Finley Buckets For Hunger

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DALLAS --NBA All-Star guard Michael Finley asked Mavs fans to make donations to his Buckets for Hunger Thanksgiving Challenge benefiting the North Texas Food Bank from Nov. 17-25. As a result of fan donations and matching from Finley and teammates Antawn Jamison and Antoine Walker, $109,697.70 was raised. This is equivalent to over 750,000 pounds or approximately 20 tractor-trailers of food to feed North Texas families.

“With the leadership of Michael Finley and support from Antawn Jamison, Antoine Walker and the Dallas Mavericks, the Michael Finley Buckets for Hunger Thanksgiving Challenge raised enough money to provide more than 10,000 families with a Thanksgiving meal,” said North Texas Food Bank Chief Executive Officer Jan Pruitt.” “Never before has a one-night event for the Food Bank had such an impact on feeding the hungry in our community.”

About Buckets for Hunger, Inc.

Finley is on the board for Buckets for Hunger, Inc. in Madison, Wisconsin, and participates in their various fundraising efforts throughout the year to benefit food pantries all over Wisconsin, Texas and his hometown of Maywood, Ill.

About North Texas Food Bank

The North Texas Food Bank, the largest Food Bank in Texas and the fifth largest in the nation, distributes food and grocery products to 400 agencies in 13 North Texas counties (9,410 square miles), an area larger than Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island combined.

For every dollar donated to the North Texas Food Bank, $12 worth of food and grocery product is distributed, and 100 percent of every dollar donated through food drives is used for food purchase. Only 2 cents out of each dollar is used in administration/fundraising with 98 cents being used in food distribution.

The North Texas Food Bank was awarded the 2001 Food Bank of the Year award by America’s Second Harvest, the largest Hunger relief organization in the nation.