ARISE2Read Draws 100-Plus Donations After Brandon Clarke's Death at 29

4 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · May 13

More than 100 donations reached Memphis literacy nonprofit ARISE2Read within 24 hours of Brandon Clarke's death, a surge the group said usually takes up to five weeks to build.
Ja Morant amplified the effort by linking fans to ARISE2Read after Clarke, the Grizzlies forward found dead Monday in the Los Angeles area, was mourned across the NBA.
ARISE2Read said the money will help buy books for nearly 4,000 Memphis-area second graders, extending a cause Clarke publicly backed with a $1,500 school donation last September.
Clarke, 29, spent his entire NBA career with Memphis and had continued community work through 2025; the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has not yet determined his cause of death.

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