Shaq joined with his mother, Lucille, to help a Mansfield nonprofit, then stopped at the Oak Cliff Boys & Girls Club to check on his donation’s progress.
She gave a motivational speech to the Mansfield-based nonprofit, which serves 10,000-plus orphans in more than 30 countries. In her talk, she mentioned the value of certain positive words before being“We talked about it at the table, and that word is charity,” he said as he hugged his mother on stage. “So, me and my mother [are] going to donate [$50,000] and 500 pairs of shoes.
”O’Neal left after the banquet but took time to pose for pictures with fans and well-wishers during breaks and on his way out. Faith Watts, a church member who said she had just finished her last round of chemotherapy, sought him out.Shaquille O'Neal met with Mansfield resident Faith Watts at the Allies in Youth Development banquet at Walnut Ridge Baptist Church in Mansfield on Sunday.