Officials of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday announced today that the 49th playing of the official PGA TOUR Signature Event founded and hosted by golf legend Jack Nicklaus raised over $4.8 million for charitable organizations in Central Ohio and beyond, including $4.5 million for the Memorial’s collaborating charitable partners, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation and the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation. It is the third consecutive year the Tournament’s charitable giving total has topped the $4 million mark. Since its inception in 1976, the Memorial has eclipsed $56 million in donations to charity, with nearly $41 million going to Nationwide Children’s.

Today, Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. announced the conclusion of the 12th annual Christmas with the Currys, where the Oakland-based foundation provided more than $2 Million in resources and support to students and families this holiday season. Throughout December, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) students and families experienced the joy of reading through festive holiday events and surprises, pop-up book fairs, book distributions, and gifts from Eat. Learn. Play.’s partners, highlighted by a generous $200,000 gift from Safeway for 1,000 Oakland families in need that will receive support through the Safeway Foundation gift cards this holiday season. For the fifth year in a row, Eat. Learn. Play. provided a holiday gift to all 18,000 elementary school students in Oakland.

Stephen and Ayesha Curry's Eat. Learn. Play. is proud to announce a new, expanded partnership with Joie, the internationally renowned baby gear brand that recently launched in the U.S., as the Title Sponsor of the Eat. Learn. Play.

Stephen and Ayesha Curry recently sat down with NPR's Scott Simon to discuss Eat. Learn. Play.'s $25 million pledge to bridge the literacy gap in Oakland over the next five years.

In celebration of National Literacy Month, Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. is once again honoring over 16,000 educators, nutrition service workers, principals and administrative staff from the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).

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Individualized support helped our own children. We’re committing $25 million to Oakland schools so all students have the same opportunity.

Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. announced a significant commitment to raise and invest $25 million over the next five years to bridge the literacy gap in Oakland, including providing one-on-one, professional tutoring for students two or more grade levels behind in reading. Focusing on advancing reading and writing proficiency for Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) students, this will provide approximately 10,000 tutoring spots for elementary school students who are significantly behind in reading, with the support and programs they need to thrive. Last September, Eat. Learn. Play. launched a new movement to raise and invest $50 million in additional support and resources to Oakland students by the end of the 2025-26 school year. 

On a beautiful, blue sky Sunday in downtown Oakland, the 15th Oakland Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K & 5K celebrated thousands of runners and walkers completing their journey across the Kaiser Permanente Finish Line adjacent Lake Merritt and Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts. The event enjoyed a 20% increase in registrations from 2023 and also saw a record turnout on Saturday for the Eat. Learn. Play. Kids Fun Run presented by Kaiser Permanente with 1,000 Oakland kids tackling ¼ mile, ½ mile and 1 mile distances.

Organized by Run Local®, planning for the 15th Oakland Marathon commenced as soon as the last finisher of the 2023 event crossed the line. Welcoming 8,000 entrants, a 20% increase in participation over 2023, participants from more than 40 states and 15 countries will enjoy a redesigned experience from start-to-finish. The energized weekend of events kicks off on Friday, March 15 when the doors open to the public Kaiser Permanente Thrive Expo at the historic Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, with funds raised to provide support and resources for Oakland students in partnership with Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation. With events for everyone, the running will begin on Saturday, March 16 with the Eat. Learn. Play. Kids Fun Run presented by Kaiser Permanente.

Eat. Learn. Play. is honoring over 16,000 Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) educators, nutrition service workers, principals, and administrative staff by providing them with memberships to MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world’s best across a wide range of subjects.