ADAM ARCHULETA (#31)
Safety Adam Archuleta has lent his
time to several community outreach initiatives including: Bowl-a-RAM-a, Angel
Tree Holiday Party, Rams Reader Team and Make-A-Wish Celebrity Server
Dinner. He also donates tickets to each home game to youth at Herbert
Hoover Boys & Girls Club.
ISAAC BRUCE (#80)
Pro-bowl wide receiver Isaac Bruce is
quietly making a difference in the Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District,
specifically through his work with Bruce Elementary. Isaac also partners
with ˇ§Dream for a Dayˇ¨ to provide various organizations with tickets to each
Rams home game, as well as a limousine ride to the Dome and Bruce jerseys.
Other community efforts include donating turkeys and blankets to local homeless
shelters for the holidays and participating in the Get Into the Game program as
well as the as the Rams Reader Team. Isaac has also lent his time to the
ˇ§Heat Up St. Louisˇ¨ campaign, which helps defray energy costs for those in need
of assistance. This year, Isaac received the 2003 Sports Personality of
the Year Award from the Missouri Athletic Club at the Annual Jack Buck Sports
Award Banquet. Jack Buck started the award in 1970 to honor the top
individual in St. Louis sports.
MARC BULGER (#10)
Quarterback Marc Bulger has taken part
in Hometown Huddle, Bowl-a-RAM-a, Football University and Get Into the Game.
JERAMETRIUS BUTLER (#23)
Cornerback Jerametrius Butler
hit the streets to help with the Help the Heroes (9-11-01) donation drive and
participated in Hometown Huddle. He has participated in the Make-A-Wish
Celebrity Server Dinner. In addition, Jerametrius visited a retirement
center and orphanage in Texas during the offseason.
CAM CLEELAND (#87)
Tight end Cam Cleeland took part in a
fundraiser for Sherwood Forest Camp and participated in the Angel Tree Holiday
Party. The Washington graduate also was featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn
Your Degreeˇ¨ poster promoting the importance of education.
RICH COADY (#25)
Safety Rich Coady hit the streets to
help with the Help the Heroes (9-11-01) donation drive. He helped create
Rams Recess, a program where he took kids from the Division of Family Services
to play video games and eat dinner after giving them a tour of the Rams training
facility. He has also participated in the Make-A-Wish Celebrity Server
Dinner and the Urban League Thanksgiving Project. The Texas A&M
graduate also was featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster
promoting the importance of education.
KEVIN CURTIS (#83)
Wide receiver Kevin Curtis has visited
Childrenˇ¦s Hospital and has also participated in Bowl-a-RAM-a, Hometown Huddle,
Super Blood Drive for Champions, Angel Tree Holiday Party, and Taste of the
NFL. Curtis has also become very involved in the Rams Reader Team.
The Utah State graduate also was featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨
poster promoting the importance of education.
MARSHALL FAULK (#28)
Pro-bowl running back Marshall Faulk
joined with the Rams Foundation to create the Rams 28 Club, an incentive program
for children living in public housing that rewards children for making positive
choices. Now in its fifth year, the Rams 28 Club includes youth from five
participating community centers including St. Charles Boys & Girls Club (St.
Charles), Cochran Community Center (St. Louis), Beyond Housing Castle Point
Center (St. Louis), Jackie Joyner-Kersee Boys & Girls Club (East St. Louis)
and Christian Activity Center (East St. Louis). Using a giant football
field to chart their progress, members have the opportunity to receive incentive
items based on their personal successes in school, at home, and at the community
center. As the youth meet goals in these areas they gain yards on the
football field. In 2002, NFL Charities recognized the Rams 28 Club with a
$20,000 grant to expand its reach.
Additionally, Marshall knows the importance of encouraging these often
disenfranchised children from his personal experiences living in the Desire
Housing Project in New Orleans, La., to which he recently donated $30,000 over
the next three years to fund a recreational center. Marshall has become very
involved in local childrenˇ¦s programs donating his time to youth organizations
including Lift for Life Gym, Cochran Community Center, East St. Louis Christian
Activity Center, the St. Louis Internship Program, The Right Step Shoe Program,
the American Liver Foundation and the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Boys & Girls
Club. To date, the Foundation has donated more than $1 million to inner
city youth.
