The Washington Wizards and athletes from the Washington Mystics, Capital City Go-Go and Wizards District Gaming hosted the Wizards’ Thankful Meals event at the Entertainment and Sports arena on Sunday for residents in southeast DC. Thankful Meals was the team’s first community outreach event since the start of the pandemic.
Monumental Sports & Entertainment Founder and CEO Ted Leonsis made a financial contribution to support the outreach. In addition to a hot meal from Henry’s Soul Café, the first 500 guests received a turkey courtesy of Bradley Beal. He was also assisted by student athletes from the Ron Brown College Preparatory High School.
#Wizards #Mystics & #GoGo players are at the Entertainment and Sports Arena for the Thankful Meals community outreach event. @RealDealBeal23 along with students from Ron Brown Prep are handing out turkeys to residents in Ward 7 and 8. pic.twitter.com/r4AtxVhYDD
— Carita Parks (@CaritaCParks) November 21, 2021
Participants also received
The following members of Monumental Basketball were in attendance to help distribute meals: Tommy and Rosie Sheppard (Washington Wizards), Wes and Evelyn Unseld (Washington Wizards), Deni Avdija (Washington Wizards), Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards), Thomas Bryant (Washington Wizards), Aaron Holiday (Washington Wizards), Kyle Kuzma (Washington Wizards), Cassius Winston (Washington Wizards), Alysha Clark (Washington Mystics), Jordan Goodwin (Capital City Go-Go), Amber Nichols (Capital City Go-Go), Mike Williams (Capital City Go-Go), Patrick Crossan (Wizards District Gaming), Andrew McNeill (Wizards District Gaming) and JustAwkward (Wizards District Gaming).