Philanthropy - Phoenix, Arizona, United States
While best known as one of the top players in the NFL, Donovan McNabb, of Phoenix AZ, has parlayed that platform to a more expansive audience. In both the profit and non-profit worlds, Donovan's influence has risen above the playing field and into the boardroom. The portfolio of companies that he has endorsed has run the gamut of food and beverage, athletic footwear, financial investing, cars, communications, and pharmaceuticals. Over the years he has trumpeted the benefits of numerous companies including NFL Youth Football, Nike, Reebok, Campbell's Soup, Verizon, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, GlucoThin M.D., Visa, CapitalOne, DirecTV, Yardbarker, Hershey's, IHOP, EA Sports, Sony, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Vitaminwater, Cadillac, Miller Ford, Sunoco, AirTran Airways, Mounted Memories, Steiner Sports/Syracuse, and McDonalds.These companies partnered with Donovan to support the Donovan McNabb Fund. The Fund, which has pledged to raise awareness of diabetes, has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the American Diabetes Association, as well as provided scholarships to many students to attend camps across the nation, where Donovan has also coached numerous football clinics for the campers.The Donovan McNabb Fund was founded in 2000 after several members of the McNabb family were diagnosed with diabetes. Donovan's primary goal is to spread awareness and encourage others to start a discussion with their doctors and learn more.The Donovan McNabb Fund has also supported the American Red Cross, the United Negro College Fund, the Associated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired, the Children's Crisis Treatment Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Temple University Children's Medical Center, the Ronald McDonald House, the School District of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Free Library, the Police Athletic League, the Fraternal Order of Police, Hurricane Katrina Relief, Xavier University and Dillard University.
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