Marshall emphasizes character development in youth and participated in the
"Get into the Game" character education program for the Rams. He also
supports the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro St. Louis by granting numerous
wishes each year and serving as the honorary chair for the Rams celebrity server
dinner, Serving Up Wishes In Prime Time.
Marshall also contributes through various performance donations. He
donates $340 for every touchdown to American Liver Foundation as a tribute to
Walter Payton, and $2,000 for every touchdown to the Marshall Plan which
benefits youth through his foundation. For the past eight years, Marshall
has hosted a celebrity golf tournament. This year, he hosted the Marshall
Faulk Foundation - Super Bowl XXXVIII Host Committee Celebrity Golf Tournament
in Houston. Through the tourney, Marshall raised more than $59,500 to
enhance his ability to work with underprivileged youth.
In 2000, the Rams selected Marshall as their Man of the Year winner for
exemplary efforts both on and off the field. Marshallˇ¦s commitment both on
and off the field exemplifies his dedication to being the best he can be ˇV
whether itˇ¦s gaining a record number of yards or helping children achieve their
goals.
TREV FAULK (#57)
Recently, Faulk has become involved with
City Academy, which provides children living in and around the City of St. Louis
access to a challenging college preparatory education and superior enrichment
opportunities regardless of income level.
BRYCE FISHER (#96)
An Air Force Academy graduate and
current member of the Missouri Air National Guard, Bryce Fisher, has
participated in Hometown Huddle, Healthy Kids at Play, Super Blood Drive for
Champions, Urban League Turkey Project, Bowl-a-RAM-a and Get Into the
Game. The Rams defensive end has also participated in the Post-Dispatch
Scholar-Athlete program, the Angel Tree Holiday Party, and helped raise money
for the St. Patrick Center.
TRAVIS FISHER (#22)
Cornerback Travis Fisher has been
involved in: Bowl-a-RAM-a, Hometown Huddle, the Make-A-Wish Celebrity Server
Dinner and the Angel Tree holiday party. The Central Florida graduate was
featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster promoting the importance
of education. He also is active in the Get Into the Game program which
promotes positive character development and decision-making.
MIKE FURREY (#85)
Wide receiver Mike Furrey is active in
the Rams Reader Team and has helped with Football University. He attended
the Super Blood Drive for Champions. Furrey is also active in the Get Into
the Game program which promotes positive character development and
decision-making. He and his wife, Koren, have also become very involved
with Lutheran Family and Children Services.
KEVIN GARRETT (#21)
Cornerback Kevin Garrett has
participated in Bowl-a-RAM-a, Taste of the NFL-St. Louis, Hometown Huddle, Super
Blood Drive for Champions, Urban League Thanksgiving Project, Angel Tree Holiday
Party and the Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure. He helped out with Bikes
for Kids where he distributed bikes to disadvantaged children and taught them
how to ride them. Active in the Rams Reader Team, Garrett celebrated Read
Across America by visiting a local school to celebrate Dr. Seussˇ¦
birthday. He also attended a fundraiser for Stella Maris Child
Center. The Southern Methodist graduate also was featured on the ˇ§Be A
Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster promoting the importance of education.
JOEY GOODSPEED (#44)
Fullback Joey Goodspeed has become
involved with the Rams Reader Team.
LAMAR GORDON (#34)
Running back Lamar Gordon has been
involved with Bikes for Kids as well as the Rams Media Guide Cover Contest.
DEJUAN GROCE (#24)
Cornerback DeJuan Groce has
participated in Bowl-a-RAM-a, Taste of the NFL-St. Louis, Hometown Huddle, Super
Blood Drive for Champions, Angel Tree Holiday Party, Urban League Thanksgiving
Project, and the Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure. He also helped out
with Bikes for Kids where he distributed bikes to disadvantaged children and
taught them how to ride them. The Nebraska graduate also was featured on
the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster promoting the importance of
education.
ARLEN HARRIS (#33)
Running back Arlen Harris has visited
patients at Childrenˇ¦s Hospital and has also taken part in Bowl-a-RAM-a,
Hometown Huddle, Taste of the NFL-St. Louis, Super Blood Drive for Champions,
Angel Tree Holiday Party and the Rams Reader Team.
