About NFL Alumni
NFL Alumni was founded in 1967 and is the oldest and most recognizable national organization of retired professional athletes. NFL Alumni consists of former NFL players, coaches, executives, spouses, cheerleaders, and associate members. NFL Alumni’s mission “Caring for our Own” is to serve, assist, and inform its members and their families. NFL Alumni offers a wide array of medical, financial and business programs to help members lead healthy, productive, and successful lives. NFL Alumni also promotes the post-playing careers of its members and it also contributes to local community initiatives under its “Caring for Kids” programs. For more information please visit www.nflalumni.org
About Higher Education & Learning Professional Consulting, Inc. (HELP)
HELP is a federally recognized 501c3 non-profit, founded in 2011, whose mission is to help students get “to and through” high school, college, graduate school, and on to careers. To accomplish the mission, HELP partners with youth-serving organizations, faith-based institutions, businesses, community leaders, and secondary and postsecondary institutions to enhance college and career readiness levels enabling students to become productive members of society where they live and work. For more information please visit www.helpconsulting.org
About HELP’s “Social Justice Initiative”
Higher Education & Learning Professional Consulting, Inc.’s “Social Justice Initiative” addresses the need for intentional, data-driven programming and interventions to improve community – law enforcement relations by building trust, creating opportunities for difficult conversations surrounding social justice issues, and increase college and career preparation. For more information please visit www.helpsji.com
About Teach a Child To Fish
Teach a Child to Fish (TACTF) was started by Decatur, GA native, Tennessee State University football standout, former NFL player, and Bass World League founder and professional angler Kendall Newson. Teach a Child to Fish’s mission is to teach and mentor youth through fishing programs, to help them find their true value of life, and to preserve and protect the great outdoors. His love for fishing began at the age of five. His father, an avid fisherman, would take the entire family fishing regularly. After his career in the NFL as a wide receiver, Kendall’s love for fishing increased, and he developed the desire to teach children all over the world how to fish and its relationship to leadership and personal development. For more information please visit www.tactf.org
About The Fast Lane Foundation
The Fast Lane Foundation was started by Decatur, GA native, University of Georgia football standout and former NFL player Fred Lane. Fast Lane’s mission is to give back through service with a focus on increasing students’ college and career readiness and ACT Test Prep, love for reading, and community-police relations
About The Lane of Hope
The Lane of Hope Foundation was started by Lufkin, TX, native, Texas A&M University football standout, and former NFL player Jorvorskie Lane. He started The Lane of Hope Foundation in 2016 after suffering a horrific, career-ending, leg injury in the last game of the 2016 season. He is passionate about providing educational programs for disadvantaged youth, particularly for kids in rural areas because of his upbringing and first-hand understanding of their needs and lack of resources.
About The McNeil Foundation
The McNeil Foundation was started by Highland Springs, VA, native, University of Tennessee-Martin football standout, and former NFL player Emanuel McNeil. He started the organization to honor the legacy of his daughter Moriah McNeil who died of cancer and his Brother Carlos McNeil that died from gun violence. He is committed to giving back to disadvantaged communities to address college and career readiness and ACT Test Prep, youth’s love of reading, gun violence, and community-police relations. He wants to give kids the opportunities that Moriah and Carlos did not have.