Author: Gwen Cherry Park Foundation

Back to school supplies were donated to the NFL Youth Education Town (YET) Miami. In today’s economy, one of the biggest setbacks for nonprofit organizations around the world is the shortage of donor support. Imagine the surprise of The Gwen Cherry Park Foundation Inc. when...

Once the door to the classroom opened inside the NFL YET Center at Gwen Cherry Park in Miami, the kindergartners and first graders could not contain their enthusiasm for what was waiting for them. Three Miami Dolphins players – cornerback Richard Marshall, defensive end Kheeston Randall and center/guard Josh Samuda stood in the back of the room wearing their jerseys and big smiles. They were there to read to the kids as Randall read “The Champ,” a book about Muhammad Ali, do some coloring with crayons of drawings of Ali and then try to answer questions from Samuda about the book.