Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant has committed $10 million to public schools in Prince George’s County, Maryland, where the nine-time All-Star grew up, according to the Washington Post.
Durant will invest $10 million into College Track, a program which helps disadvantaged kids attend school past high school and preps them for future life. It also provides tutoring, test preparation and aid in selecting colleges, according to the Washington Post.
“We didn’t have the resources to get our minds thinking about the next level,” Durant told the Post. “I want to do my part, whatever it is. If College Track students want to be the next Steve Jobs [co-founder of Apple and Laurene Powell Jobs’s late husband] or the next influencer or the next tastemakers, they can get there.”
Durant, who’s in his 11th NBA season and second season with Golden State, will also launch something called the Durant Center in the Seat Pleasant, Md. area. It’s something Durant says he’s dreamed of constructing for a long time, and it’s finally coming to reality.
“The majority of my friends, we didn’t have households,” Durant said. “When your mom’s at work and you don’t have a dad, you’re leaving school, and you need to know what you want at that age. You need somebody to guide you in the right direction. Your mind wanders and you want things, but we don’t know how to achieve them.
It’s a good thing he didn’t shut up and dribble.
