Green Bay Packers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell has certainly been in the Christmas spirit this year after donating over $50,000 in gifts to single parents ahead of the holiday. The NFL Players Association named Campbell their Community MVP for Week 16 after his efforts to brighten the lives of residents in Green Bay and Minnesota, where he played in college.
The All-Pro linebacker did these good deeds on behalf of his De’Vondre Campbell Family Youth Foundation, as part of its Adopt-A-Family program. Each year, the foundation searches for families to provide assistance to, and Campbell went out of his way to target single-parent households with his most recent initiative.
“It’s not just for the kids, it’s for the parents and their guardians,” Campbell explained in the NFLPA’s official announcement of his Week 16 award. “If we can help in this small way to relieve stress, help with a hardship and change a life, we are blessed to do it.”
As the most recent winner of the Community MVP Award, Campbell will receive a $10,000 donation to his charity or a foundation of his choice to provide assistance in his community, courtesy of the NFLPA. He will also be eligible to win the Alan Page Community Award at the end of the season, which is the highest honor the players association can bestow on one of its members.
According to the association’s website: “the Community MVP campaign is part of the NFLPA’s continued efforts to support the year-round, civic outreach and engagement of its player members.”
Campbell has been an active member of every community he has played in, including Green Bay, Minnesota, and his hometown of Ft. Myers, Florida. He hosts an annual football camp in Ft. Myers and is constantly working to better the world around him through acts of service, kindness, and charity.
