Myles Turner arrived in Indianapolis as a teenager and decided the city that took him in deserved something of him in return. Through his W.A.R.M. foundation he has spent a decade packing essentials for neighbors without homes, running free camps in his Texas hometown, and putting serious support behind food and shelter close to home.
A Promise Made in Fifth Grade
Turner traces his giving to a childhood memory in Texas: a freezing day, kids walking around without shirts, and his mother handing out supplies from the back of the family car. He promised himself that if he ever had a platform, he would use it to help people in the same situation.
W.A.R.M. and the Go Bags
His foundation, W.A.R.M. (Work As Role Models), is best known for its go bags: packs of hand warmers, toiletries, snacks and handwritten notes of encouragement handed out to people experiencing homelessness in Indianapolis. His fan section, Turner's Block, regularly joins the packing events, turning service into a community tradition.
Wheeler Mission, All-Star Weekend
While Indianapolis hosted All-Star Weekend in 2024, Turner spent a morning at Wheeler Mission, the city's network of shelters, handing out essential packs alongside volunteers. Ahead of the visit he worked with local elementary students on encouraging letters that were tied into blankets delivered to shelters through Blankets of Hope.
Free Camps Back Home
Turner has never forgotten Bedford, the Texas town that raised him. He put $250,000 of his early NBA earnings into the community through W.A.R.M., and his free youth basketball camp there, open to kids of all ages, has become an annual fixture where he works with the campers himself.
Empowering the Masses
Turner began volunteering with Empowering the Masses, a Dallas nonprofit that runs a community market, in 2021. After a lighthearted social media moment grew into a fan fundraising drive that raised $100,000 for Winter Storm Uri relief, he deepened the commitment: in 2026 he pledged $1 million over ten years to help the market keep serving neighborhood families.
A short video profile of Turner and his W.A.R.M. program serving people without homes in Indianapolis.
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