You may not know that former Wildcat, Jamaal Magloire, was from Toronto Canada. When he heard of a tragic incident that involved a mother being murdered and leaving behind her seven year old son, Magloire had to do more than just watch.
Last week in Toronto Canada, Lucita Charles was murdered leaving behind a seven year old son with Cerebral Palsy. Jamaal Magloire heard of the story and decided to take action. He paid for the mothers funeral and set up a trust fund for her orphaned son who also has cerebral palsy.
These are the types of feel good stories everyone loves to hear about and the fact Magloire is a former Wildcat, has to make every fan proud.
Here’s an excerpt from the article on thestar.com…
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When he heard of the murder last Monday of single mother Lucita Charles — who left behind a 7-year-old son with cerebral palsy — not only did Jamaal Magloire think he could help out, he did help out.
The 10-year NBA veteran paid for the funeral for Charles (the city’s 18th murder victim of this year) and plans to establish a trust fund for her orphaned son.
“When we see things like this in the news, we don’t know what to do. I wanted to show I could do something,” Magloire, a Toronto native, said by phone Saturday night.
“It just really touched me, the fact it was a single mother and she left behind a special-needs child,” he said.
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You can read [URL=”http://www.thestar.com/sports/basketball/nba/article/819775–nba-star-to-help-murder-victim-s-son”]the complete article here…[/URL]
