Charity Stripe: Broncos, NFLPA Combine Williams Funds
The Broncos have combined the Darrent Williams Children’s Fund, which was
established this year to benefit the slain player’s two children in future
educational and health needs, with a similar fund created by the NFLPA called
the Darrent Williams Trust Fund. The NFLPA has made a donation to the fund and
also will solicit support from all players and the public for contributions (Broncos).
Contributions can be sent to:
Darrent Williams Trust Fund
c/o NFL Players Association
2021 L St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
WILLIAMS GRANT: The Broncos have established the Darrent Williams
Memorial Grant, a $50,000 contribution to be matched by Morton Publishing Co.’s
Doug Morton. The grant will be paid over five years to Denver’s Open Door
Youth Gang Alternatives (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 1/30).
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Pennsylvania Offering Mario
Lemieux Foundation License Plates |
NOTES: Mario Lemieux Foundation specialty license plates will
be available for Pennsylvania vehicles for $66. Sales of the plates will benefit
medical research (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 1/31)....Cavaliers F LeBron
James’ foundation hosted a celebrity roast of James Sunday night, with about
260 guests paying $1,000 apiece to attend. Boys Hope Girls Hope of Cleveland will
receive 40% of the proceeds. Roasters included Cedric the Entertainer, Alex Thomas,
Paul Rodriguez and Ralphie May (AP, 1/29)....Nike made special Kay Yow
black high-top basketball shoes with pink laces to promote cancer awareness in
the second annual Hoops for Hope Tournament last week. Yow, N.C. State’s
women’s basketball coach, is a cancer survivor (“SportsCenter,”
ESPN, 1/28)....The inaugural Cory Lidle Memorial Poker Tournament last Sunday
raised $58,700 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Lidle was killed in a plane crash
last October (MLB.com, 1/30).
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