Week 13 Sideline Scoop | Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings | December 6, 2020
MY CAUSE MY CLEATS The player-led campaign began in 2016 and has since provided a platform for players to bring causes they are most passionate about to the forefront on game day. Fifty-seven Vikings players have elected to wear custom-painted cleats to bring awareness and support to 47 different causes and charitable organizations close to their hearts on Sunday. Please visit Vikings.com for a list of participating players and their causes and chosen charitable organizations. Players have the option to raise funds for their cause through auctioning their cleats on NFL Auction, where 100% of funds raised will be donated to the charities they select. Fans may bid on player cleats at NFL.com/Auction and help raise funds for the causes nearest to their hearts. To learn more about each player’s cause visit www.nfl.com/mycausemycleats.
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The Vikings will honor Minneapolis-based community and social Sounding the Gjallarhorn on behalf of All Square, is former All justice organization, All Square, as Sunday’s U.S. Bank Hometown Square Fellow Randall Smith and Founder and CEO of All Square Hero. All Square is a local nonprofit social enterprise that invests in Emily Hunt Turner. the minds and lives of formerly incarcerated individuals. Centered Smith, a graduate from All-Square’s fellowship program, has on a craft grilled cheese restaurant, professional development been an integral part of the All Square team and was one of the institute, and forthcoming civil rights law firm, All Square’s mission fellows that helped start the Fellow & Fellow Alum Fund. Hunt is to ensure that those impacted by the criminal justice system Turner is a civil rights attorney in Minneapolis with a background have the support and opportunities they deserve to become our in housing, architecture and public policy. She was born in St. country’s future leaders, business owners, legal practitioners and Paul, grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota, and spent the last entrepreneurs. The Vikings have been engaged with All Square’s thirteen years in New York, Atlanta and New Orleans. fellowship program, which is a curriculum customized to individual participants intended to provide tools for professional development Prior to launching All Square, Hunt Turner worked on issues in the fields of law and entrepreneurship. Earlier this year, Eric of prisoner reentry, fair housing and segregation for the Kendricks and the Vikings Social Justice Committee surprised All Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). Her hope Square with a $250,000 grant. with All Square is to leverage her talent, privilege and network to empower those historically excluded while dismantling the Kendricks, Shamar Stephen and K.J. Osborn will represent All divides that are isolating and destabilizing communities across Square on their custom cleats Sunday. the country.
xcel energy teams up with vikings table Xcel Energy and Vikings Table teamed up to feed kids a hot lunch at the Mt. Airy Boys and Girls Club in St. Paul on Tuesday, November 17, where Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson robots also made appearances. Each child went home with a coloring sheet to design their own custom cleats and a bag filled with helpful energy tips and energy efficient lightbulbs. Xcel is working with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to donate 33 home energy efficient visits to families of the club in honor of Dalvin Cook, who will bring awareness to the Minnesota Vikings Foundation and the Vikings Table food truck for My Cause My Cleats. The Minnesota Vikings Foundation echoes Cook’s passion to help local youth around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Since the pandemic began in March, Vikings Table has provided nutrition education resources and served over 16,000 healthy meals to those in the community that need it the most. Cousins and Jeff Gladneywill support the Boys and Girls Club with their cleats, while Jefferson, as well as Cameron Dantzler and Holton Hill, will bring awareness to the National Urban League. The National Urban League is a historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization with 90 affiliates serving 300 communities nationwide. The League promotes economic empowerment through program areas that include education and job training, housing and community development, workforce development, entrepreneurship, health and quality of life.