Aaron Rodgers helps young girl’s pediatric cancer campaign
Unfortunately these days it’s harder to find good news in the NFL rather than bad news that has become all to common especially in the third three weeks of the season. Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, Greg Hardy, Jonathan Dwyer, Roger Goodell and more have given the NFL a bad name early this season. But, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is showing how NFL players can still be positive influences on the youth of today.
A Wisconsin sixth-grader, Annie Bartosz, lost her twin brother Jack to cancer two years ago. She is leading a campaign called “Gold In September,” which encourages people to wear gold to raise awareness for pediatric cancer. She’s attracted a lot of attention to the cause herself and even has a great website led by her website goldinseptember.com.
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Rodgers wanted to help Annie because he had become friends with Jack Bartosz before he passed away. The impact that had on him led him to want to help Annie and her campaign.
As Annie was preparing to go door-to-door to let people know about Gold In September, Rodgers surprised her and was ready to lend a helping hand.
This comes part of Rodger’s “It’s Aaron” series where aims to put a spotlight on issues using his loud voice.
If you weren’t smiling by the end of that video, you weren’t actually watching. Rodgers is an example of the positive influence that NFL players can and should lead especially with such a large magnifying glass on them from youth and children.
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