Saturday, September 8, 2012
The Carolina Panthers wide receiver is teaming up with Central Tampa's Metropolitan Ministries tol wash feet and give shoes to 400 homeless people at the Pinellas Safe Harbor facility in Clearwater.
Before Carolina Panther Steve Smith takes the field against the Buccaneers to open the NFL season Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, he will be in Clearwater, washing feet. Smith, a prolific receiver, will use his hands to wash 400 homeless people's feet and give them new shoes and socks at Pinellas Safe Harbor on Saturday. Smith and other volunteers working with Central Tampa's Metropolitan Ministries and international nonprofit Samaritan's Feet will give out these items starting at 5 p.m. Smith is planning to distribute shoes in each city the Panthers play this season. Manny Ohonme, who got a scholarship to play collegiate basketball because of a donated pair of shoes, started Samaritan's Feet in 2003. He got his first pair of …
Monday, February 20, 2012
The former University of Tampa and NFL star and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office employee was remembered at Monday's memorial service, TBO.com reports.
Former University of Tampa football great and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office employee Freddie Solomon was honored at a memorial service Monday morning in Tampa, TBO.com reports. Solomon, who played on two Super Bowl-winning teams with the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, died on Feb. 13 of complications from colon and liver cancer. He was 59. Solomon was beloved for his work with Tampa-area children as a community relations coordinator for the sheriff's office. HCSO named its Freddie Solomon Annex in Ybor City in his honor last month. "Around our offices, we called Freddie 'Humble Pie,' '' said Sheriff David Gee in TBO.com's article. "He was just 'Coach Solomon.' He never drew attention to himself. He just wanted to help people.'' Among …
Friday, June 17, 2011
Tampa Catholic High School is partnering with the NFL to stage a Character Development Program for high school players.
Tampa Catholic High School has partnered with the National Football League's High School Player Development program to stage a three-day character development camp this week. The camp, which began Thursday and ends Saturday, focused on player safety, concussion awareness, character development and life skills on its first day to go along with a regiment of football fundamentals in the following days. "We want to focus on athletic skill but our main focus is to make these kids better men and better students," NFL HSPD representative Marshall McDuffie said. "We bring in an athletic advisor from USF to talk them and they get lessons from doctors about concussions and hydration so it's helping them be smarter athletes." The event is sponsored …
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