Week 11 Sideline Scoop | Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings | November 22, 2020
SALVATION ARMY PARTNERS WITH MINNESOTA VIKINGS AND ADAM THIELEN
The Salvation Army has partnered with the Minnesota Vikings and the Adam Thielen Foundation to help fight hunger and empower youth in the Twin Cities community. Join Adam Thielen by texting SKOL to 24365 and donating $19 to a Salvation Army digital kettle. 100% of the proceeds will be donated directly into the Twin Cities communities in helping to provide food, shelter, and care for our neighbors in need. Register to volunteer or give online at www.salvationarmynorth.org/Vikings.
gjallarhorn sounder NATIONAL ANTHEM
Sunday’s Gjallarhorn sounder is founder and executive director of the Northside The National Anthem will be a pre-recorded Boxing Club, Ryan Burnet. Founded in 2016, the Northside Boxing Club provides free performance by the Quantico Marine Corps boxing programs to boys and girls, ages 9-21, in the North Minneapolis community. Bands, the premier Marine band in the The gym serves as a safe place to teach fundamentals about life, character, nutrition, United States. The Marines celebrated their education and boxing. Additionally, the non-profit offers free boxing classes, on-site 245th birthday on November 10th. tutoring and a nutritious meal following each session. In 2017, Anthony Barr, Eric Kendricks and Harrison Smith visited Northside Boxing Club and saw firsthand how it impacts the youth in Minneapolis. The Vikings Social Justice Committee recently awarded the Northside Boxing Club a $20,000 donation to help further their mission of empowering the youth in their communities.
vikings social justice committee donates to local nonprofits In June, the Minnesota Vikings and the Wilf family announced a $5 million donation to social justice causes, with $1 million of that reserved to be allocated by the team’s Social Justice Committee. Earlier this month, the Vikings Social Justice Committee and Anthony Barr made a $30,000 donation to the Jeremiah Program. The Minneapolis nonprofit’s mission is to end the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children two-generations at a time.Barr made a surprise “drop-in” to the Jeremiah Program’s Virtual Bullfrog Bash fundraiser to announce the donations.
On Tuesday, September 22, linebacker Eric Kendricks surprised All Square employees with an oversized check for $250,000 to the Minneapolis- based nonprofit social enterprise that is located on Minnehaha Avenue The donation will directly impact All Square’s Fellow & Fellow Alum Fund, which supports formerly incarcerated individuals in their efforts to rejoin society. All Square is a local nonprofit social enterprise that invests in the minds and lives of formerly incarcerated individuals. Centered on a craft grilled cheese restaurant, professional development institute, and forthcoming civil rights law firm, All Square’s mission is to ensure that those impacted by the criminal justice system have the support and opportunities they deserve to become our country’s future leaders, business owners, legal practitioners and entrepreneurs.