Our team Captain has been true to his stature as the Community Outreach champion of the dubs by launching the Jack 1 Foundation:

http://www.kfdm.com/sports/foundation_27293___article.html/jackson_stephen.html

Golden State Warriors guard/forward Stephen Jackson is launching his charitable foundation, the Jack 1 Foundation, with a series of community outreach events in his hometown of Port Arthur, TX, from August 20-22, it was announced today.  The mission of the Jack 1 Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is to provide community initiatives focusing on youth development and empowerment regardless of economic status.

"I am extremely pleased to launch the Jack 1 Foundation, and I'm very happy that the kick-off events are happening in my beloved hometown of Port Arthur," said Jackson. "Giving back to the community is something that I have believed in strongly throughout my entire NBA career. I feel blessed to be in a position where I can start my own charitable foundation that allows me to work more closely with deserving community groups both here in Port Arthur and my adopted home in the Bay Area."

To me this solidifies a few things:

• He likes the nickname Jack, not that nasty "S-Jax" they gave him on the nasty Spurs that some of the bandwaggoners on here still refer to him as.
• He's our guy and he's not going anywhere.  Contrary to some web conspirators, Jack was not sitting crawled up in a corner of his garage trying to figure out a way out of GS all summer long.  He's giving back while others are relaxing on vacation. 
• We easily forget how much he matured last season and how he's so underpaid compared to the other starters... that doesn't matter right now, he's all about redemption at this point in his life and trade thoughts or contract crunching are the last things on his mind.
• He probably just as excited as we fans are (if not more) about this upcoming season.