Vikes Fans Flooding Saints P Morstead's Foundation with $$$
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:25 pm
This is a very nice story:
Anyone else on VMB want to join me? The foundation is currently accepting donations here, and as I post this they've reached $34,414 of their $100,000 goal for Minnesota donations.
(* Hey—I just saw what I did there.)
I think the Minnesota angle is a little unnecessary—I just kicked(*) in some dough to Morstead's foundation, and I would have been perfectly happy if it benefited needy kids in Louisiana hospitals. But whatever; this is a good story that reflects well on Morstead, Minnesota, and Vikings fans.Saints punter Thomas Morstead was the first Saints player to come back to the field for the point after touchdown, even though he was in extreme pain from tearing cartilage on his rib cage from an earlier tackle on Vikings return man Marcus Sherels after his first punt of the game.
"I didn’t really think twice about it,” said Morstead. “I don’t feel like I was sitting on some moral high ground or did something exceptional, they needed 11 guys so I went out and that was it.”
Soon, a Vikings fan posted to Reddit, encouraging other fans impressed by Morstead’s sportsmanship to give to Morstead's foundation, What You Give Will Grow. His charity is focused on pediatric cancer and boosting Child Life departments at pediatric hospitals, inspired by Morstead’s close friend who battled cancer.
As of Wednesday morning, more than 300 Vikings fans gave more than $27,000, but what no fan expected, Morstead would punt donations right back to Minnesota, giving to the Children's Minnesota Child Life division.
Morstead tweeted that if donations hit $100,000, he'll fly back to Minneapolis to personally deliver the check.
Anyone else on VMB want to join me? The foundation is currently accepting donations here, and as I post this they've reached $34,414 of their $100,000 goal for Minnesota donations.
(* Hey—I just saw what I did there.)