In honor of “Pat’s Run” taking place this weekend in Tempe, the Pat Tillman Foundation is the highlighted charity for this week.
“The mission of the Pat Tillman Foundation is to invest in veterans and their families through education and community.” This organization is truly amazing and has already created many positive ripples as its nature and desire is to help one so he/she will be able to help many. The first big action of the PTF was its support to ASU for the “Tillman Scholars-Leadership Through Action” program which included a leadership development and service –learning component to the curriculum. Then the focus turned more to the need of military families. To date, 1.3 million dollars have been awarded to over 111 Tillman Military Scholars. “Family and friends created the Pat Tillman Foundation in 2004 to honor Pat’s legacy and pay tribute to his commitment to leadership and service.” It’s amazing what a group of family and friends can do, and it’s because of one person that they’re doing it!
I will never forget the day I waited on Pat Tillman. He and a few of the other ASU football players were grabbing a bite to eat and it happened to be his 21st birthday. I do believe I served him his first official (legal) beer. I was very excited because even though I didn’t watch football all that much, I knew who he was. After that, I was pretty attentive to any football games that had Pat Tillman playing. Some months ago I read Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman. To me, Pat Tillman is the epitome of a “humble hero” as his desire to not be seen as a hero made him that much more of one.
To learn more about the Pat Tillman Foundation, here is the link (it’s also where you can find the information I quoted):
How can we get involved?
-Proceeds from merchandise (see site) directly benefit PTF. There’s a pretty cool painting available for sale as well.
-Participate in Pat’s Run (Tempe, April 16) 30,000 people get together to run this race...again, because of one person!
-Donate directly to PTF (check out the “ways to support” tab on the website)
“Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.”~William Temple
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