TORRY HOLT (#81)
For five years, St. Louis Rams wide
receiver Torry Holt has been a special friend of the Bear Essentials
program. Like the children in the support group, he had a parent, his
mother, diagnosed with cancer when he was an adolescent. Because of this,
Holt has been supporting Bear Essentials by providing families with tickets to
Rams home games and attending group functions since he joined the Rams five
years ago. When he established The Holt Foundation, he announced that a
beneficiary of the fund would be Bear Essentials.
The Holt Foundation emphasizes education and support for the entire family
affected by the diagnosis of cancer and its treatment. In 2002, Torry
established a program similar to Bear Essentials in his college town of Raleigh,
N.C. callled the Kids Can! Program. In January of 2004, the success of the
Kids Can! Program in Raleigh prompted Torry to establish a Kids Can! Program at
Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, N.C., the hospital where his
mother received all of her treatment. To date, the Holt Foundation has
donated more than $33,000 to build and support these important programs.
Each year Torry pledges $2,000 for every touch down he scores, and in 2003,
Torry exceeded his pledge total by donating $75,000 to his foundation. In
addition, Torry recognizes he owes his success to the programs that helped him
develop his athletic talent and education. To that end, he donated
$100,000 to the North Carolina State University Student Aid Fund and he
established the Ojetta V. Holt-Shoffner Football Scholarship. Keeping the
same theme in mind, in 2002 Torry donated football cleats to his high school
football team and the college preparatory school he attended before joining N.C.
State, Hargrove Military Academy. He also donated $5,000 worth of youth
sports equipment to the Gibsonville Parks and Recreation Department, the people
that taught him how to play sports while growing up. He has donated turkey
dinners to families in his hometown of Gibsonville, North Carolina, and provided
Christmas presents to Gibsonville Elementary School. Each spring, Torry
hosts the Torry Holt Golf Classic in Raleigh, N.C. to raise funds and awareness
about The Holt Foundation and caps the weekend off with a free camp for children
in his hometown of Gibsonville, N.C. Each summer, Torry pairs up with
McDonaldˇ¦s to host a free kids football camp in St. Louis for inner-city
youth.
Since joining the Rams, Torry has participated in the Rams Get Into the Game:
Beyond Winning video which is distributed to area schools and reaches over
250,000 students. In the video, Torry and other Rams players promote
positive character development and decision-making. As part of the
Diversity Awareness Partnership's informational and educational effort to reduce
bias and discrimination in the St. Louis region, Torry is featured in
commercials and posters with players from other St. Louis sports teams. He
also attended the Difference Makers Dinner to present awards to community
difference makers. Torry also frequently visit schools to promote reading
as part of the Rams Reader Team.
TYOKA JACKSON (#97)
Rams' captain, Tyoka Jackson, is
taking an active role in educating people on the importance of organ and blood
donation and is currently working with the Rams and the American Red Cross to
organize several blood drives during the season throughout the St. Louis
area. He also provides the Red Cross with tickets to each Rams home
game.
In addition, Tyoka serves as a spokesperson for prostate cancer awareness, an
issue that he relates to since his dad beat the disease. Tyoka participates in
the Get Into the Game program, the Rams Reader Team, Bowl-a-RAM-a, the
Make-A-Wish Celebrity Server Dinner and has been featured on the "Be A Player,
Earn Your Degree" poster promoting the importance of education, which is
distributed area wide to schools and community organizations. He also
attended a fundraiser for Stella Maris Child Center.
JIMMY KENNEDY (#73)
Defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy has
been active in the St. Louis Public Schools flag football program, participated
in Bowl-a-RAM-a, the Super Blood Drive for Champions, Angel Tree Holiday Party,
and has visited patients at Childrenˇ¦s Hospital. The Penn State graduate
also was featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster promoting the
importance of education. This fall, Jimmy will serve as honorary captain
for Taste of the NFL ˇV St. Louis.
ANDY KING (#68)
Offensive lineman Andy King has helped
with the Super Blood Drive for Champions, Bowl-a-RAM-a and the Fellowship of
Christian Athletesˇ¦ football camp. He attended a fundraiser for Stella
Maris Child Center and participates in the Rams Reader Team. The Illinois
State graduate was also featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨
poster. His holiday efforts have included Linemen in Motion, Toys for Tots
and the Angel Tree holiday party.
SEAN LANDETA (#5)
Punter Sean Landeta has participated in
Football University, Bowl-a-RAM-a and the Make-A-Wish Celebrity Server
Dinner.
