From the LVRJ: Saturday night, the tennis superstar again paid tribute to Kerkorian at the Grand Slam for Children benefit, this time for contributing to Agassi's second family of sorts.
Kerkorian gave $18 million to support the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy for at-risk students, a record donation Agassi said will "outlive all of us" as the funds guarantee the Las Vegas charter school's future in perpetuity.
"If it wasn't for Mr. Kerkorian's kindness to my family long before I ever hit a tennis ball, I wouldn't be here today. He hasn't just helped my family, but millions of people in the state of Nevada," Agassi said in a telephone interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal just hours before officially announcing the donation. "For him to now give a gift that assures a future for Agassi Prep is a luxury I'm not sure I ever imagined."
The 16th annual benefit, held this year at Wynn Las Vegas, raised an estimated $26.1 million, including Kerkorian's donation, according to a spokesman. Performing to a crowd of about 1,400 were Michael Bublé, Martina McBride, Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Kimmel and Train.
The star-studded benefit concert, which rakes in about $8 million annually, is the main fundraising vehicle for Agassi's foundation. The Andre Agassi Foundation for Education endowment benefits the charter school located in an at-risk neighborhood in the urban core of Las Vegas. http://www.lvrj.com/news/kerkorian-gives-18-million-to-agassi-prep-at-benefit-concert-132868923.html
Once again, those evil 1 percenter's that Occupy Las Vegas hate just donated millions of dollars to finance an inner city private school that was started by another evil 1%er, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graff. This school has high standards and accepts most kids from the inner city of Las Vegas. http://www.agassiprep.org/ Of course, it is a private school, so the liberals don't like that because them liberals like them government schools.
What the people at Occupy Las Vegas don't realize that while these rich make a lot of money, most also donate a lot of money to charities. If you tax them higher like Obama and the Democrats want to do, then their charity giving is going to fall. Then organizations like Andre Agassi Prep, Opportunities Village, Salvation Army, Goodwill and other charities will lose money they normally would have gotten.
So, thanks to Andre Agassi and Kirk Kerkorian and the other 1%er's who have donated their hard earned money to schools like Agassi's and other charities around the Valley. Most of us really appreciate it, with the exception of those with Occupy Las Vegas.
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