{"id":1022,"date":"2020-10-03T03:39:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T03:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2020-10-03T03:40:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T03:40:57","slug":"landon-collins-honored-for-community-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/03\/landon-collins-honored-for-community-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Landon Collins recognized for community work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Washington Football Team&#8217;s Landon Collins&nbsp;has been named Week&nbsp;3&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nflpa.com\/community-mvp?_cldee=Y2FyaXRhNzI0QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3d%3d&amp;recipientid=contact-fb6efe1c53d3ea11a812000d3a994d85-a1b2534748414a43a070e74c9976eb66&amp;esid=b782fad8-b304-eb11-a813-000d3a994d85\">NFLPA&nbsp;Community MVP<\/a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;distributing 1,500 meals, as well as gift cards and other resources, to single-parent households in need across Virginia and Washington D.C. during the month of September.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor and blessing to be named&nbsp;NFLPA&nbsp;Community MVP,\u201d Collins said. \u201cI am grateful for the opportunity to use my platform for change and make an impact in the lives of these families.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;most&nbsp;students&nbsp;in school&nbsp;virtually&nbsp;and&nbsp;many&nbsp;single parents adjusting to this new way of life&nbsp;while&nbsp;also working or&nbsp;facing unemployment,&nbsp;food&nbsp;insecurity&nbsp;has become an even bigger issue in many communities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through his Humble Path Foundation, Collins&nbsp;decided to help those who are facing this type of hardship by hosting a&nbsp;weekly&nbsp;meal delivery program.&nbsp;Since April, with&nbsp;the help of&nbsp;Empowered Mums and Hearts of Empowerment, the foundation has helped to provide thousands of meals to families in need across the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia regions through grocery shop-and-drop-offs, gift card distributions and direct meal deliveries.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landon Collins created&nbsp;his&nbsp;Humble Path Foundation&nbsp;to&nbsp;enhance the lives of the youth by rebuilding communities and instilling the importance of educational, physical and social needs.&nbsp;The Washington safety&nbsp;believes that nothing&nbsp;should&nbsp;stop&nbsp;a child&nbsp;from carving out&nbsp;his or her&nbsp;own path.&nbsp;Since its inception last year,&nbsp;the foundation&nbsp;has:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Served meals to more than 400 frontline workers across a four-week period during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year;<\/li><li>Held a&nbsp;Back to School giveaway&nbsp;that supplied&nbsp;200 at-risk youth with new backpacks, school supplies and hygiene kits;<\/li><li>Hosted a&nbsp;Thanksgiving&nbsp;dinner&nbsp;for 600 kids&nbsp;in partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast Louisiana;<\/li><li>Surprised 25 kids from a local sports team with a shopping spree;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Led a&nbsp;disaster relief&nbsp;fundraiser&nbsp;in&nbsp;partnership&nbsp;with the&nbsp;Red&nbsp;Cross&nbsp;to assist those impacted by Hurricane&nbsp;Sally in his home state of Louisiana; and<\/li><li>Created digital All-Star STEM workshops for at-risk youth.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Even prior to his foundation\u2019s launch, the sixth-year veteran made his mark off the field with efforts such as surprising a youth football team with&nbsp;a&nbsp;donation of $10,000 towards&nbsp;equipment&nbsp;for the team, packing up sandwiches for the Richmond Food Bank and hosting a celebrity softball game for charity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In honor of\u202fCollins&nbsp;being named Community MVP, the&nbsp;NFLPA&nbsp;will make a $10,000 contribution to&nbsp;The Humble Path Foundation.&nbsp;Each week, the NFLPA recognizes a <a href=\"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/12\/titans-kevin-byard-receives-nflpa-community-mvp-honors\/\">new Community MVP<\/a> who is making a positive impact in their&nbsp;hometowns and team cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Football Team&#8217;s Landon Collins&nbsp;has been named Week&nbsp;3&nbsp;NFLPA&nbsp;Community MVP&nbsp;for&nbsp;distributing 1,500 meals, as well as gift cards and other resources, to single-parent households in need across Virginia and Washington D.C. during the month of September.&nbsp; 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