Kyrie Irving destroys media perception with amazing $50,000 gesture

Kyrie Irving makes a donation of $50,000 for a "Little Miss Flint Clean Water Fund".

Kyrie Irving destroys media perception with amazing $50,000 gesture

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In light of recent events, the Dallas Maverick‘s superstar Kyrie Irving who is known to be outspoken about helping people in need and making generous donations off the basketball court, is said to have recently donated a sum of $50,000 to Flint Michigan water crisis activist Mari Copeny. Kyrie Irving is always has been hitting headlines for all reasons when it comes to helping people and his fans adore that.

The recent initiation for raising money to produce clean water goes by an account called “Little Miss Flint Clean Water Fund” on GoFundMe has been successful in raising $807,000 dollars through 23,500 donations from all around the country. The account has a goal to raise a million dollars for the noble cause of serving purified and hygienic water to the people of her city, says the water crisis activist Mari Copeny.

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Flint Michigan water crisis activist Mari Copeny in her post on her GoFundMe account, explained the reason behind the need for water purification. She shared that through her old campaigns, she was successful in handing over a million bottles of water to the families that were severely affected by the Flint Lead crisis. Copeny explains her new goal of increasing her reach as her team has recently partnered up with a socially responsible water filtration company, which will allow her to maximize the impact of the donated funds to eliminate the use of plastic waste.

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Kyrie Irving gave this campaign a helping hand with his generous donation to the goal of the campaign. Irving tweeted regarding this and said:

I am grateful every day that GOD put me through all of those tests over the past few years. I was called everything under the sun, as I attempted to bring light to the atrocities/tragedies happening around the world, I still have more work to do.

Kyrie Irving’s past charitable donations

The Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving is known to be one of the best guards in the league. However, despite Irving’s game and his charitable donations to noble causes, the star has always been centric on controversial headlines. Up until recently Irving came in the headlines for donating a sum of $50,000 to Flint Michigan water crisis activist Mari Copeny.

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Kyrie Irving in a Dallas Mavericks jersey (via The Wenatchee World)

Irving apart from his current donation to a water crisis fund, has been a part of several campaigns in support of a lot of noble causes on the GoFundMe account. It is to be said that Kyrie Irving is one of the largest donors for tens of campaigns on GoFundMe funds. In one given situation, Kyrie Irving has donated a sum of $22,000 to three different accounts out of which was dedicated to a family who lost their home to a fire outbreak whereas another set of 22k was sent in to help a family with a funeral cost for their loved ones.

Irving also donated a sum of $15,000 dollars to a family from the city of New York who in a similar case as listed above lost their home to a fire outbreak which was sadly shortly before the time of the New Year. However, Irving is still criticized for his efforts and donations by a lot of haters out there but the Mavs superstar has never been the one to help people for public attention but has always been the person to support a noble cause and help as many people as he can.

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