2018-19 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TABLE OF CONTENTS Minnesota Timberwolves FastBreak Foundation ..................2-3 Basketball ..............................................................................4-17 Education ...............................................................................18-19 Health and Wellness ..............................................................20-21 Military ...................................................................................22-25 Hunger ....................................................................................26-27 Lynx FastBreak Foundation ...................................................28-29 Basketball ..............................................................................30-37 Education ...............................................................................38-43 Health and Wellness ..............................................................44-45 Military ...................................................................................46-49 Hunger ....................................................................................50-51 Iowa Wolves ...........................................................................52-59 T-Wolves Gaming ....................................................................60-65 Community Engagement .......................................................66-101 COMMUNITY GIFTS During each home game of the 2018-19 season, the Minnesota Timberwolves FastBreak Foundation MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES FASTBREAK FOUNDATION awarded a $5,000 donation to organizations that made our Minnesota community a great place to live, work and play. The mission of the Minnesota Timberwolves FastBreak Foundation is to support RECIPIENTS organizations that make our community a great place to live, work and play. #YesWeCode, Abbott Northwestern’s Neuroscience Institute, ACES, Autism Society of Minnesota, BestPrep, Big Brother Big Sisters Twin Cities, Bolder Options, Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities, The FastBreak Foundation has five main areas of focus, including Basketball, Camp Odayin, Cookie Cart, Flip Saunders Legacy Fund, Folds of Honor, Girls on the Run Twin Cities, Education, Health and Wellness, Military and Hunger. Throughout the season the Hope Academy, HopeKids, Hospitality House, Iris Global, Life Time Foundation, Love 4 One Another, Foundation works to make an impact in the community through featured events, Memorial Blood Centers, Mentor Minnesota, Mile In My Shoes, Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource volunteering, in-game elements and grants. Center, Minnesota Military Family Fund, Pinky Swear, Positive Coaching Alliance, PRNAlumi Foundation, Rally Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities Upper Midwest, Ryan Mathis Foundation, Sabathani Community Center, Second Harvest Heartland, Serving Our Troops, Small Sums, The Inner Hero, The Kurt B. Seydow Dystonia Foundation, The Sanneh Foundation, ThreeSixty Journalism, United Heroes PILLARS League, We Care Solar, YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities & Yucai Chinese School BASKETBALL Providing youth the opportunity to play and learn through basketball, with an emphasis on growing the COMMUNITY EVENTS game, building future leaders and developing life skills. READ TO ACHIEVE The Minnesota Timberwolves FastBreak Foundation is committed to helping young people develop a EDUCATION life-long love of reading. For four weeks during the fall, the Foundation challenges elementary students Fostering the love of education and reading with youth. to pledge to read at least 500 minutes. All students who complete the program receive a Timberwolves Prize Pack and the top reader from each grade will be honored with a Read to Achieve trophy. HEALTH AND WELLNESS Taking an active role in becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life, BOOK MOBILE while supporting the communities that do not have access to those opportunities. Each month, the Timberwolves and Lynx FastBreak Foundation Book Mobile hits the road to visit a local school and nonprofits to spread the love of reading throughout Minnesota. The Book Mobile offers students incentives to read by giving them a chance to pick out their very own book. MILITARY To honor and recognize military troops and their families. TIMBERWOLVES AND LYNX TICKETS FOR KIDS Each season, supporters of our Tickets for Kids program donate tickets to the FastBreak Foundation. HUNGER This offers children who might not otherwise have the opportunity to experience a Timberwolves or Lynx Working with the community to help eliminate hunger for children and families in Minnesota and game in person. The Foundation works with more than 300 organizations across the state of Minnesota across the world. that provide services for youth and will provide over 40,000 tickets to children and their families. For more information on the community programs, please visit timberwolves.com/community. 