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Phoenix Suns Champion Early Childhood Education with $2.6 Million Donation to Phoenix Head Start Program

The Phoenix Suns today completed one of the biggest assists in franchise history with a $2.6 million donation to fund the City of Phoenix’s Head Start program, which provides comprehensive early childhood development and support services for at-risk children and families. An event to commemorate the donation to Head Start was held today at Byron A. Barry Elementary School in west Phoenix and was attended by Suns Managing Partner Robert Sarver, Phoenix City Council members Michael Nowakowski and Laura Pastor, plus Phoenix city management, Head Start representatives and families. The Suns are the first professional sports team to assist Head Start, which was founded in 1965 and is the biggest preschool program in the country.