WNBA Rookie of the Year and Minnesota native Paige Bueckers has pledged a $50,000 matching donation to assist children and families in her hometown of Hopkins.
Bueckers, who currently stars for the Dallas Wings, committed her donation to the Hopkins Strong Relief Fund. The donation will support families in Hopkins facing food insecurity and struggling to pay rent and utilities due to the “heightened stress and uncertainty” in Minnesota.
The state has been the focus of the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge. Thousands of federal immigration agents have been operating in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota since early December…