Alaska Airlines As Told By Kevin Durant

Alaska Airlines and Kevin Durant are teaming up to support youth and education in the San Fransisco area.

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Kevin Durant his a very influential person in the bay area communities. He started the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation in 2015 to enhance the lives of children from low-income backgrounds through educational, athletic, and emotion programs. Kevin Durant used basketball to stay out of trouble when he was growing up and he would like to influences todays youth to use athletics the same way.

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Alaska Airlines recently purchased Virgin Airlines and expanded into the San Fransisco area. Since Alaska Airlines has a headquarters in Seattle and Kevin Durant used to play for the Seattle Supersonics, Alaska Airlines and KD were bound to team up together eventually. Brad Tilden, Alaska Airlines CEO will name Kevin Durant as "advisor to the CEO" which will give him authority to represent the company at Bay Area events and Tilden will help Durant with his in supporting his youth and educational programs.

Through this partnership, Tilden has made donations towards KDCF, including the BUILD IT AND THEY WILL BALL project which builds and renovates in undeserved neighborhoods. "Im looking forward to working with them in the community and partnering with Brad and his team on creative development abdd strategy as well" Durant said. Also Durant has been making his new partnership with Alaska Airlines known on his social media accounts.