Kobe:

1 charity

Kobe and Vanessa are keen on charity. They set up the Kobe Bryant Family Foundation, whose mission is to reduce the number of homeless people in Los Angeles, help build some permanent houses, and provide some educational consultation and career resources to help those young people and families who need help.

During his career, Kobe cooperated with the Make-a-Wish Foundation to help more than 65,438+000 children with serious diseases realize their wishes. Kobe Bryant is also an ambassador for the All-Star After-School Counseling Association, a national charity organization in the United States. The association has established many schools, and Kobe visits them whenever he has the opportunity to communicate with young people, and provides opportunities for suitable young people to study and train in Kobe basketball camp for free.

In June 2009, the Soong Ching Ling Foundation of China signed a cooperation agreement with the Kobe Bryant Family Foundation to establish the Kobe China Fund, which aims to help children in China and the United States, especially those in poverty-stricken areas in China and children from low-income families in the United States, achieve exchanges and exchanges in the fields of education, sports, culture and art, so as to enhance understanding and achieve mutual respect and tolerance.

On March 8th, 20 15, Kobe Bryant and Vanessa won the "bill sharman Humanitarian Prize" for their outstanding contributions to charity.

2. Memorial of people

According to NBA official website news, NBA President Xiao Hua announced on June 5438+05 that the NBA All-Star Game MVP Award will be permanently named "Kobe Bryant MVP Award". Kobe Bryant, who died in an air crash before, was selected as an All-Star 18 times before his death, and won the All-Star MVP four times in 2002, 2007, 2009 and 20 1 4.

On August 24th, 2023, local time, the Los Angeles Lakers officially announced that the statue of the team's late legend Kobe Bryant will be unveiled outside the home arena on February 8th, 2024. August 24th is Kobe Bryant's 45th birthday and his anniversary. The announcement issued by the Lakers shows that Kobe Bryant will become the seventh member of the team to build a statue.