Dallas Mavericks host student lounge dedication at The Family Place

The Dallas Mavericks and the Mavs Foundation unveiled the new student lounge at The Family Place last week. For the past 45 years, The Family Place has empowered survivors of family violence by providing safe housing, counseling and skills that create independence while building community engagement and advocating for social change to stop family violence. This new space allows children and families to spend time together learning and playing with game consoles, headsets, laptops and toys. Chime, acting as the major sponsor/partner presented the space with special guests Mavericks player Maxi Kleber, Dallas Mavericks Chief Impact Officer Katie Edwards and The Family Place CEO Mimi Sterling.

Mavericks Chief Impact Officer, Katie Edwards emphasized, “The Family Place has been a long-time grantee of the Mavs Foundation. We’ve supported them with grants for more than 25 years, but this is the first time that we get to come out and create a space that’s warm and inviting and fun with Dallas Mavericks branding and with our player, so we really love that we can be here in person and create this for them.” The Family Place CEO Mimi Sterling was overwhelmed with generosity and stated, “Thanks to the extreme generosity of the Dallas Mavericks and the Mavs Foundation, our youth have a remarkable new space for healing, dreaming and growing during their time at our facilities. The multipurpose room has been thoughtfully designed to support teens from our emergency shelter and transitional housing programs, providing a safe area during a pivotal time in their lives. We are so grateful for this investment in our youth’s well-being and educational growth.”