MILWAUKEE — Longtime Path Blazers celebrity and present Milwaukee Bucks level guard Damian Lillard returned to the Pacific Northwest on Sept. 13 to be honored for his contributions to the Portland neighborhood.
The inaugural Invoice Walton Group Affect Award, named after the Path Blazers championship hero and NBA Corridor of Famer, acknowledged Lillard’s service work throughout his 11 seasons in Portland.
“To obtain an award like this in honor of the late, nice Invoice Walton is not any small feat for me,” Lillard stated on the basis’s 14th annual celebration on the Hyatt Regency. “It’s an enormous honor for me. And since I don’t stay in my success, I’m at all times transferring on. It’s very nice to have my work acknowledged in the neighborhood as a result of there’s not at all times a digital camera there to see it. There’s not at all times individuals there to substantiate it.”
Lillard stays concerned in a number of neighborhood outreach initiatives, together with the RESPECT program and the Lillard Basis. He has additionally been a Particular Olympics International Ambassador since 2013, internet hosting basketball camps and fundraising occasions.
The Maurice Lucas Basis’s inaugural Invoice Walton Group Affect Award was offered final night time to Damian Lillard. @Dame_Lillard accepted this vital honor in a spot he considers residence #RipCity📍 pic.twitter.com/iyyKLKU4PO
— Nick Krupke (@NickKrupke) September 14, 2024
Lillard’s lengthy tenure with the Blazers ended final summer season when the Bucks exchanged a loot of selections and gamers to amass celebrity expertise.
Lillard’s generosity now extends past Portland to Milwaukee. In December, Lillard hung out with children on the Boys & Women Golf equipment of Better Milwaukee, shocking them with Adidas sneakers, a Kohl’s reward card and tickets to a sport in opposition to the Indiana Pacers.
