Stackhouse has quietly made himself into one of the most charitably active athletes in Michigan in his nearly four seasons with the Pistons.
  Many of Michigan's pro athletes support charities by lending their famous names as a hook, but Stackhouse does more.
  He's a trustee on the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan board, making him the youngest person in the nation to serve on a major hospital board.
  Some of Stackhouse's charitable activities include:
  * Public-service commercials on diabetes awareness for the Michigan Department of Community Health, American Diabetes Association and the federal National Diabetes Education Program.
  * Captaining the Pistons' grade-school literacy program called "Read to Achieve," promoting reading and education in Flint, Detroit, Avondale (Auburn Hills), Troy and Pontiac public schools.
  * Helping the Michigan chapter of the American Diabetes Association with its school walk fund-raising program. Stackhouse visits the winning school, makes a speech and signs autographs.
  * Spearheading a celebrity wheelchair basketball game for the Rehabilitation Institute in September, raising $35,000 for the hospital's upcoming expansion.
  * Buying 25 tickets per home game for disadvantaged kids, calling the section Stack's House.
  * Participating in a radiothon to benefit victims of the Sept. 11 tragedies. He ended up singing God Bless America on the air with two members of the Backstreet Boys.
  The NBA named Stackhouse its Community Assist award winner for October, honoring the player who does the most for his area.
  "Jerry is genuinely one of the kindest, most giving people I know in the NBA," Pistons Coach Rick Carlisle said. "People have no idea what a good guy he is. Jerry really cares about Detroit and helping kids.
  "As good as he is on the court as a player, he's even better off of it as a person."