NBA Kings President Granger Announces Philanthropic LIFT Initiative

NBA Kings President Chris Granger in a special to the Sacramento Bee announced that the team is launching a new philanthropic initiative. Kings employees in the coming year will "give back 10,000 volunteer hours" with local nonprofits. As part of the LIFT initiative, the team is also launching Kings Give 50, "offering every employee the opportunity to do at least 50 volunteer hours a year while paid by the team." The team will start its first project today at the American River Parkway Foundation, where employees will "help clean up the river and rebuild a shade structure." Granger: "Sustainability initiatives such as this are an important part of our role in the community but also central to our business strategy" (SACRAMENTO BEE, 7/22).