Tag: United Way

Jameis Winston donates $50,000 to United Way SELA

Saints QB Jameis Winston donates $50,000 to United Way SELA:

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Look at Jameis Winston embracing his new community. The New Orleans Saints quarterback donated $50,000 to United Way of Southeast Louisiana to go towards Hurricane Ida relief, nearly matching the $58,823 he receives as his game check each week during football season.

Things have been up-and-down for Winston on the field as he and head coach Sean Payton work to break some bad habits, but there’s been nothing to complain about Winston off of the field. He’s previously donated tens of thousands of bottled water to communities that went without power and running water in the storm’s aftermath, while also raising relief funds in apparel sales. It’s good to see Winston doing his part to help Louisiana put itself back together.

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Hurricane Laura 2020: Houston Texans donate $25K to United Way of Orange County

The Houston Texans are donating $25,000 to the United Way of Orange County to assist the community in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura.

The Houston Texans announced Friday evening they will be helping out Orange County following the devastation from Hurricane Laura.

According to a statement from the team via the official Twitter account, the Texans will be donating $25,000 to the United Way of Orange County to assist with the efforts to cleanup and aid the community in the aftermath of Laura.

On early Thursday morning, Laura made landfall in southeastern Texas and southwester Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane. As of Friday evening, the storm had claimed the lives of 14 people.

Laura threatened to cancel the Texans’ scrimmage at NRG Stadium Thursday, and the team was extra cautious on Wednesday and sent personnel home to work virtually. However, the storm’s devastation was far to the east of Houston and had no material impact on the Bayou City or the surrounding area.

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Free emergency food boxes available Thursdays at CenturyLink Field

Food Lifeline and CenturyLink Field have teamed up to offer several thousand free emergency food boxes to those in need during the pandemic.

The Seattle Seahawks want to make sure their fans are protected and well-fed during these trying times. With the coronavirus pandemic still impacting the nation and unemployment reaching an all-time high, many are having to look to local resources to put food on the table.

Food Lifeline and CenturyLink Field have now teamed up to offer several thousand free emergency food boxes to those in need. The packages contain fresh produce, dairy, and some shelf-stable items, when available.

The boxes will be available in the north lot of CenturyLink Field every Thursday throughout June from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. North Seattle College and Bellevue College will also be offering the boxes at their respective campuses.

The food will be distributed on a confidential basis, so no paperwork or registration is required. For more information and this week’s complete giveaway schedule, you can visit the Food Lifeline website here.

Food Lifeline and United Way of King County will also provide free home delivery of emergency food boxes across Seattle, North King County, and East King County throughout the pandemic.

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Notre Dame Students Sell “Catholics vs. Corona” T-Shirts

The legacy of the iconic “Catholics vs. Convicts” T-shirt has taken on a life of its own and shows no sign of being forgotten anytime soon.

The legacy of the iconic “Catholics vs. Convicts” T-shirt has taken on a life of its own and shows no sign of being forgotten anytime soon. Nearly 32 years later, four Notre Dame freshmen have taken that legacy and applied it to a foe more dangerous than Miami ever was: COVID-19. Out of this pandemic, the “Catholics vs. Corona” T-shirt was born.

On Tuesday, Pete Sampson of The Athletic published a story describing how four of the most recent Sorin Hall residents, Jackson Mallot, Mitchell Johnson, Matt Englehart and Leo DePole, came together to design this shirt. It continues to be sold for $19.95, and roughly $14 from that is donated to the United Way and evenly split between the local and national organization. The students are hoping to raise $10,000, and as of Monday night, they had sold 420 shirts. That brought them more than halfway to their goal at $5,880.

Major props must go to these young men for coming up with such an idea during this time of crisis. If they’re lucky, just as many people will pack Notre Dame Stadium wearing their shirt as people wearing The Shirt. Of course, that depends on whether they and the rest of the student body will even be able to return to campus for the fall semester. Until then, they’re making a difference in one of the best ways anyone could have thought of under the circumstances.

Jets, Johnson family donate $1 million to fight coronavirus outbreak

In a join donation, the Jets and the Johnson Family gave $1 million to three United Way agencies in New York, New Jersey and Long Island.

The Jets have joined the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.

The team, along with the family of owner Woody Johnson, will make a joint $1 million donation to three United Way agencies in the local area, according to the Jets’ website. All three organizations – located in New York City, northern Jersey and Long Island – have set up funds to send aid to those affected by the pandemic, either physically, financially or both in vulnerable areas. They are the UWNYC Covid-19 Community Fund, the ALICE Recovery Fund, and United Together: A Response Fund for COVID-19.

“The United Way continues to improve lives around the world and we need community-based organizations more than ever at this moment,” Jets CEO Christopher Johnson said. “Everyone has been impacted by this invisible enemy and the United Way is meeting it head-on at home, helping those disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and the economic consequences of the outbreak.”

The Jets and the NFL have been partners with United Way since 1973 and the agencies the team donated to will help people in areas where the outbreak has spread the most. New York City currently has over 12,000 cases, while Nassau County has over 2,400 and the state of New Jersey has 1,914 reported coronavirus cases.

The Jets aren’t the only NFL team or group to contribute to help stop the spread of the virus. Donations from various players, teams and owners throughout the sports world have been pouring into the country since the pandemic shut down every major sports league earlier this month.