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Relationship Matters TV - James Donaldson
From Basketball to Community Advocate
James Donaldson is a British-American former NBA player who played 14 seasons and several years in Europe, for a total 0f 20 years in professional basketball. During the 1984–85 NBA season, he led the league in field goal percentage at 0.637—still one of the ten highest percentages in NBA history.
After a major health setback James dealt with significant depression and had thoughts of suicide. He recovered by building a team around him to help provide structure and support. He was able to draw from his sports career and saw the power in teamwork. From that experience, James has created a non-profit foundation “Your Gift of Life Foundation” that is a voice to an advocate and voice for mental health and suicide prevention. The foundations objectives are: to raise awareness about mental health and suicide prevention, and to provide scholarships to students of color and international students going into the mental health field.
