Carmelo Anthony Helped Bus 4,500 Kids from Baltimore to Washington DC March

Oklahoma City Thunder star Carmelo Anthony said Saturday that he helped provide transportation for youths in Baltimore so they could take part in March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C.

As seen in the following video tweeted by Fred Katz of the Norman Transcript, Melo said he contributed by sending 4,500 kids to Washington on 80 or 90 buses:

The March four Our Lives is a march taking place Saturday in Washington and elsewhere in the United States in an effort to end gun violence in schools.

Anthony was born in Brooklyn, New York, but he grew up in Baltimore and attended Towson Catholic High School in Towson, Maryland, before moving on to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.

The 33-year-old has long contributed to charitable endeavors in the Baltimore area, including the Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center, which he opened in 2006.

The March for Our Lives comes in the midst of a rash of school shootings across the country. Per CNN, there have been 17 since the start of 2018. Among the most highly publicized at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed in February.

The official March for Our Lives mission statement says one of the primary goals of the march is to "demand that a comprehensive and effective bill be immediately brought before Congress to address [school-related] gun issues."

Per NBC Washington, 500,000 people were expected to attend Saturday's march.