NBA star Harrison Barnes donates $195K to hometown Iowa school distric

[WSB Radio]

Sacramento Kings star Harrison Barnes is giving back to the Iowa community where he grew up. Barnes, 27,who grew up in Ames, announced Monday that he and his wife, Brittany, will contribute $195,000 to the Ames Community School District, KCCI reported. According to a news release from the Ames Community School District, the donation was approved Monday night.

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[The Des Moines Register]

He’s won an NBA championship. He played for a team that won a record 73 regular-season games only to lose a 3-1 lead in one of the greatest NBA Finals of all time. He, a huge contributor to two of the best teams of the last decade, was rather unceremoniously cast aside as Golden State added one of the best players of all time, Kevin Durant, in his place.

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