LOS ANGELES - Oscar De La Hoya has donated $3.5 million toward helping underprivileged students. The world champion boxer and Olympic gold medalist presented the donation Thursday to the De La Hoya Animo Charter High School at the school's second annual graduation ceremony. The money will fund new facilities on campus and help develop other public charter schools in Los Angeles. De La Hoya started a foundation in 1995 to help poor families in East Los Angeles. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_en_ot/people_oscar_de_la_hoya;_ylt=AtJrYqX0gJoqRTBp42u59RQDW7oF
If there is one thing Ive always admire about ODLH is his generosity and the fact that he has never forgotten where he came from. I know for a FACT that he donated a lot of money to different charities in PR while he lived downthere for a while. I give him mad props for that....
Anyways, every thanksgiving he holds a turkey giveaway for the less forunate. He also donated millions to White memorial Hospital, where his mother died.
