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Foundation Timeline

2009

  • Deron brightened the holidays for several families in need this year with a Christmas celebration made possible through his Point of Hope Foundation. On December 13, sixty guests, consisting of families with mothers or fathers serving in the military, dined at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse in mid December with Williams and his family. 
 
  • On November 23, the Utah Jazz, EnergySolutions Arena and Deron Williams Point of Hope Foundation collaborated with Salt Lake City Mission and Utah Food Services to feed Salt Lake’s homeless and low-income population. Amy Williams and the Point of Hope Foundation served Thanksgiving dinner to thousands of people in need.
 
  • The Point of Hope Foundation donated 1,400 school supply kits to Edison Elementary and Whittier Elementary both in Salt Lake. 
 
  • Point of Hope donated to Kyle Korver’s Foundation Coat Drive
 
  • Deron Williams Point of Hope Foundation & Kyle Korver Foundation launched the inaugural Dodge Barrage Tournament, which raised money for the Christmas Box of Salt Lake City, UT.
 
  • 2nd Annual Deron Williams Illini Hoop Legends Charity Event in Champaign, IL 
 
  • 3rd Annual Deron Williams Golf Classic Event in Salt Lake City, which raised money for JDRF

2008

  • 2nd Annual Point of Hope Christmas Dinner. Deron and Amy Williams provided Christmas gifts to local single mothers and their children as well as dined with them at Fleming’s Steakhouse. 
 
  • On Tuesday, November 25th, the Point of Hope Foundation and the Utah Jazz hosted a Thanksgiving dinner celebration for Salt Lake’s homeless and low-income population in conjunction with Salt Lake Mission. The dinner was held on the main concourse of Energy Solutions Arena and Deron and other Utah Jazz players came to help serve. More than 3,000 meals were provided to individuals. 
 
  • 2nd Annual Deron Williams Golf Classic Event in Salt Lake City, which raised money for the Carmeen B Pingree Center for Childern with Autism 
 
  • 1st Annual Deron Williams Illini Hoop Legends Charity Event in Chicago, IL

2007

  • 1st Annual Point of Hope Christmas Dinner for single mothers and their children at Fleming’s Steakhouse in Salt Lake City, UT 
 
  • 1st Annual Deron Williams Celebrity Golf Classic in Salt Lake City, which raised money for Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, UT 
 
  • Deron and Amy Williams establish the Point of Hope Foundation