $50,000 worth of food to local Milwaukee organizations and initiatives in support of Kroger’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative.

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Brook Lopez Book Fair

Media invited to cover final student presentations on Thursday, July 20 from 1-3 p.m. at We Energies STEM Center

MILWAUKEE (July 19, 2023) – The Milwaukee Bucks teamed up with Motorola, Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and Alive Milwaukee to host the second annual STEM camp from July 10-20 at We Energies STEM Center at MSOE. The camp introduces and teaches STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to select Alive Milwaukee students ages 13-18.

The camp centers on the development of apps on mobile devices, including a project supporting the Bucks app. Each student receives a new Motorola smartphone to help with the app project and works in teams to successfully share ideas and solutions to challenges. The teams will present their final idea to a panel at the end of the camp to understand what it means to take an idea through the prototype stage.

Media are invited to the final presentations on Thursday, July 20 from 1-3 p.m. at We Energies STEM Center (1444 N. Water St.). Media interested in attending should RSVP to Kate.Reed@Bucks.com.

By the end of the camp, participants will be able to understand the work behind developing apps and mobile technologies, learn and implement designing for users and understand applications of code and other technologies such as virtual and augmented reality.

MSOE faculty are leading the camp with the help of special guests from the Bucks digital team and Motorola product experts. Students will learn about the various careers and courses of study available to them, notably in technology and technology-related fields.

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Milwaukee Bucks, Motorola, MSOE and Alive Milwaukee team up to host second annual Stem Camp for Milwaukee-area youth from July 10-20

The NBA today announced Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez as the Bob Lanier Community Assist Award winner for the 2022-23 season.&nbsp; Lopez is being recognized for his continued commitment to supporting youth literacy in Milwaukee.&nbsp; Lopez, the recipient of the March NBA Cares Community Assist Award, was named the winner of the season-culminating honor as determined by an NBA executive panel and a 12-day fan voting period on Jebbit.&nbsp; Lopez was selected among a pool of six other monthly Community Assist Award winners and three additional nominees selected by the NBA for their outstanding work in the community.

Since joining the Bucks in 2018, Lopez has made it his mission to make reading both fun and accessible.&nbsp; Throughout the season, Lopez contributed roughly $235,000 for books and funding in support of literacy initiatives within Milwaukee, Wisconsin.&nbsp; Lopez’s efforts are paramount in a state where only 39% percent of eighth-grade students are proficient or above in reading, and more specifically, within Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) where only 15% of&nbsp;fourth- and eighth-grade students are proficient or above in reading.&nbsp; The Bob Lanier Community Assist Award honors one player’s sustained efforts and difference-making work within their community over the course of the season.&nbsp;&nbsp;

As part of Lopez’s “Blocks for Books” program, Lopez donates $500 to&nbsp;Next Door&nbsp;for every block he records during the regular season in support of early childhood literacy.&nbsp; This season, Lopez donated $96,500 to Next Door as part of the program.&nbsp; Additionally, for the second consecutive year, Lopez partnered with&nbsp;Scholastic Book Fair&nbsp;to bring book fairs to five Milwaukee Public Schools.&nbsp; All five schools selected – Allen-Field, Bryant, Hayes Bilingual, Kilbourn and Pratt – are Title 1 schools that have never had a Scholastic Book Fair.&nbsp; Lopez’s contributions allowed each student at all five schools to select and keep five books, totaling close to 10,000 books for more than 2,000 students and roughly $75,000.&nbsp; Lopez also ensured that the schools were set up to receive Scholastic Dollars so they can purchase new books for the school libraries.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“Reading is a personal passion of mine that brings me joy and has played a key role in my success,” said Lopez.&nbsp; “Throughout my career, I have remained committed to supporting youth literacy initiatives because I know firsthand how important this skill is.&nbsp; Whether at home, in the locker room or on the road, reading has always played a significant role in my life.&nbsp; I want to ensure future generations are able to develop this skill too and fall in love with reading just as I have, especially kids in economically disadvantaged schools and communities.&nbsp; To be the recipient of the Bob Lanier Community Assist Award for my efforts in uplifting youth literacy in Milwaukee is truly an honor.&nbsp; Bob Lanier was committed to giving back in the Milwaukee community, so to be able to bring this award back to Milwaukee means so much to me and the Bucks organization.”

Lopez will be recognized as the Bob Lanier Community Assist Award winner&nbsp;during the June 28 broadcast of ESPN’s NBA Today.

The NBA Cares Community Assist Award honors the standard set by NBA Legend David Robinson, who improved the community piece by piece.&nbsp; Bob Lanier, a League Office executive and NBA Global Ambassador for more than 30 years, had an enormous influence on the NBA family and young people globally, traveling the world to teach the values of the game and making a positive impact through his kindness and generosity.&nbsp; The legacy he built will continue to live on through the season-long Community Assist Award recognition, which honors the next generation of players’ commitment to positively impacting their community throughout the NBA season.&nbsp;To learn more, please visit&nbsp;https://communityassist.nba.com/.

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Milwaukee Bucks' Brook Lopez Named Bob Lanier Community Assist Award Winner

$500 to be donated to Silver Spring Neighborhood Center each game Bucks bench scores 30 points

The Milwaukee Bucks Foundation and We Energies Foundation are teaming up for the fourth consecutive season of the Bench Mob Bonus program. Throughout the 2022-23 NBA regular season, each game the Bucks bench scores 30 points or more $500 will be donated by the We Energies Foundation to Silver Spring Neighborhood Center.

Through 23 games, the donation stands at $6,000 with the Bucks bench putting up 30 or more points in 12 games so far this season. The Bucks bench is averaging 31.6 points per game this season.

“We thank the We Energies Foundation for teaming up with the Bucks Foundation for a fourth year to help support Silver Spring Neighborhood Center in its effort to positively impact our community,” said Arvind Gopalratnam, Bucks Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility.

Silver Spring Neighborhood Center serves families on Milwaukee’s north side by helping with education, employment, youth services and health and wellness. The funds will be used for its Layups and Literacy program, which layers reading comprehension, socialization and life lessons with offensive drills and defensive fundamentals to engage youth ages 10 to 12 on the court and in the classroom and provide academic, athletic and mentoring opportunities to young people.

“We are grateful for We Energies and the Milwaukee Bucks Foundation and their commitment to the youth we serve at Silver Spring Neighborhood Center," said Executive Director of Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Devin Hudson. "The financial commitment to our Layups and Literacy program creates an opportunity to emphasize reading alongside basketball fundamentals for the youth we serve.”

Established in 1982, the We Energies Foundation has provided nearly $200 million in contributions to programs and nonprofit organizations that promote education, community development, arts and culture, and the environment.

The We Energies Foundation is funded by stockholders of WEC Energy Group, not by the customers of its utility subsidiaries.