Jeffrey Lurie Donates $1 Million towards COVID-19 research
April 3, 2020 ~ Our football feel good focus turns to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with news that came out Friday from the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Les Bowen. (click here for full article)Bowen reports on the paper’s website that Philadelphia Eagles owner, Jeffrey Lurie has donated $1 million to Penn Medicine to aid them in the research on coronavirus.
According to the report, Penn Medicine announced on Friday April 3, 2020 that they are establishing the COVID-19 Immunology Defense Fund using Lurie’s donation as the seed money for the fund.
The Eagle’s owner put out a statement, “ We are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that is affecting all of us in so many ways. Every passing day brings new stories of heartbreaking tragedy, inspirational courage, and hopeful innovation.” Lurie went on to make the point that we are all in this fight against the pandemic together as the Philadelphia Inquirer report went on to quote him that people must, “focus our attention and resources toward sustainable strategies.”
If you or anyone you know is intersted in donating to this worthy cause please use this link for Giving to Penn.
Mr. Lurie we applaud your generous donation to help others by supporting this research for a cure and possible vaccine to the disease. We celebrate you and all in our football family that are there to do great things for others. If our readers are aware of anyone else associated with any level of American football that has done a great act of kindness, please let us know via email at PigskinDispatch@gmail.com and we will get one of the crack staff to get an article up to celebrate these good people of football.
