Nash honoured for helping children

Suns guard Steve Nash is the 2007 recipient of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship award, presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association.Named after the former NBA commissioner, the award recognizes an NBA player or coach for outstanding community service and commitment to serve and give of his time outside the arena.Nash has helped countless children through the Steve Nash Foundation, formed in 2001 with the goal of assisting underserved kids in their health, personal development, education and enjoyment of life.The foundation’s focus areas of Phoenix and Nash’s home in British Columbia have been expanded to other countries including equipping a neonatal intensive care ward — including incubators that were in dire need — in Paraguay.Nash is the second Suns player to win the Kennedy award, joining Kevin Johnson in 1991.The Suns’ media relations staff, led by vice president of basketball communications Julie Fie, has won the inaugural PBWA’s Media Relations Staff of the Year award.