Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic gives ‘assist’ to children’s hospitals

TORONTO — Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic and his wife Gaga have pledged to help three children’s hospitals.

Rajakovic says he will donate to Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, and a children’s hospital in Belgrade, Serbia.

A contribution of US$20 will be made for every assist recorded by the Raptors this season.

The final amount will be distributed to all three hospitals at season’s end.