2 3 JR. NBA WEEK HER TIME TO PLAY ALL GIRLS CLINIC As part of Jr. NBA Week, the Timberwolves and Lynx hosted two clinics with the Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities. The clinics focused on the league’s new initiative Her Time To Play, which is meant to inspire the next generation of girls to play basketball in a positive and healthy way. On October 8, women from the Timberwolves and Lynx front office, along with Lynx guard, Danielle Robinson, were featured in a panel and engaged 75 girls from various Boys & Girls Clubs throughout the area. 4 BASKETBALL JR. NBA WEEK HER TIME TO PLAY CO-ED CLINIC As part of Jr. NBA Week, the Timberwolves and Lynx hosted two clinics with the Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities. The clinics focused on the league’s new initiative Her Time To Play, which is meant to inspire the next generation of girls to play basketball in a positive and healthy way. A co-ed clinic was held on October 10 led by Lynx guard Danielle Robinson and Timberwolves guard Josh Okogie. They led a Her Time To Play curriculum discussion and a post-clinic celebration with food, games and appearances by mascots Crunch and Prowl. BASKETBALL6 EDUCATION 7 BASKETBALL CAMPS The 2019 FastBreak Foundation Free Basketball Summer Camps, powered by the Sanneh Foundation, provided youth across the Twin Cities a series of weeklong basketball day camps focused on positive exposure to sports and physical activity in a community focused environment. 18 free basketball camps were offered in 11 different areas with high concentrations of under-recourced youth. Timberwolves forward, Mitch Creek, kicked off the first week of Free Basketball Summer Camps at Donaldson Park in Richfield. On top of leading over 75 kids in basketball skills and drills for the week, Mitch started each day with a discussion about different leadership traits. 8 BASKETBALL OUR COURTS. OUR FUTURE. THIEF RIVER FALLS This summer, the Minnesota Timberwolves traveled across the state of Minnesota to help neighborhoods take their love of basketball outdoors with the ‘Our Courts. Our Future.’ program, presented by U.S. Bank. The team called upon fans to help decide which communities in designated regions received a multi-season court refurbishment. As courts were unveiled in Thief River Falls, Little Falls, Marshall and Fridley, the community was treated to a ribbon cutting ceremony, complete with a chance to play on the restored court with Timberwolves players, assistant coaches and alumni. Bill LaFave Park in Thief River Falls is located along the Red Lake River surrounded by residential single-family housing. It’s utilized by people of all ages and open to the public with additional amenities to complement its use. On July 1, Timberwolves alum Troy Hudson broke in the new courts in Thief River Falls alongside Mayor Brian Homer, Public Works Director Mark Borseth, U.S. Bank Community Regional President Delton Steele and Timberwolves and Lynx Vice President of Social Responsibility, Jennifer Ridgeway. 10BASKETBALL EDUCATION 11 OUR COURTS. OUR FUTURE. LITTLE FALLS The Lindbergh Elementary School court is used daily at school as well as the entire summer for students attending the Kids Hideout program. Timberwolves guard Josh Okogie joined Little Falls Superintendent Steve Jones, U.S. Bank Market President Mike Markman and Jennifer Ridgeway at Lindbergh Elementary for the celebration of the second court refurbishment on July 25. 12 BASKETBALL OUR COURTS. OUR FUTURE. MARSHALL On August 15, Timberwolves alum and current player development associate Greg Stiemsma, along with Marshall Mayor Robert Byrnes, U.S. Bank Senior Vice President Leasing Business Unit Manager David Verkinderen and U.S. Bank Vice President Group Product Manager Kevin Reese, spoke to those in attendance before the ribbon cutting ceremony for the third court unveiling at Independence Park in Marshall. The court paid tribute to Carter Boerboom, a 14-year-old boy from Marshall who passed away from cancer. The court was chosen because of the overwhelming support provided by the Boerboom family after Carter’s passing. 14BASKETBALL EDUCATION 15 OUR COURTS. OUR FUTURE. FRIDLEY With year-round programming, local schools and churches all make use of the court in Madsen Park. Timberwolves rookie Jarrett Culver joined Fridley mayor Scott Lund, U.S. Bank New Brighton Branch Manager Chris Ledbeter and Jennifer Ridgeway at Madsen Park in Fridley on September 19 for the final court refurbishment of the summer. 16 BASKETBALL BOOK MOBILE The Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx FastBreak Foundation is proud to foster the love of reading with Minnsota youth. The