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• 01/30/2013 - NFL PROVIDES $100,000 IN PRO BOWL GRANTS TO HAWAIIAN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

  Grants to Hawaiian Non-Profits from the National Football League Foundation in Last Decade Total More Than $1.5 Million

   

• 09/17/2012 - NFL Charities Awards $2.2 Million to the Cooper Institute

  Three-year grant extension will support programs to reduce childhood obesity

• 09/11/2012 - NFL Charities Awards More Than $1.5 Million in Sports Medical Research Grants

  More Than $950,000 Dedicated to Concussion Prevention and Treatment

• 01/27/2012 - NFL Provies $100,000 in Pro Bowl Grants to Hawaiian Non-Profit Organizations

  NFL Charities Grants to Hawaiian Non-Profits Total More Than $1.6 Million in 20 Years

• 12/14/2011 - Wimbley goes shopping with EOYDC
• 12/11/2011 - Super Bowl Salvation Army center for youths still nearly a year off but starting to take shape
• 12/08/2011 - Jones' Kenard Lang spreading holiday cheer
• 10/18/2011 - Chicago Bears/United Way of Lake County Hometown Huddle
• 10/18/2011 - Bears players ready Waukegan school’s ‘fitness zone’
• 09/26/2011 - New Football Field for Foster Students at San Pasqual Academy
• 09/23/2011 - Beyond Moneyball: How biosensors are already changing sports today
• 09/20/2011 - Common Council Items of Interest
• 08/26/2011 - NFL donating $1 million to MLK memorial in DC
• 08/26/2011 - NFL donates $1 million to MLK Memorial Foundation
• 08/09/2011 - Billy Langston doing athletic training internship with Bills
• 08/05/2011 - Game Changer? Study Examines Football's Hard Hits
• 04/22/2011 - NFL grant expands brain-injury research
• 04/19/2011 - Test Discovered by VA Physician Detects Carotid Plaques
• 04/05/2011 - NFL CHARITIES AWARDS $1 MILLION IN GRANTS TO CURRENT AND FORMER PLAYERS

  NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the National Football League, has awarded $1 million in grants to support 87 charitable foundations of current and former players, it was announced today.

  Players receiving grants this year include New Orleans Saints quarterback DREW BREES, Indianapolis Colts quarterback PEYTON MANNING and Kansas City Chiefs guard BRIAN WATERS and former players DERRICK BROOKS, KURT WARNER and STEVE YOUNG.  The grants, which are distributed in amounts up to $50,000, are part of NFL Charities’ annual player foundation grant initiative.

  “We are proud to support current and former player foundations and applaud all players’ efforts to make their communities healthy, happy, and safe,” said NFL Commissioner ROGER GOODELL, president of the NFL Charities board of directors.

• 02/03/2011 - NFL CHARITIES DONATES $1 MILLION TO ESTABLISH NORTH TEXAS YOUTH EDUCATION TOWN

  NFL Charities will donate $1 million to establish the North Texas Youth Education Town to fund expansion and renovations at an existing Salvation Army site in Arlington.  The announcement was made at the University of Texas at Arlington, and the donation was matched by $1 million from the Gene and Jerry Jones Family Arlington Youth Foundation.

• 12/21/2010 - NFL CHARITIES AWARDS MORE THAN $1.6 MILLION IN SPORTS MEDICAL RESEARCH GRANTS

  NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the National Football League owners, has awarded more than $1.6 million in grants to support sports-related medical research at 16 organizations, the NFL announced today.  Of these grants, $988,224 will go to studying concussion prevention and treatment.

• 08/01/2010 - Kraft family, New England Patriots Charitable Foundation host cancer awareness week at training camp

  While the Patriots have opened training camp to begin their quest for Super Bowl XLV, the Robert Kraft family and the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation today kicked off another season-long initiative: cancer awareness.

• 03/04/2010 - NFL ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION DONATION TO SOUTH FLORIDA YOUTH EDUCATION TOWNS AS PART OF SUPER BOWL LEGACY PROGRAM

  FORT LAUDERDALE—NFL Charities will donate $1 million to the South Florida NFL Youth Education Towns (NFL YETs) to fund expansion and support community outreach efforts, it was announced today.

• 01/29/2010 - NFL PROVIDES $100,000 IN PRO BOWL GRANTS TO HAWAIIAN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

  The NFL’s commitment to the state of Hawaii continues this season even the Pro Bowl is being played on the mainland. Nineteen Hawaiian non-profit organizations will benefit from $100,000 as part of the longstanding NFL Charities Pro Bowl Grant Program, the NFL announced today.

• 12/15/2009 - NFL CHARITIES AWARDS $1.8 MILLION TO THE COOPER INSTITUTE’S FITNESSGRAM

  NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the National Football League, has awarded a three-year, $1.8 million grant to The Cooper Institute to support youth health and prevent childhood obesity as part of NFL PLAY 60, it was announced today.

• 12/08/2009 - NFL CHARITIES AWARDS $1.5 MILLION IN SPORTS MEDICAL RESEARCH GRANTS TO FOUNDATIONS, UNIVERSITIES AND MEDICAL FACILITIES NATIONWIDE

  NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the National Football League, has awarded $1.5 million in grants to support sports-related medical research at 11 organizations, the NFL announced today.

  NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the National Football League, has awarded $1.5 million in grants to support sports-related medical research at 11 organizations, the NFL announced today.

• 03/30/2009 - NFL CHARITIES RECOGNIZES 89 PLAYER FOUNDATIONS AND AWARDS $1 MILLION IN GRANTS DURING INAUGURAL NFL CHARITIES WEEK

  NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the National Football League, has awarded $1 million in grants to support 89 charitable player foundations, it was announced today.