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Another Look at the #MyCauseMyCleats

And why the NFL should do this every week.

Skyler Milton
Dec 05, 2016
Saint Louis University
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Another Look at the #MyCauseMyCleats
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This year, for the first time ever, players in the NFL will wear custom cleats in the Week 13 games to support the charitable foundations of their choosing. Here are just a few of the awesome designs for equally awesome foundations that the players have chosen.

Jon Dorenbos of the Philadelphia Eagles:

Adopt Together Foundation and No More Campaign

Waterways brings life-sustaining well water to East African communities.

William Hayes of the Los Angeles Rams:

HollyRod Foundation

The HollyRod Foundation works towards providing care to people with Autism and Parkinson's Disease.

Marcus Peters of the Kansas City Chiefs:

Fam 1st Family Foundation

The Fam 1st Family foundation works to empower and educate youth in the Bay Area

Pierre Garçon of the Washington Redskins:

Pierre Garçon Helping Hands Foundation

Pierre Garçon's Helping Hands Foundation brings education, health, and community programs to the people of Haiti.

Mike Evans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers:

Sideline Racism

Sideline Racism is an effort to end violence and treat everyone with respect and dignity.

James Winchester of the Kansas City Chiefs:

TeamSmile

TeamSmile works to provide oral healthcare to underprivileged children.

Eric Berry of the Kansas City Chiefs:

Awareness for Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Steve Smith, Sr. of the Baltimore Ravens:

End Domestic Violence

Deandre Hopkins of the Houston Texans:

Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse

Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys:

Colon Cancer Prevention

DeAngelo Williams of the Pittsburgh Steelers:

Breast Cancer Awareness

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