In an official announcement, Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry and his wife Ayesha Curry revealed the launch of a new movement that will help Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) students receive nutritious meals and additional resources. The announcement, which included statements from Steph and Ayesha, began with the following:
“Today, Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. announced an enhanced commitment to ensuring that all Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) students are provided the nutritious meals they need to thrive, necessary support to become stronger readers, and great schoolyards and opportunities to be active and participate in youth sports. Eat. Learn. Play. will launch a new movement to raise and invest $50 million in additional support and resources to Oakland students by the 2026 school year. The Currys will continue to cover 100% of Eat. Learn. Play.’s administrative and fundraising costs, ensuring all monies raised are put directly back into the community through the foundation’s programming.”
The statement from Steph and Ayesha read the following:
“When we launched Eat. Learn. Play. in 2019, we saw the tremendous need that existed in our adopted hometown of Oakland and set out to use our platform and resources to work to unlock the full potential of the kids in our community. Over the years, we’ve been inspired by the impact that happens when a community comes together to make a change, and we are now further invested to meet Oakland kids where they are each and every day, to transform their school experience and create lasting change for generations to come.”
This is a fantastic movement that Steph and Ayesha are launching, and should help a lot of students in need.