Jrue Holiday to donate NBA salary to charity, black-owned businesses

Good News Notes: “New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday announced on Wednesday he’ll donate the rest of his salary for the 2019-2020 NBA season to various charities and Black-owned businesses. The game checks, worth an estimated $5.3 million, will be distributed to charities and select businesses that are struggling through the newly created Jrue and…

Big leaguers keep drinks flowing for charity

Good News Notes: “Billy Hamilton walked into Wasted Grain in Scottsdale, went behind the bar and started to get a lesson from a bartender. However, this wasn’t Hamilton’s first Celebrity Bartender Night. ‘This year, they’re actually showing us how to bartend and giving us a little lesson, and when I went over there, I said, “I’m…

King for a day: Carson King delivers $3M donation to children’s hospital

Good News Notes: “The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital honored Carson King on Friday for helping to gather over $3 million in donations for the hospital.” “With the push of a button, King transferred the $3,004,202.14 fundraising total to the hospital’s Venmo account with the help of a hospital patient and presented a…