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Nuggets' JaVale McGee takes 50 kids on toy shopping spree

JaVale McGee is the latest athlete to host a shopping spree for underprivileged children this Christmas season, taking 50 Denver area kids out to a toy store for his first annual #ShopWithAJock event.

JaVale McGee is the latest athlete to host a shopping spree for underprivileged children this Christmas season, taking 50 Denver-area kids out to a toy store for the first annual #ShopWithAJock event.

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Other players who have been part of the charity event include Patrick Peterson of the Arizona Cardinals and Chris Harris of the Denver Broncos. 

Andre Johnson also hosts a similar yearly event in Houston in which kids are given 88 seconds (and often a little more) to grab everything they would like from a toy store.

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