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Miller And Wife Establish Fund To Support Children’s Hospital

Grizzlies F Mike Miller, a South Dakota native, and his wife, Jennifer, are donating $1M to establish the Mike & Jennifer Miller Endowment Fund which will support Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In return, Sanford named its pediatric intensive care unit after the couple (NBA)....Bengals coach Marvin Lewis’ Marvin Lewis Community Fund raised $480,000 last weekend via a golf tournament (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 5/21)....Indiana Univ. men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson donated $50,000 toward the cost of renovating Montana Tech’s physical education building. Sampson began his college coaching career at the school and will have his signature embossed on the gym floor (AP, 5/21)....Actor Don Cheadle and poker player Annie Duke announced the Ante Up For Africa tournament July 5 at the ’07 World Series of Poker, which will help raise awareness about the crisis in Darfur. There will be a $5,000 buy-in, and while players are not required to make a donation to enter the tournament, Duke and Cheadle are asking winners to donate half of their prize money to the Enough Project and the Int’l Rescue Committee (Harrah’s).

NOTES: The CFL Argonauts plan to donate C$4M over five years to the Hospital for Sick Children’s foundation. It is “believed to be the largest donation in franchise history” (CP, 5/24)....Monday night’s Phillies Phestival for ALS raised a record $720,056, up $48,000 from last year’s total (Phillies)....Luczo Dragon Racing, co-owned by Steve Luczo and Jay Penske, will donate the profits from its Indianapolis 500 debut to charities affiliated with sports and entertainment personalities, including Colts coach Tony Dungy, Coyotes Managing General Partner and coach Wayne Gretzky and former U.S. Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi. Luczo has guaranteed $250,000 regardless of where driver Ryan Briscoe finishes (USA TODAY, 5/21)....Reebok is teaming with Boston Public Schools for the Reebok 4 Real Human Rights Student Advocate Program, the primary pillar of the brand’s new global corporate citizenship platform. The program is designed to encourage high school students and Reebok employees to learn about and support former recipients of the Reebok Human Rights Award (Reebok).