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Each fall, Youth of America Week turns the spotlight on the
types of activities NFL Alumni members perform with no fanfare all year long. Youth
of America week began more than two decades ago when the NFL Alumni coordinated
all of its chapters to participate simultaneously across the country in youth-related
community-service activities. In 1983, NFL alumnus and Congressman Jack Kemp introduced
a resolution that passed unanimously in both houses of Congress proclaiming the
first week of the NFL preseason as NFL Alumni Youth of America Week. On August 23,
then-President Ronald Reagan signed the proclamation.
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Since then, the NFL Alumni has involved hundreds of thousands
of children and their families in Youth of America activities ranging from chaperoning
youths to sporting events and putting on football clinics to hosting picnics and
visiting kids in hospitals, schools and detention centers. In 2007, NFL Alumni members
around the country gave away nearly 30,000 toys while participating in one or more
of the organization’s 50 Youth of America Week activities.
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To find out how you can help during Youth of America Week,
contact the national office or a chapter near you. For more information go to:
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