This Big League Impact season we were laser focused on making immediate impact when a crisis arose in the US or around the globe. Such was the case in San Francisco this year.
2017 Big League Impact San Francisco
Hurricane Harvey ravaged Houston, TX from the 25th-29th of August. Harvey dumped 27 trillion gallons of water on the Houston and Beaumont areas, displacing tens of thousands of people. People were in dire need and on August 30th, at our fantasy football event at AT&T Park, we raised $10,600 and donated it to the JJ Watt Foundation.
Although many contributed, there is one story that sticks out to us. It came from an unexpected place and from a model of giving that we could all learn something from.
One of our 2017 rookies, Jason Wheeler, teaches his children to give back from the allowance they receive. His son, Jake, could not make the live draft due to schoolwork, but, wanted to support his friend Tyler Nelson, who was at one time a Wish-Kid and is now the starting catcher on his High School team. So, Jake, gave $500 from the money he had been saving to benefit BLI San Francisco and Make-A-Wish.
Upon hearing that we were raising money for the hurricane victims, Jake’s little sister broke her piggy bank too. She donated $300 of her own money to help Harvey victims.
What an incredible model the Wheeler family is teaching us all. Now, if all of us adults could do the same as these children, we could end poverty in the World hundreds of time over.
Thank you Wheeler family and thank you Big League Impact San Francisco Community. There are families in SF, the Bay Area, Haiti, Puerto Rico and Houston that will benefit from your giving.
