Arizona
Cardinals’ Zach Ertz, wife Julie, pledge 500K meals to fight Arizona hunger
Arizona Cardinals tight finish Zach Ertz and his spouse, Julie, are pledging to offer half 1,000,000 meals in an effort to struggle starvation within the state, based on a press launch.
The Ertz Household Basis teamed up with The Athletes’ Nook for the second consecutive 12 months as a part of their Rating Extra n’ Feed Extra initiative, which helps give meals for each landing the Cardinals rating.
Final season noticed the initiative present 150,000 meals to Arizona meals banks and the Ertz household needs to greater than triple that this 12 months.
“Julie and I are proud to offer 500,000 meals this season with The Athletes’ Nook!” Zach Ertz mentioned within the launch.
“We’re captivated with doing all we are able to to assist the kids and households who’re affected by meals insecurity in our residence state of Arizona and we’re excited to assist as many individuals as attainable via our Rating Extra n’ Feed Extra initiative.”
The 2022 NFL season can even mark the third straight 12 months by which the Ertz Household Basis has labored with The Athletes’ Nook to fight starvation.
After Julie Ertz’s marketing campaign with the U.S. Ladies’s Nationwide Workforce on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Zach Ertz’s with each the Philadelphia Eagles and Cardinals, the 2 foundations have aided in elevating a complete of 1.4 million meals with Feeding America for households in want.
“We completely love working with Zach and Julie,” Brennen Creer, co-founder and CEO of The Athletes’ Nook, mentioned within the launch.
“They’re always striving to serve wherever they’ll, and really reside out their religion. They completely embody the mission of The Athletes’ Nook through the use of their platforms to assist those that want it most.”
And after welcoming their first baby, Madden, into the world in August, the Ertz couple additionally needs to struggle childhood starvation.
Of the almost 800,000 folks going through starvation in Arizona, virtually 270,000 of them are youngsters, based on Feeding America.
The Ertz Household Basis and The Athletes’ Nook’s aim is to present over a million meals via the initiative this season.