Special.(GOOD GUYS)

A sampling of athletes who have devised unique programs or developed special approaches to helping the community:

Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Kings. Reef House, which he financed and opened in his needy former Atlanta neighborhood, is fully functioning. Its after-school program serves 20 at-risk kids ages 9 to 13. Once they are ninth-graders, they are expected to tutor new students. Kids also have service projects, including collecting clothing and canned goods for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

Bruce Bowen, Spurs. His Get Fit with Bruce and Buddy program, now in its second year, combats childhood obesity by introducing incentives to encourage kids to develop better fitness and nutritional habits. It rewards more than 3,000 youngsters for participating in various aspects of the program.

Trent Green, Chiefs. His community activities in 2005 included a $100,000 donation to Indiana University and another $225,000 to various charity and church programs. Some of the money helped a local hospital staff its Starbright World and Teen Room, helped construct a new Ronald McDonald House in Kansas City and funded a four-year renewable scholarship for a future teacher.

Jamie Moyer, Mariners. He continues to be among the most prolific fundraisers in pro sports. Last February, Moyer brought in a stunning $1.2 million through an auction; that enabled him to start and endow two new Camp Erins, bereavement camps for children 6 to 17. He now has six Camp Erins operating and has donated more than $3 million to various causes.

Kyle Petty, NASCAR. His Victory Junction Gang Camp in North Carolina is a year-round facility that serves kids with chronic medical conditions or serious illness; the camp provides them with free vacation weeks. The 72-acre facility has 33 buildings, including a theater, equestrian center, medical center and water park. The camp was founded in honor of Petty's late son, Adam.

Paul Pierce, Celtics. With the help of his $200,000 in donations, the Tufts-New England Medical Center renovated its center for minimally invasive surgery and named it after him. The center features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for cutting-edge surgery techniques.