DAMIONE LEWIS (#92)
Defensive tackle Damione Lewis has
helped with the Super Blood Drive for Champions, Urban League Thanksgiving
Project, Campbellˇ¦s Chunky Linemen, Angel Tree Holiday Party, Toys for Tots and
Bowl-a-RAM-a. A University of Miami graduate, Damione, was also featured
on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster.
LEONARD LITTLE (#91)
Defensive end Leonard Little has
become involved in the Rams youth football efforts and has also participated in
Hometown Huddle and Get Into the Game. Leonard, a University of Tennessee
graduate, was also featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster.
Little has recently become involved with Youth Education and Technology Center
(YTEC) and visited the youth before the holidays to surprise them with Christmas
gifts.
DANE LOOKER (#89)
Wide receiver Dane Looker has been
involved with the Emerging Leaders educational initiative, Rams Reader Team,
Hometown Huddle, Super Blood Drive for Champions, Angel Tree Holiday Party, and
Taste of the NFL-St. Louis. He has also been featured on the ˇ§Be A Player,
Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster as a University of Washington graduate.
BRANDON MANUMALEUNA (#86)
Tight end and University of
Arizona graduate Brandon Manumaleuna has been featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn
Your Degreeˇ¨ poster. He has also participated in the Hometown Huddle and
Football University.
CHRIS MASSEY (#45)
Long snapper Chris Massey has been
involved with the Urban League Thanksgiving Project, Toys for Tots, Taste of the
NFL-St. Louis, Angel Tree Holiday Party, and Bowl-a-RAM-a. A graduate of
Marshall, Chris, was also featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨
poster. This spring, he and his wife, Sarah, served as the honorary chairs
for a fundraiser for Stella Maris Child Center.
ANDY MCCOLLUM (#67)
An avid bowler, Andy has served as
the chair of the Bowl-a-RAM-a to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation of Metro St.
Louis. He has also worked very closely with the Down Syndrome Association
where he has served as the honorary chair for its annual golf tournament.
Other involvement has included the Rams Reader Team, Get Into the Game, Linemen
In Motion, Hometown Huddle, the Learning Disabilities Association fundraiser,
visits to Cardinal Glennon Childrenˇ¦s Hospital and Super Blood Drive for
Champions. A Toledo graduate, Andy, has also been featured on the ˇ§Be A
Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster promoting the importance of education.
SHAUN MCDONALD (#84)
Wide receiver Shaun McDonald has
visited patients at Childrenˇ¦s Hospital and participated in Bowl-a-RAM-a, Super
Blood Drive for Champions, and the Urban League Thanksgiving Project. He
is also active in the Rams Reader Team.
ORLANDO PACE (#76)
Pro-bowl offensive tackle Orlando
Pace began the ˇ§Set the Pace Foundationˇ¨ in 2001 to assist youth and families in
the St. Louis and Sandusky, Ohio areas. The foundation strives to set a
new pace for athletic philanthropic efforts by inspiring, uplifting, and
developing young people to achieve their goals and strive for their personal
best. As part of his foundationˇ¦s efforts, Orlando hosts a youth football
camp and is involved with the Big Brothers /Big Sisters program. Orlando
also provides tickets to Rams home games to children on the Big Brothers/Big
Sisters waiting list. Additional community involvement has included
Linemen In Motion, Campbellˇ¦s Chunky Linemen, Get Into the Game and Hometown
Huddle.
RYAN PICKETT (#79)
Defensive tackle Ryan Pickett has
attended the Angel Tree holiday party.
TOMMY POLLEY (#52)
Linebacker Tommy Polley has been
involved in the Rams Reader Team. He also represented the Rams at the 2001
Spirit of St. Louis dinner for the Mental Health Association.
JUSTIN SMITH (#53)
Linebacker Justin Smith has
participated in Bowl-a-RAM-a to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation as well as the
Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure.
BRANDON SPOON (#59)
Linebacker Brandon Spoon is active in
the Get Into the Game program which promotes positive character development and
decision-making. He also participated in Bowl-a-RAM-a and the Komen St.
Louis Race for the Cure.
SCOTT TERCERO (#63)
Offensive guard Scott Tercero has
taken part in the Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure, Angel Tree Holiday Party,
and Linemen In Motion.
