{"id":428474,"date":"2026-01-25T06:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/428474\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T06:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:14:13","slug":"chicago-sky-star-angel-reese-expands-film-and-tv-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/428474\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Sky Star Angel Reese Expands Film and TV Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota native and Unrivaled Basketball<\/a> standout Paige Bueckers is returning to her roots to support local families. <\/p>\n

After winning the first-ever Unrivaled free throw contest<\/a> this week, the Breeze BC guard has pledged to match up to $50,000 in donations to the #HopkinsStrong Relief Fund. The initiative was established to ensure food security for students within the Hopkins Public Schools District \u2014 Bueckers’s alma mater.<\/p>\n

The #HopkinsStrong Relief Fund<\/a> is a collaboration between the Hopkins Education Foundation (HEF) and the ICA Food Shelf. It addresses the urgent needs of families in the western Minneapolis suburbs facing economic uncertainty. <\/p>\n

By leveraging her platform, the Unrivaled Basketball star<\/a> is helping the foundation move toward its $250,000 fundraising goal. It aims to supply emergency food bags and assistance with essential costs like rent and utilities.<\/p>\n

“Community is how opportunity begins. When Hopkins families are supported with food and care, our young people can thrive,” Bueckers said in a statement. “That\u2019s why my foundation is committed to supporting the youth and families of Hopkins.”<\/p>\n

The contribution continues a long-standing tradition of community support from the former Hopkins High School<\/a> standout. <\/p>\n

Since 2023, Bueckers has partnered with the ICA Food Shelf to support local initiatives like the Hopkins West Middle School Food Market in Minnesota. <\/p>\n

Minnesota native Bueckers lends a hand during uncertain times<\/p>\n

The athlete’s contribution is even more significant now, as Minneapolis deals with widespread unrest following a series of high-profile ICE raids<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“At this very moment, we have students and families who are afraid to leave their homes,” says Hopkins Public Schools Superintendent Rhoda Mhiripiri-Reed, addressing the recent ICE raids in Minneapolis and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n

“We are grateful to the Hopkins Education Foundation<\/a> not only for supporting innovation in our classrooms but also for supporting Hopkins families during radically uncertain times.”<\/p>\n

“We want to be there for all of our students during this challenging time,” added HEF executive director Emily Wallace-Jackson. “It\u2019s our mission to enhance education for Hopkins students, and that starts with making sure that our children are fed so they have energy to learn.”<\/p>\n

As of late January, the fund has already presented an initial $50,000 to the ICA Food Shelf<\/a>. With the matching period open, organizers are calling on the local community to contribute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minnesota native and Unrivaled Basketball standout Paige Bueckers is returning to her roots to support local families. After…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[81548,650,3691,160873,438,29647,4677,217,203623,99,3781,22917,434],"class_list":["post-428474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-a-house-of-dynamite","tag-aja-wilson","tag-angel-reese","tag-cameo","tag-chicago-sky","tag-goat","tag-las-vegas-aces","tag-netflix","tag-rebecca-cutter","tag-sports","tag-steph-curry","tag-the-hunting-wives","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}