Milwaukee Bucks Foundation to Celebrate Statewide Community Impact April 1-5

MILWAUKEE (March 31, 2024) – The Milwaukee Bucks Foundation will host its fourth annual Foundation Week, presented by CBS 58, from April 1-5 to celebrate the Bucks’ statewide community impact and the leaders helping to make a difference in Wisconsin.

Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Week will feature opportunities for fans to purchase limited edition retail items, bid on exclusive Bucks packages and learn more about the Foundation’s work to help the Wisconsin community thrive.

Celebrations tip off with an online auction that will open tomorrow, Monday, April 1, and run throughout the week featuring various Bucks packages and the Bucks Foundation’s new Vote gear, which celebrates a year of important elections. Bids can be placed on all items at bucks.com/mbfweek. Bucks Vote gear will be also available at the Bucks Pro Shop at Fiserv Forum and online at www.shop.bucks.com.

Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Week continues on Tuesday, April 2, with a broadcast auction on Bally Sports Wisconsin from 5:30-8 p.m. during the Bucks game at the Washington Wizards. Featured packages in the broadcast auction include:

• Big Three Package
  • Framed Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and Damian Lillard jerseys.
• 2024 Playoff Package
  • Two tickets to Game 1 of the First Round of the 2024 Playoffs, a pregame warm-ups experience, passes to the BMO Club, parking in the Fifth Street Parking Structure and a one-night stay at The Trade Hotel.
• Bally Sports Behind-the-Scenes Experience
  • Opportunity for four people to receive a behind-the-scenes look at the Bally Sports Wisconsin broadcast of a Bucks home game, along with a special meet and greet with play-by-play announcer Lisa Byington, color analyst Marques Johnson and sideline reporter Melanie Ricks before the game. Includes four lower-bowl Bucks tickets and a tour of the Bally Sports Wisconsin production truck. Valid for a mutually agreed upon game during the 2024-25 season.
• Play HORSE with Steve Novak
  • This one-of-a-kind experience includes a chance for four people to tour the Bucks’ training facility, the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Sports Science Center, and play a game of HORSE with Marquette University and Bucks Legend Steve Novak. Experience will be fulfilled on a mutually agreed upon date.
• Foursome at 2024 Bucks Foundation Golf Outing
  • Join the Bucks organization for a day on the links with current and former Bucks players while supporting the Bucks Foundation at the 2024 Golf Outing this fall.
• Wisconsin Sports Fan Pack
  • This package features signed items from the big three of Wisconsin sports: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Christian Yelich and Jordan Love. Items include a basketball signed by Antetokounmpo, a baseball signed by Yelich and a football signed by Love.

The broadcast auction also includes 420 Bucks Foundation Mystery Boxes, each containing at least one signed item from a current player or Bucks legend. A select number of boxes will also have a signed jersey from a current Bucks player.

Throughout the week, the Bucks Foundation will partner with United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha Counties to collect new school supplies for its Backpack Coalition Drive, which supports thousands of students across Milwaukee, Waukesha and Washington Counties. Fans are encouraged to bring school supply donations to the Bucks games on April 3 and April 5 at Fiserv Forum. Collection bins with volunteers from United Way will be set up on the plaza at Deer District, as well as inside The New Fashioned, The Trade Hotel and Insomnia Cookies.

The Bucks Foundation is dedicated to improving outcomes for underserved populations in Wisconsin by providing financial grants, developing innovative partnerships and supporting impactful ideas in youth education and health and wellness. Since its inception in 2016, the Bucks Foundation has granted more than $3 million to over 60 nonprofit organizations throughout the state of Wisconsin.

For more information on Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Week, visit bucks.com/mbfweek. Limited tickets are still available for Bucks games during Foundation Week at bucks.com/single.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.