CHARLOTTE — Michael Jordan, who played high school basketball in Wilmington is donating $2 million to assist residents of the Carolinas. The 55-year-old owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets is contributing $1 million each to the American Red Cross and the Foundation for the Carolinas’ Hurricane Florence Response Fund. In addition, more than 100 members of the Hornets organization will help pack disaster food boxes Friday at Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina in Charlotte. The goal is to deliver 5,000 food boxes to Wilmington and Myrtle Beach.
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