The Los Angeles Lakers will hold a school supplies drive at tonight’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in connection with their annual Chick Hearn Night.
Fans are asked to bring new school supplies to the Chick Hearn Booth in Star Plaza in front of Staples Center.
Supplies sought include spiral notebooks, composition books, packs of college-ruled filler paper; folders; packs of dividers with tabs; boxes of pencils; boxes of blue or black pens; highlighters; pairs of safety scissors; manual pencil sharpeners; rulers; dictionaries; thesauruses; and calculators.
Donors will receive a Lakers pin.
All donated supplies will benefit the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Homeless Education Program.
All fans attending the game will receive a Chick Hearn key ring.
Since Hearn’s death in 2002, the Lakers have designated their home game closest to the Nov. 27 anniversary of his birth as Chick Hearn Night, which also includes the presentation of scholarships to two students attending the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
This year’s scholarship recipients are Caroline Deisley and Robby Kolanz.