Vanessa Bryant recently visited the memorial dedicated to her late husband, Kobe Bryant, and their daughter, Gianna. It was a graphic painting depicting the NBA legend and his daughter. Following that, Vanessa Bryant used social media to share pictures of the trip.
During the event, Vanessa showed her immense gratitude to the Philadelphia Police Department for their assistance. Vanessa Bryant visited Kobe’s childhood home in Philadelphia on Tuesday. She posted on social media, thanking everyone, especially the police department.
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She captioned the Instagram post with the following words: “Deeply thankful to the Philadelphia Police Department for going out of their way to ensure we all had a streamlined event yesterday”.
According to the picture, she was wearing her husband’s Lower Merion Aces high school jacket. She was there to witness the new upcoming surprise for the town’s children, according to her account of her visit.
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New basketball courts were built at the Tustin Playground in memory of Kobe Bryant and Gianna. Additionally, this is a collaboration with Nancy Lieberman’s Dream Courts charity organization. Following this, Vanessa Bryant’s fans shared their appreciation online for the work she is doing. The comments section was filled with enthusiastic appreciation.
Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa Bryant brings joy to Philadelphia children
Dream Courts then posted the pictures to their social media account. Between the court was the white circle, which had Kobe and Gianna’s names. Moreover, the purple and yellow color scheme with a heart circling Kobe’s No. 24 just outside each foul line, was inspired by Kobe’s former team, the Los Angeles Lakers.
As she also pointed out in a post about the opening of the court: “I chose this location so that young people in this community may have a safe space to play with equal opportunity which was important to Kobe and Gianna,” she wrote. “We are grateful to the City of Philadelphia, @muralarts for welcoming this project and helping to make it a reality.”
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Notably, this is not the first time Vanessa Bryant has done something to carry on Kobe’s legacy. She is also dedicated to helping others who also aspire to be professional athletes.
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