It hasn’t taken long for Arizona Cardinals rookie linebacker Isaiah Simmons to make an impact on the community here in Arizona. Drafted less than two weeks ago in the first round by the Cardinals, he has teamed up to provide meals to a local non-profit organization.
Simmons teamed up with the Arizona Cardinals and Bose to donate 60,000 meals to the Harvest Compassion Center for its facilities in Phoenix, Maryvale and Chandler, the team announced in a press release Monday.
Harvest Compassion Center is a food and clothing bank dedicated to providing a hope-filled environment to the underserved in the greater Phoenix area.
“We are so thankful to Isaiah and Bose for the donation to feed local families during this COVID-19 pandemic,” said Nicolee Thompson, the executive director at Harvest Compassion Center, via the team’s announcement. “During this time, it has been hard. We have been spending four times (our normal weekly rate) on food products to make sure the increased demand is being kept up with. So again, we are so thankful to both Isaiah and to Bose for feeding our neighbors.”
“I feel like this is a great opportunity to help out in Arizona, which is the new community that I’ll be a part of,” said Simmons in the release. “It was a big emphasis for me to come in and make an impact not only on the field but also off the field in the community. So being able to partner with Bose and donate these meals to people that are in need during this stressful time is something that is really important to me.”
The Cardinals as an organization donated $1 million to the AZ Coronavirus Relief fund. The team also teamed up with State Farm to provide one million meals to local food banks, as well as hosting three blood drives and other relief efforts. Chandler Jones donated 150,000 meals to food banks in Arizona and New York. DeAndre Hopkins made a donation of $150,000 to the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund. Kyler Murray donated $25,000 to GENYOUth for its COVID-19 Emergency School Nutrition Fund.
Coach Kliff Kingsbury also made a donation of $50,000 to the Navajo Relief Fund, as the Navajo Nation has been hit hard by COVID-19.
The team is certainly doing more than its share to help others in these tough times.
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