Corporal Patrick Tillman, Former NFL Player
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In the aftermath of the attacks on September 11, 2001, Pat proudly put his NFL career with the Arizona Cardinals on hold to serve his country. This decision was just one of many he made over the course of his lifetime to help others and serve a cause greater than self-interest.
Pat and Kevin Tillman joined the U.S. Army in July of 2002, committing to a three-year enlistment. They were assigned to the second battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment in Fort Lewis, Washington, serving tours in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004. They were recipients of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 11th Annual ESPY Awards in 2003.
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Military portrait of fallen Corporal Patrick Tillman, former professional football player for the Arizona Cardinals. Source: Pat Tillman | Pat Tillman Foundation. (n.d.). Pat Tillman Foundation | Dedication, Leadership, Continued Service. Retrieved October 4, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/Pdca6c">http://bit.ly/Pdca6c</a>.<br /><br />For Further Exploration Please Visit <a href="http://bit.ly/Pdca6c">http://bit.ly/Pdca6c</a>.
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United Way Partnership with the NFL
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<strong>"The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have." - Leonard Nimoy</strong> <br /><br />In 1887, a Denver woman, a priest, two ministers and a rabbi recognized the need for cooperative action to address their city’s welfare problems. Frances Wisebart Jacobs, the Rev. Myron W. Reed, Msgr. William J.O’Ryan, Dean H. Martyn Hart and Rabbi William S. Friedman put their heads together to plan the first united campaign for ten health and welfare agencies. They created an organization to serve as an agent to collect funds for local charities, as well as to coordinate relief services, counsel and refer clients to cooperating agencies, and make emergency assistance grants in cases which could not be referred. That year, Denver raised $21,700 and created a movement that would spread throughout the country to become the United Way. Over 118 years later, United Way is still focused on mobilizing the caring power of communities and making a difference in people’s lives. <br /><br />1973: The NFL and the United Way establish <a href="http://www.unitedway.org/partners/national-football-league">their partnership</a> to increase public awareness of social service issues facing the country. In addition to public service announcements in which volunteer NFL players, coaches and owners appear, NFL players support their local United ways through personal appearances, special programs, and sitting on United Way governing boards. <br /><br />1974: United Ways raised $1,038,995,000 in America and Canada — the first time in history that an annual campaign of a single organization raised more than $1 billion. United Ways undertook with the National Football League (NFL) the largest public-service campaign in the nation's history; a major part of that campaign was Great Moments, the televised United Way/NFL public-service announcements.
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