Towns, along with other professional athletes including Eli Manning, DeMarco Murray, and J.J. Watt, are visiting youth camps across the country to talk about heat safety.
Below is a video from Towns’ appearance in Venice Beach with streetball legends Robin “Sik Wit It” Kennedy, Larry “Bone Collector” Williams, Kwame “The Freak of Nature” Alexander, and Joyce “Sweet J” Ekworomadu.
And here is an excerpt from the press release put out by Gatorade surrounding the Beat the Heat program.
To help keep athletes safe and performing at their best during the hot summer months, The Gatorade Company has partnered with several top professional athletes for the Gatorade Beat the Heat educational campaign.