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Justin Fields Establishes Foundation
As if Justin Fields needs some other way to win over Bears fans.
Fields has definitely found it with charitable endeavors.
His newly formed Justin Fields Foundation donated $10,000 to Special Olympics at the Dunkin' Donuts 20th Annual Cop on a Rooftop fundraiser, and Fields was on hand to present the oversized check according to Fox-32.
"The foundation really came from just trying to help the community, trying to strengthen the community in all areas," Fields told Fox32. "I really just wanted to do that through grants in areas of youth empowerment, leadership development, scholastic achievement and health and wellness. (This is) the first opportunity we got and we're definitely excited for it, so it's an awesome opportunity for sure."
Fox reported Fields also met Special Olympics quarterback Alex Anderson, who led his team to a gold medal in May at the presentation.
This came only a few days after Fields represented the Bears in presenting a specially made wheelchair which goes through sand to Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who was shot in the July 4, 2022 mass shooting during the Highland Park Fourth of July parade. Cooper was left paralyzed from the waist down.
The Bears and Matt Eberflus presented the chair to the youth and the Roberts family during OTAs, and Fields was pushing him in it.
The Roberts family had said Cooper loved going to the beach but it was difficult for them to maneuver with his wheelchair.
It became apparent very early after Fields arrived in Chicago how important he thought community involvement was. He paid a visit to Chicago musician Scott Morrow, who was hit in the back by a stray bullet.
One thing Morrow told himself as he fought for his life in the ambulance was he couldn't die before he got to see Fields play for the Bears. Morrow lost a kidney, his spleen, and part of his pancreas but survived.
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