April 12, 2016 – The Charlotte Hornets, Lowe's and FOX Sports Southeast, in partnership with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools Foundation, will award a total of $33,000 in Teacher Innovation Fund grants to eight Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teachers to support the implementation of dynamic ideas to educate students. The teachers will receive the grants during a ceremony at halftime of the Hornets game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, April 13, at Time Warner Cable Arena.
“It is our privilege to be able to help support this group of outstanding educators as they find new, impactful ways to teach our young people,” said Hornets President & COO Fred Whitfield.