One Team - WNBA Together: WNBA Draft Presenting Partner State Farm, the WNBA and the WNBPA Teaming up to Donate $240,000 to Direct Relief

April 17, 2020 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release

The WNBA, its players and teams have been working together over the past few weeks to make a greater impact and help those affected by COVID-19, with a particular focus on supporting frontline health care workers by providing personal protective equipment (PPE) and essential medical items. Although we are a league comprised of many teams and players who compete vigorously on the court, we are all in this together as one team.

As part of #WNBATogether, WNBA Draft presenting partner State Farm, the WNBA and the WNBPA are teaming up to donate $240,000 to Direct Relief - $20,000 for each of the 12 first-round picks in Friday's draft.

Direct Relief is a humanitarian organization working in overdrive to get protective gear and critical medications into the hands of as many health workers as possible, as quickly as possible, with emergency deliveries leaving daily for medical facilities across the U.S.

For more information, please visit https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/.

Additional Information about #WNBATogether

A new leaguewide, global community outreach and social engagement campaign to educate and inspire youth, families, fans and the general public.

Using our vast footprint and platform, we will amplify global health information and keep communities connected through social tools and virtual events.

Women's National Basketball Association Stories from April 17, 2020

• Las Vegas Aces Select Holy Cross Forward Lauren Manis in WNBA Draft 2020 - Las Vegas Aces
• New York Selects Sabrina Ionescu with First Overall Pick in WNBA Draft 2020 - WNBA
• Walker, Willoughby, Jones, Shook, Odom Added to Liberty's 2020 Draft Class - New York Liberty
• Mercury Welcomes Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Two Draft Picks to Phoenix on Draft Night - Phoenix Mercury
• Mystics Select Jaylyn Agnew, Alecia "Sug" Sutton In 2020 WNBA Draft - Washington Mystics
• Minnesota Lynx Wrap 2020 WNBA Draft - Minnesota Lynx
• WNBA Introduces Kobe & Gigi Bryant WNBA Advocacy Award - WNBA
• Indiana Fever Select Lauren Cox - Indiana Fever
• Lynx Select Mikiah Herbert Harrigan with the Sixth Overall Pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft - Minnesota Lynx
• Liberty Select Sabrina Ionescu First Overall in 2020 WNBA Draft - New York Liberty
• One Team - WNBA Together: WNBA Draft Presenting Partner State Farm, the WNBA and the WNBPA Teaming up to Donate $240,000 to Direct Relief - WNBA
• NBAstore.Com and WNBAstore.Com to Sell Cloth Face Coverings to Benefit Communities Impacted by Covid-19 Pandemic - WNBA

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