Magic Johnson

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Earvin "Magic" Johnson was ranked first on the all time point guard list for all time overall great list. He has recorded 3 NBA MVP titles, he made the NBA first team 9 time throughout his career. Magic Johnson earned his name through his amazing passes that weaved through the defense. Earvin Johnson Jr. was born and raised in Lansing, Michigan he was born into a poor family whose parents both had industrial jobs. His father Earvin Johnson worked for General Motors while his mother Christine worked as a school janitor and housewife. Johnson attended Michigan State University then went on to be the first overall NBA draft pick in the 1979 draft. A hero must be courageous and sacrificing. Magic shows this attitude through his philothapedic work off the court and his hard working ethic on the court. Almost all sports stars are recognized as "heroes" but Magic Johnson is an exception to that for his actions to give back to the unprivileged. He also affects many people in a positive way by donating his time and money to build restaurants and movie theaters in lower class communities around the country, he also gives more people the opportunity to live longer and enjoy the time they have by donating to the HIV/AIDS community.

Magic Johnson Gives back to communities around the country that are less fortunate, He helps build restaurants and other entertainment centers in inner city poverty communities. After Johnson was diagnosed with HIV he decided to become a philanthropist by donating his time and money to many unfortunate communities. " In the years since retiring from professional basketball, Johnson has remained hard at work building up a business empire that emphasizes investing in cities and minority communities. His holdings include a few banks, Starbucks coffee shops, several movie theaters, TGIF restaurants, and the Fatburger hamburger chain. His health has remained excellent over the years: although he remains HIV-positive, he has no symptoms of AIDS." Johnson gives back to smaller less fortunate communities by opening restaurants and movie theaters to give these towns things they don't have. He has given several different communities a chance to live and thrive again, he gives them the opportunity by bring food restaurants to help feed these communities. Magic Johnson created the Magic Johnson Foundation which donates time and money to checking people for HIV/AIDS and donates to food supplies for low income inner city families. "Magic Johnson started his Magic Johnson Foundation in 1991 as a single-disease organization that worked to raise funds for community-based organizations dealing with HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs." Magic Johnson has been donating his hard earned money to more than 11 different charities, to help different programs in America to help make people's lives better. Johnson uses his caring attribute to donate and giving opportunities to less fortunate. The people he donates to are people who are barely getting food on their plates for dinner. Magic Johnson gives back to the inner city youth who don't get much of a shot at breaking out of their neighborhoods that have high crime rates.

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Magic Johnson affects the world in a very positive way by helping people who need the help most by bringing health checkups, food, and education to low income places. Johnson has made a major impact into communities with unsteady education rates by providing internet to lower class communities. "In 2001, MJF responded to the digital divide by launching state of the art technology centers in partnership with HP (Google HP Inventor Center). An original mission of providing computer and internet access to disadvantaged populations has expanded to a community empowerment effort. Also, the creation of comprehensive, one-stop resource centers address the collective technology, educational, workforce readiness and informational needs to the entire family. In 2005, our former HP Inventor Centers were aptly rebranded Community Empowerment Centers (CECs). Since 2001, CECs have provided direct services to over 255,000 students in 16 urban markets and the rural market of South Carolina." Johnson's donations provided thousands of people with the power of the internet, he is helping people with their education and building a better future for themselves. Johnson Made an extra reach to go out of his way and donate to people who need a quality education. He has donated so much of his hard earned money to charity. Johnson has donated to many charitable causes to help inner city kids grow and thrive through their childhood. . " In the years since retiring from professional basketball, Johnson has remained hard at work building up a business empire that emphasizes investing in cities and minority communities. His holdings include a few banks, Starbucks coffee shops, several movie theaters, TGIF restaurants, and the Fatburger hamburger chain. His health has remained excellent over the years: although he remains HIV-positive, he has no symptoms of AIDS." Magic Johnson is considered a hero because he helps people enjoy life more. As he gave back to communities that needed it most, he planted happiness inside many people with movie theaters, coffee shops, and restaurants. Since retiring from basketball due to his HIV infection he has given the opportunity to thousands of people to get tested for HIV for free. Magic's generous donations have led to the success of thousands of people getting the nutrition they need to live in their communities struck by poverty.

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Magic Johnson believed in the general welfare of all humans he did not want the world to suffer any longer. "Named after Magic Johnson Enterprises' COO who passed away in 1998, TMSP recognizes students with outstanding academic achievement, leadership and commitment to serve their community. The program empowers minority students through financial support, mentorship, and internship opportunities." Magic Johnson is making an impact through his charitable work and giving kids the opportunity to go to college who deserve going to college. He only helps the kids who actually want to go to college for a better life, they need a certain amount of community service and GPA. Magic also helps out in communities with Community Empowerment Centers or CEC's to help make communities stronger. "CECs help bridge the education gap by providing ethnically diverse urban communities access to resources and programming that educate, empower and strengthen individuals through the innovative use of technology." CEC's helps bring people together through technology in low income communities. CEC's are a great thing that magic has created to bring hopeless communities together and unite to get through their daily struggles. Through Magic's creations in the TMSP and CEC's he helped make the world a better place than it was before. He is bringing people together to unite against poverty.

Almost all sports stars are recognized as "heroes" but Magic Johnson is an exception to that for his actions to give back to the unprivileged. He also affects many people in a positive way by donating his time and money to build restaurants and movie theaters in lower class communities around the country, he also gives more people the opportunity to live longer and enjoy the time they have by donating to the HIV/AIDS community. Magic Johnson became an inspiration through his determination in helping the HIV/ AIDS community and his philanthropic work for all humans going through their own struggles in their lives. Magic Johnson is an inspiration due to his love and passion to help others. Magic always loved helping others but now he loves it even more and is more passionate about it than ever. The Magic Johnson Foundation helped poverty struck inner city communities come together through CEC's and his community hot spots that bring people together and make a difference in cities around the United States. His efforts to helps limit HIV infections throughout the world by offering free testing and donating millions of dollars towards the cause. Magic Johnson was infected in 1991 since than he has donated millions of dollars that have helped protect people from the disease and help find other medications to help stop the virus. They way Magic helps people in their lives is incredible, he not only brings people together but brings them together for the fight on HIV and poverty in the United States.