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Nuggets' Anthony Gives $1.5M for Youth Center
Associated Press
Thursday, December 14, 2006; 11:49 AM
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Denver Nuggets star and Baltimore native Carmelo Anthony, criticized for his appearance in a street video that warned viewers to "stop stitching," is giving $1.5 million to a youth center in his home town.
The Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center, which offers after-school education and recreation programs to about 200 school-age children, will operate under a $1.5 million, five-year grant from Anthony.
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In 2004, Anthony appeared in an underground Baltimore DVD that warned people they could be killed for cooperating with police. Anthony has said he was not aware of the DVD's message. Police have complained such intimidation hinders criminal investigations.
Carmelo donated the money to the Baltimore-based Living Classrooms Foundation. The foundation was asked by a neighborhood association, The Pleasant View Gardens Tenant Council, to manage the site that was formerly operated by the Boys and Girls Club of Central Maryland, and serves six public housing communities.
The foundation is also working with The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the city and others to streamline and expand services for youth and families in East Baltimore.
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Associated Press
Thursday, December 14, 2006; 11:49 AM
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Denver Nuggets star and Baltimore native Carmelo Anthony, criticized for his appearance in a street video that warned viewers to "stop stitching," is giving $1.5 million to a youth center in his home town.
The Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center, which offers after-school education and recreation programs to about 200 school-age children, will operate under a $1.5 million, five-year grant from Anthony.
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In 2004, Anthony appeared in an underground Baltimore DVD that warned people they could be killed for cooperating with police. Anthony has said he was not aware of the DVD's message. Police have complained such intimidation hinders criminal investigations.
Carmelo donated the money to the Baltimore-based Living Classrooms Foundation. The foundation was asked by a neighborhood association, The Pleasant View Gardens Tenant Council, to manage the site that was formerly operated by the Boys and Girls Club of Central Maryland, and serves six public housing communities.
The foundation is also working with The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the city and others to streamline and expand services for youth and families in East Baltimore.
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© 2006 The Associated Press