NBA star saves former school with massive donation -- this is what being a role model looks like
The Frederick K.C. Price Christian School in South Los Angeles has shaped the lives of many students over its 33 years in existence.
However, with enrollments down and financial quotas not met, the school was facing imminent closure until one of its graduates stepped in.
Brooklyn Nets guard Allen Crabbe, who attended the school from kindergarten through his senior year, made an undisclosed donation to save the school from closure.
The school needed 60 more students to enroll to make it financially viable in 2018-19 and it fell short of that goal. Angela Evans, the school’s founder, had informed the board that the school would be closing.
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But Crabbe, who graduated from the school in 2010 before moving on to Cal-Berkeley and the NBA, stepped in at the last minute to donate enough money to keep it open for another year.
“I was at that school practically my whole life,” Crabbe said in a press release. “I’m just happy and feel blessed to be in a position now to do this.”
Crabbe is the grandson of Frederick K.C. Price III, who the school is named after. And he is the nephew of Evans, the school’s founder.
Kudos to 2010 @CalHiSports Mr. Basketball Allen Crabbe, as he gave back to Price HS in the ultimate way – by basically keeping it open. Not only is it his alma mater, his grandpops, Apostle Frederick K.C. Price, founded the school in '86. #HSBB #MiracleOnVermont #Grassroots pic.twitter.com/fBDcQnBOIm
— Ronnie Flores (@RonMFlores) June 30, 2018
In his senior year at the school, the school won the California state basketball championships in its division. Crabbe was named “Mr. Basketball” in the state of California in 2010, an honor given to the best high school player in the state each year.
“It is a Godsend to the people of this community. I thank you every day for having this school here,” state Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer said.
The amount of the donation was not disclosed, but TMZ reported that it was a six-figure donation.
“Allen’s success story is one of many to come out of Price,” Evans said in a press release. “Our school, with its high academics coupled with our emphasis on spiritual, Bible-based values and nurturing, effectively shapes lives and launches contributing members of society into the community,”
Thanks to Crabbe, some 175 students will not have to find another school to attend this fall.
That’s the action of a true role model.
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