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NBA Players donate $50K to The Hopi Foundation

03-20-2009, 04:34 PM

Kykotsmovi, Arizona (ICC)

During the recent National Basketball Association All Star weekend, held in Phoenix during February, The Hopi Foundation was presented with a donation of $50,000.00 by the Players Association.

William Hunter, executive director of the NBPA, said being in the southwest they wanted to honor a tribal group.

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