Charity Stripe: Reggie White’s Widow Looks To Help Retirees

Panthers Make $1M Donation To Levine Children’s Hospital

Sara White, the widow of Reggie White, who will be inducted into the Pro Football HOF on Saturday, is mulling “pursuits that exemplify the type of causes Reggie was committed to, such as establishing a fund to aid the most needy NFL retirees.” White: “I want to find 10 guys who really need it and facilitate monthly checks to them” (USA TODAY, 8/3). White is also working on a documentary called “The Minister of Defense: The Reggie White Story,” for which she has interviewed current and former players and coaches. A 20-minute media preview will be shown Sunday at the HOF Theatre, with the finished film slated for release on DVD in September. Proceeds will benefit Straight From The Heart Ministries (USA TODAY, 8/3).

TAKING IT TO THE HOUSE: NBA Kings co-Owners Joe and Gavin Maloof donated $10,000 to help pay for construction of the expanded Kiwanis Family House near the Univ. of California-Davis Medical Center (SACRAMENTO BEE, 8/2).

FOR THE KIDS: The NFL Panthers have made a $1M donation to the Levine Children’s Hospital that is scheduled to open next fall on the Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) campus in Charlotte. The medical and surgical floor of the facility will have a “distinct Panthers theme, including player pictures, team colors and autographed items” (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 8/3). CMC is the team’s official health care provider (THE DAILY).