Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love helps distribute winter coats at Better Days mentoring in Green Bay Nov. 12, 2024. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is giving back to the Green Bay community.
“Any place you live there’s always need. There’s people the need things and that’s why I think it’s very special to have a relationship with Eddie, partner with him,” said Love.
He spent part of Tuesday handing out warm winter coats to those in need. Teaming up with Better Days Mentoring, Love, through his Hands of 10ve Foundation, helped to purchase more than 1,000 winter coats for kids through adults.
Eddie Boyce, founder of Better Days said, “To lessen that burden where you can now either have money to now prepare for the holidays that’s really what me and him were after,” about the coat giveaway.
Packers back-up QB Malik Willis was on hand to help Love with distributing the donations.
For recipients, the effort is making a difference.
According to Edison Troche of Green Bay, who got a new coat for himself and his wife, “I have three kids and they’re a handful and to buy them all their things leaves one, just a little bit for them, and this is going to help a lot.”
Scheels and Big Brothers Big Sisters, in the Appleton area, are helping families around the holidays too.
“We were able to select some littles from Big Brothers Big Sisters to have a $1,000 shopping spree here at Scheels with a Packer player and a Scheels employee,” said Big Brothers Big Sisters program director, Laura Maly.
Thirteen year old Emerson Wruck of Appleton is one of those kids. He spent the afternoon shopping with Packers wide receiver Julian Hicks.
The two traveling around the store, talking about Wruck’s interests.
Wruck scored himself a new fishing rod, some pickleball gear — and the two took to the batting cage to test out some bats and baseball gear.
“It means a lot. I think any family struggles over the holidays,” said Wruck’s mom, Micki Norby. She added, “I’m a single parent, obviously, because his dad passed away. I work full time, I’m in school full time, so to have a little extra help, I put no limits on it. He can get what he wants, doesn’t have to be necessities, once in a lifetime opportunity.”
And it’s making a difference for those who are receiving and those who are giving.
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