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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – It\u2019s a Northeast Wisconsin and Packers Tradition, the charity softball game.<\/p>\n
Quarterback Jordan Love solely taking the reins from legend Donald Driver for the 25th anniversary edition on May 23rd at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute.<\/p>\n
This year the charity event will benefit the quarterback\u2019s \u201cHands of 10ve Foundation\u201d, which he started last spring.<\/p>\n
The foundation hosts football camps for kids that want to follow in Love\u2019s footsteps from his hometown of Bakersfield, Calif. or in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n
As well as various other charitable endeavors throughout the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve always dreamt of, making it to the NFL, being an NFL player, having a foundation, being able to give back. That give back part is just. It\u2019s something that just kind of comes with it. I want to be able to impact other people\u2019s lives while I have this opportunity. What better way to do it than have pretty cool camps, getting involved with the youth. We do a lot of different things and we\u2019re still doing it up, and figuring out what works, what doesn\u2019t work, things like that. Anytime you can make an impact on somebody\u2019s life, and just kind of give back in any way is pretty cool,\u201d said Jordan Love.<\/em><\/p>\n Love met with the media to preview this year\u2019s charity softball game on Wednesday, and outlined the pillars of his foundation.<\/p>\n First, getting kids into sports as a good foundation for future success in terms of both physical and mental health.<\/p>\n Also, helping to connect the police and the community. Both of Love\u2019s parents were police officers. Including his father, who took his own life when Jordan was a teenager.<\/p>\n That brings in the third pillar: mental health.<\/p>\n Something that hits close to home for Love as he tries to be a positive influence on those who look up to the QB.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing an NFL quarterback, you always have a very cool platform to be able to give back and just reach some of the kids that want to be in your shoes. I think, in terms of mental health. I think it\u2019s easy to tell kids, even being an NFL quarterback, living your dream, you still go through some mental health struggles as well. Telling them how I handle my life when I\u2019m struggling with some mental health issues. I think just showing them, no matter who you are, no matter how glamorous your life might look on the outside everybody\u2019s got different battles they\u2019re fighting on the inside,\u201d said Love.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – It\u2019s a Northeast Wisconsin and Packers Tradition, the charity softball game. Quarterback Jordan Love solely taking the reins from legend Donald Driver… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":53814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n