Munich. The initiative “Dunks for Tomorrow” by BMW
München and FC Bayern Munich Basketball has reached a milestone.
During the EuroLeague home game of the German Cup winner against Red
Star Belgrade, Devin Booker achieved the 100th dunk of the
season for Munich in the once again sold-out BMW Park. As a result,
the donation sum, with which BMW supports SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. at the
end of the season, has already broken the impressive mark of 100,000
euros at the beginning of March.
“Dunks are always something special for us players,” said FCBB centre
Booker after the 74:66 victory over Belgrade. “The fact that we
additionally support a social commitment with it is great and gives us
in the team an extra motivation to throw down dunks.”
The joint campaign by BMW München and FC Bayern Munich Basketball has
been running since the beginning of the season. For every dunk by
Munich at a home game, BMW donates 1,000 euros to SOS-Kinderdorf e.V.
“We are pleased to be able to sustainably support SOS-Kinderdorf’s
commitment to educational equity and equal opportunities with this
project,” said Bernd Döpke, Head of BMW München. “The fact that we
have reached such a remarkable point so early in the season, which
enables many children and young people to have better future
opportunities, makes us incredibly proud. We would like it to continue
like this as the season still has a lot in store.”
In total, Munich made four dunks against Belgrade in front of 6,500
spectators in the atmospheric BMW Park. Because the league leader also
sank three more dunks on Sunday in the Bundesliga home game against
Bonn during the 90:81 victory, the BMW donation sum increased to
103,000 euros over the weekend.
With the donation sum, SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. will support children and
young people from disadvantaged families in their development in
various ways. “We specifically and individually promote and strengthen
children and young people in their personal development – and have
been doing so for almost 70 years. We are present in schools and
support the daily lives of young people with school social work,
after-school care, social group projects, and much more,” said Anna
Pönisch, Head of Marketing at SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. “The ‘Dunks for
Tomorrow’ campaign is a decisive contribution to our commitment. We
are happy about this collaboration with two strong partners, with
whose help a healthy upbringing and sustainable education of the
children and young people entrusted to us becomes possible.”
Next Sunday, FC Bayern Basketball will once again go on a points and
dunk hunt in the next Bundesliga home game against the strong promoted
team Vechta. The game starts at 3:30 pm in Munich’s BMW Park.
