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Steph Curry - Superstar, Humanitarian
1985fan
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In light of the countless negative stories being peddled by the media these days, it's unsettling that more stories like Steph doesn't get more attention. Some people know about the Nothing But Nets campaign with which he's affiliated, in which he pledged one net designed to stave off malaria-carrying mosquitoes per 3-pointer made. He then went, on his vacation, to hang them.
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"These refugees don't know dunks, nor do they know why a 25-year-old NBA star, coming off his breakout season, would fly more than 8,000 miles and 24 hours, risk malaria, typhoid and yellow fever, just to hang bed nets in their mud huts for the anti-malaria program Nothing But Nets. On his vacation.
"Man, for a huge American sports star," said Nothing But Nets director Chris Helfrich, "he sure doesn't act like it.""
It's a great read. We need more stories like this out there.
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"These refugees don't know dunks, nor do they know why a 25-year-old NBA star, coming off his breakout season, would fly more than 8,000 miles and 24 hours, risk malaria, typhoid and yellow fever, just to hang bed nets in their mud huts for the anti-malaria program Nothing But Nets. On his vacation.
"Man, for a huge American sports star," said Nothing But Nets director Chris Helfrich, "he sure doesn't act like it.""
It's a great read. We need more stories like this out there.
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