Rose donates $7K to man walking to D.C. to protest Chicago’s violence

SHARE Rose donates $7K to man walking to D.C. to protest Chicago’s violence
derrick_rose_knicks_basketball_62123290.jpg

Derrick Rose donated $7,000 to man walking from Chicago to Washington D.C. | Mary Altaffer/Associated Press

Former Bulls star Derrick Rose hasn’t forgotten his roots.

Bronzeville native Demetrius Nash, who is walking from Chicago to Washington D.C. to protest Chicago gun violence, shared on Instagram that Rose donated $7,000 to his GoFundMe campaign on Monday.

Nash is making the nearly 700-mile trek to Washington D.C. in hopes to raise awareness for the need of resources for after school programs to help get children off the streets.

A comment and four-figure donation under the name of “Derrick Rose” on Nash’s GoFundMe page wished the walker safe travels.

“We’re proud of all the great work you’re doing to save the youth of Chicago and providing a framework for at-risk youth for sustainability by providing training for a trade and mentoring via positive and successful mentors,” Rose wrote in a comment on the Nash’s GoFundMe page. “God bless you with safe travels on your journey.”

Rose, who grew up in Englewood, has been a social advocate in Chicago. He spoke about how the city’s gun violence had affected his upbringing and family on CNN.

Rose being charitable and giving to his hometown is nothing new.  In the past, he’s paid for and attended gun violence victims’ funerals. Rose also donated $1 million in 2014 to After School Matters, a program that offers extracurricular activity to children in Chicago. and attended funerals for gun violence victims.

Rose’s donation put Nash within $4,000 of his original goal of $25,000, according to DNA info’s Kelly Bauer.  Since Rose donated, Nash increased his overall goal on his GoFundMe to $50,000.

Nash, who has been documenting his journey on Instagram, started walking on Friday and is currently in Indiana.

Attempts to reach Nash have been unsuccessful.

The Latest
The funds will help target a big problem for a city opening its doors to President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Convention in August. Just 17.94% of registered voters in suburban Cook County and 25.7% of registered voters in Chicago voted in person or by mail in the March 19 primary.
Playing time has dwindled for Tinordi, a physical defensive defenseman who was a pleasant surprise for the Hawks last season but hasn’t found nearly as much success without Connor Murphy.
His surgeons spent 10 hours transplanting his new lungs and liver in September. Six months after the operation, Dr. Gary Gibbon remains cancer-free, able to breathe on his own and celebrated his 69th birthday on Wednesday.
White Sox fans from all over will flock to Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday for the team’s home opener against the Tigers.