{"id":955630,"date":"2026-07-24T06:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T06:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/955630\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T06:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T06:26:22","slug":"spurs-julian-champagnie-joins-usaa-event-honoring-gold-star-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/955630\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs\u2019 Julian Champagnie joins USAA event honoring Gold Star families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 Nearly 3,000 USAA employees and volunteers gathered at the company\u2019s San Antonio headquarters to support military families through a series of community service events, including the second annual Gold Star Gamers\u2019 Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie joined participants during the esports tournament, even picking up a controller to compete alongside some of the Gold Star families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s been great so far. USAA is great at this,\u201d Champagnie said. \u201cIt\u2019s great to just be here, be involved and just show up to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The Gold Star Gamers\u2019 Cup brings USAA employees together to compete in honor of Gold Star families \u2014 the relatives of U.S. military service members who died while serving their country. The tournament recognizes those families while giving employees an opportunity to show their support through a team-based gaming competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">USAA also completed Operation Homefront for a large-scale back-to-school volunteer effort benefiting military families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cI\u2019m a military brat, a veteran and a military spouse, so bringing opportunities like the Gold Star Gamers\u2019 Cup and working with nonprofits that serve the military, like Operation Homefront, is really close to my heart,\u201d said Glenda Oakley, corporate impact director at USAA. \u201cIt\u2019s very important for us to serve the military community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Thousands of volunteers packed about 7,400 backpacks with donated school supplies for military children in the San Antonio area and across the country as families prepare for the start of the school year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The backpacks will be distributed to military children across the Alamo City, where many families are connected to the armed forces through the region\u2019s military installations. Organizers said the effort is intended to help ease back-to-school expenses and ensure students have the supplies they need for the new school year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Read also:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Nearly 3,000 USAA employees and volunteers gathered at the company\u2019s San Antonio headquarters to support&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":955631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,83096,1802,62968,7202,7203,7199,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,139918],"class_list":["post-955630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-america","tag-julian-champagnie","tag-military","tag-operation-homefront","tag-san-antonio","tag-sanantonio","tag-spurs","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-usaa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116973534370875239","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/955631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}