More Good In Sports

So we had done something like this about a month ago when all this started, and figured now would be a good time to revisit this. We have nothing going on as far as live games go from the sports world right now, and there is no timetable just yet as to when we are going to get that back. We talked about last month what athletes were doing to help out arena staff. There are teams and athletes that are helping by giving back to their local communities try and rebuild.

So here's some of what teams and athletes are doing to help out during this crisis.

Major League Baseball
The league said it will donate $1 million to emergency food services, and each team pledged $1 million for ballpark workers affected by the shutdown. It has also announced support for minor-leaguers, who haven't been paid since August.

Jason Heyward
-Donated $200,000 to virus relief in Chicago, split between two organizations. He is giving $100,000 each to the Greater Chicago Food Depository and MASK, an organization that is collecting supplies and food for families impacted by the virus.

Anthony Rizzo
-Provided hundreds of hot meals to doctors and nurses through his foundation. The Rizzo Foundation donated the food to a Children’s Hospital in Chicago and another Children’s Hospital in Hollywood, Fla. by teaming up with local restaurants and vendors, according to WLS-TV.

Arthur Blank, Falcons Owner
-The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation announced it would give nearly $5.4 million in funding for virus recovery assistance to organizations in Georgia and Montana. Blank, the owner of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, donated to several organizations in both states.

Robert Kraft, Patriots Owner
-Robert Kraft sent the organization’s private plane to China to pick up much-needed protective equipment for medical workers in the state, according to multiple reports.

Tom Brady
-Brady announced that he has teamed up with Wheels Up to give 10 million meals to Feeding America.

Drew Brees
-Drew announced via social media that he and his wife were donating $5 million to the state of Louisiana to help communities impacted by the coronavirus pandemic

Matthew Stafford
-Stafford and his family donated meals to local hospital workers. Stafford, along with his wife Kelly, committed $100,000 to local charities to help local charities and school students.

Russell Wilson
-Wilson, who was one of the first athletes to jump in and start helping out, along with his wife, Ciara, announced they would donate 1 million meals to a Seattle food bank.

Chandler Jones
-The Arizona Cardinals announced that linebacker Chandler Jones would donate 150,000 meals to food banks in both Arizona and his hometown of Endicott, N.Y.

Karl-Anthony Towns
-Towns announced that he has donated $100,000 to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota to help get coronavirus test kits to the public.

Stephen Curry
-Curry, along with his wife, Ayesha, raised thousands of dollars on Facebook in a campaign for Feeding America.

There is still plenty of good in a time of crisis!