Wild's Dumba to donate $11,200 to Australian wildfire relief

Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba pledged to donate $11,200 to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service to help fight the wildfires currently in Australia.

Dumba announced on Instagram that he'd donate $100 for every point the Minnesota Timberwolves scored against the Memphis Grizzlies during their game Jan. 7. The Wolves lost the contest by a score of 119-112.

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As you all have seen across the news and Instagram, Australia is currently in a state of emergency with devastating fires sweeping across the lands, affecting habitats, communities, killing millions of animals and taking human lives. It's hard to understand the dramatic impact this is having sitting safely on the other side of the world, but not to long ago I was on that side of the world. After the season last year I was able to travel to Australia with my one my best friends. We travelled the entire east coast top to bottom over 2 1/2 weeks. After a long hard season dealing with injury I was able to escape and take my mind off all the what if's. I fell in love with this beautiful country. It breaks my heart seeing the tragedy they are facing. So I want to do my part and personally donate funds to help fight these fires and hopefully motivate you to do whatever you can to help. With Minnesota being my home and the TWolves being my team I'll be most definitely watching them tonight against the Grizzlies, I've decided to donate $100 for every point the T Wolves score directly to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. Please help me by donating whatever you can to help with this cause and put an end to these fires. Whether that's $5, $100 or even just sharing this post if you are not in a position to donate right now, every small action helps when we come together. Click the link in my bio to donate directly to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service to help fight the fires and care for the victims of this tragic event.

A post shared by Matt Dumba (@matt.dumba) on Jan 7, 2020 at 1:58pm PST

In his post, Dumba said he traveled to Australia during the offseason last year, and "it breaks my heart to see the tragedy they are facing."

A total of 17.9-million acres have been burned across the country, and New South Wales has been most affected by the disaster with over 1,500 homes destroyed, according to CNN.

Dumba, 25, has recorded 13 points in 43 games this season for Minnesota while averaging just under 23 minutes of ice time per contest.

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