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Team’s Annual Recognition Given to Player Who Best Exemplifies the Spirit of Lucas PORTLAND, Ore. (May 28, 2021) – Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter has won the team’s Maurice Lucas Award for 2020-21. Inaugurated in 2010-11, the award honors “the Trail Blazers player who best represents the indomitable spirit of Maurice Lucas through his contributions…

By Tom Unger, ABC, APR, Fellow PRSA PORTLAND – Participating in the Maurice Lucas Foundation (MLF) Academy since Grade Six has led Jada Manns, now age 20, to a solid path of career success. Her latest step along that path: landing a full-time, paid internship with Multnomah County. “I’m really excited to work with them,”…

Please join us in celebrating MLF High School Program student Marie Abino who was selected to receive a Wings Scholarship. Marie will join the Jordan Brand Wings Scholars Class of 2025. Marie is a Senior at Benson High School in Portland who has been a part of the Maurice Lucas Foundation program since middle school. …

“Throughout my educational life history, my experience has shown me that no performance model or approach is the gold standard, rather a collection and blend of many to improve and enhance the performance of our youth. The Maurice Lucas Foundation program and its success are a direct reflection of this philosophy. We all have individuals…

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All seven of these exclusive wines are now available for sale at https://www.onebarrelchallenge.com/ or on each participating winery’s site and/or tasting room. Quantities are limited! Only 300 bottles of each and will be sold until they sell out. Special Thanks to the Participating Wineries: Granville Wine Co. 2020 Rosé: $35 McCollum Heritage 91 2019 Chardonnay: $45 Hazelfern 2019…

Senior Beatriz Santiago-Perez will represent Grant High School on the 2021 Portland Rose Festival Court.   In middle school, I participated in a program called the Maurice Lucas Foundation which was a great opportunity where I was provided with tutors to help out with homework, making sure that I felt prepared for high school. Before…