The Arizona Cardinals continue to do important charitable work as the coronavirus pandemic impacts the lives of the people around Arizona. After committing $1 million to the Arizona Coronavirus Relief Fund, they are teaming up with State Farm, whose name is on the team’s stadium, to provide more than one million meals to be distributed to five non-profit organizations throughout the Phoenix area.
They call it the “Million Meal” campaign and the beneficiaries will be:
- St. Mary’s Food Bank
- St. Vincent DePaul
- United Food Bank
- Phoenix Rescue Mission
- Midwest Food Bank
“We’re incredibly grateful to State Farm for the opportunity to work with them on this critically important initiative,” said Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill in the team’s press release. “Both of our organizations place community involvement among our highest priorities and recognize the impact that we can make, particularly in extraordinary times like now. The non-profit groups receiving these meals do tremendous work and we are honored to assist them in this way.”
Cardinals players Chandler Jones and DeAndre Hopkins are doing their part, too. Hopkins is donating $150,000 to the Arizona Coronavirus Relief Fund, while Jones is providing 150,000 meals to food banks in Arizona and upstate New York, where he is from.
Anyone interested in supporting this cause can do so through the Full Cart virtual food pantry program. Run by “Feeding Children Everywhere,” an organization dedicated to serving families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Full Cart is the safest and quickest way to help those in need during these uncertain times by arranging for a package of groceries to be shipped directly to the front door of families. To get involved, please visit fullcart.org/good-deeds-donate/.
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