Dozens of Green Bay Packers players and staff will take part in the 'My Cause My Cleats' initiative this week when the team faces the Miami Dolphins on Thanksgiving night.
The NFL initiative encourages players across the league to wear customized cleats on gameday to raise awareness for their hand-picked causes and show their support for numerous nonprofit organizations around the country.
The players taking part include:
- Zayne Anderson, Family Connect of WI
- Karl Brooks, Dementia Society of America
- Kenny Clark, U.S. Dream Academy
- Edgerrin Cooper, Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary
- AJ Dillon, Dillon Family Foundation
- Romeo Doubs, Tricia's Troops Cancer Connection
- John FitzPatrick, ZERO Prostate Cancer
- Rashan Gary, Made By Dyslexia
- Malik Heath, Homeboy Industries
- Julian Hicks, Beat the Streets Cleveland
- Elgton Jenkins, Breast Cancer Research Foundation
- Tucker Kraft, Cheyenne River Youth Project
- MarShawn Lloyd, Blue Galaxy
- Jordan Love, Hands of 10ve
- Bo Melton, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Green Bay
- Arron Mosby, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Green Bay
- Josh Myers, The Jansen Myers Child Abuse Foundation
- Jayden Reed, Chicago CRED
- Sean Rhyan, American Breast Cancer Foundation
- Ben Sims, Down Syndrome Association of South Texas
- T.J. Slaton, Boys and Girls Club of Broward County
- Carrington Valentine, Get Out Network
- Lukas Van Ness, Stead Family Children's Hospital
- Rasheed Walker, Youth is the Future
- Christian Watson, American Breast Cancer Foundation & Light of Life Foundation for Thyroid Cancer
- Dontayvion Wicks, Friends of Pals, Youth and Families
- Evan Williams, NAMI of Brown County
- Malik Willis, American Cancer Society
- Emanuel Wilson, NAMI of Brown County
The staff members taking part include:
- Derrick Ansley, Henderson-Ansley Foundation
- Sean Duggan, Down Syndrome Association
- Matt LaFleur, Valley Kids Foundation
- Joseph McKillip, Public Immunity
- Kyle Wilber, Active Minds
At the conclusion of the campaign, participants can raise money for their cause by auctioning their cleats on NFL Auction. Fans are invited to bid on the game-worn cleats. All funds raised will be donated to each player's selected charity.
To bring their vision to life, players have collaborated with cleat manufacturers, designers and local artists to create their custom-designed cleats displaying their selected cause.
For more information about the initiative and to get a sneak peek at some of the Packers' cleats prior to Thursday, please visit https://www.packers.com/mcmc/.
Thursday's game will also welcome violinist Lindsey Stirling to Lambeau Field for a special Thanksgiving night performance at halftime. The multi-award winning, viral premier electronic violinist, dancer, and aerialist is known for her genre-bending virtuosity on electronic violin. Stirling dazzles audiences with her arresting mixture of pop, classical, hip-hop and electronica as well as her extraordinary talents as a dancer and her meticulous attention to impactful, thematic album and video artwork.
The Thanksgiving game will kick off at 7:20 p.m. and will be broadcast on NBC. For more information about gameday, please visit packers.com/gameday.
