By Leobert Julian A. de la Peña
After the championship-clinching 2022 PBA Philippine Cup season, six-time Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo has already collected a total of 237,300 pesos for his promised donation drive.
Before the season started, Fajardo announced that he will organize a donation drive to a chosen charity based on the tallied stats of his points, rebounds, and three-pointers made in the season.
One of the most dominant big men of the PBA announced that an amount of 200 pesos will be given for every point he scored, 100 pesos for every rebound, and 1,000 pesos for every three-pointer made will be gathered and will be donated.
Before reaching the PHL Cup grand finals against the TNT Tropang Giga, Fajardo already raised 172,000 pesos including the 100k bonus amount.
Fajardo then boosted his donation drive with another 65,000 pesos more after a dominant seven-game-series performance against the Tropang Giga that helped him notch his fourth Finals MVP award.
The towering center from Cebu tied the superstar trio of Danny Seigle, James Yap, and LA Tenorio for the most Finals MVP won and averaged 19.0 points, 16.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.1 blocks against TNT.
Fajardo’s initiative was a promise he made in tribute to his late mother who passed away last year at the age of 52.
In the 26 total games played during the regular season, Fajardo tallied 487 points, 369 rebounds, and recorded three conversions from downtown.
