Opelika-Auburn News | Sportsplex and Aquatics Center gets $1M gift: "But maybe the best return on foundation funds has come from its philanthropy courses geared toward youth here and in Montgomery. Cannon says philanthropy was so much a part of her brother’s makeup.
'We were raised by parents who taught us to give. They taught us to be good stewards not only of our money but of our time and talents,' she said. 'Nearly every week now, I hear from somebody who Jimmy helped. There was never any expectation of recognition for that help. Sometimes the help he gave was financial; other times it had nothing to do with money. It could have been a phone call. He was always helping somebody in some way. Jimmy didn’t have any children of his own, so everybody else’s children were his children.'"
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