ROBERT THOMAS (#55)
The Rams first round draft pick in
2002, Robert Thomas focuses much of his efforts on children from Children's
Hospital in St. Louis. As part of those efforts, he makes frequent visits
to the hospital and also provides patients with tickets to each Rams home
game. Not only does Thomas make visits to the hospital, but he also forms
relationships with the patients. He calls patients regularly to check in
on them when they are having a rough day. Recently, Thomas teamed up with
Scholastic Books to donate more than 500 books to the patients at
Childrenˇ¦s. This year, Thomas is arranging recreational outings for the
patients from Childrenˇ¦s including a night at the movies, a trip to the circus
and a visit to the St. Louis Zoo. In addition, he has helped raise money
for Children's Miracle Network.
This summer, Thomas is teaming up with McDonaldˇ¦s and Coca-Cola to host a
free kids football camp in St. Louis for inner-city youth. Through the
Rams Reader Team, Robert frequently visits schools to stress the importance of
reading. He also is active in the Get Into the Game program which promotes
positive character development and decision-making. Robert has also
participated in the Race for the Cure, the Make-A-Wish Celebrity Server Dinner,
and has visited local firefighters. He also participates in numerous
charity golf tournaments. The Rams linebacker served as honorary captain
of the inaugural Taste of the NFL-St. Louis in 2003. In 2004, the Multiple
Sclerosis Society presented Thomas with an award for his work on and off the
field.
ADAM TIMMERMAN (#62)
Pro-bowl offensive lineman Adam
Timmerman has made an impact on a wide range of charitable efforts in the St.
Louis community. He and his wife Jana have devoted much of their time and
energy to Nurses for Newborns, a local non-profit agency that assists low-income
women with support services before and after the birth of their babies.
The two have also been very involved in Rainbows for Kids „o a program for
children battling cancer, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, United Way,
Salvation Army, a local food pantry and numerous charitable golf
tournaments. Adam is on the board of the Ann E. McEnroe Pancreatic Cancer
Research Fund which is close to his heart since his father-in-law passed away
with pancreatic cancer. He has been involved with March of Dimes while in
Green Bay and St. Louis, serving as the Walk America spokesperson.
This year, Adam and Jana are serving as spokespeople for the Parents as
Teachers program. Additional community outreach efforts include
participation in Rams Readers Team, Linemen In Motion, Campbellˇ¦s Chunky
Linemen, Super Blood Drive and Bowl-a-RAM-a. Adam has also participated in
the offensive lineˇ¦s performance donation, ˇ§Rush for Fitness,ˇ¨ which buys
fitness equipment for the St. Louis Public Schools. The South Dakota State
graduate has also been featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster
promoting the importance of education.
PISA TINOISAMOA (#50)
Linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa has
helped with Bowl-a-RAM-a, Taste of the NFL-St. Louis, and Urban League
Thanksgiving Project. He also lent his time to the ˇ§Heat Up St. Louisˇ¨
campaign, which helps defray energy costs for those in need of assistance.
KYLE TURLEY (#68)
Since his arrival in St. Louis,
offensive tackle Kyle Turley has been active in the Diversity Awareness
Partnershipˇ¦s efforts to unite St. Louisans in an effort to reduce bias and
discrimination, while promoting the value of difference. He chaired an
event for Sherwood Forest Camp, raising funds for underprivileged youth to have
a positive summer experience in the outdoors. He and the band in which he
is a part of perform frequently to raise money for charity. Recently, he
has performed to raise money for Sherwood Forest Camp and the St. Louis Variety
Club. He provides tickets to Rams home games to children at Sherwood
Forest Camp. He also participated in the Super Blood Drive for Champions
and Bowl-a-RAM-a. During his NFL career, Kyle has helped with inner-city
youth as well as local fire and police efforts. He has recorded Public
Service Announcements urging the public to protect against pet
overpopulation.
Kyle and his wife, Stacy, served as co-grand marshalls in this year's Dogwood
Parade in Ladue, Missouri. Kyle also participated in the community
festival following the parade by providing his autograph and team giveaways to
kids in attendance. They have also participated in the St. Louis Variety
Telethon, a charity motorcycle rally and hosted a benefit concert for
underprivileged children. This season, Turley, who was an art major in
college, will be lending his support to the Arts in Education Council, a local
non-profit organization that raises funds from the private sector to support the
arts and arts education activities in the St. Louis metropolitan area. As
part of this support, Turley recently visited Laumeier Art Camp.
JEFF WILKINS (#14)
Kicker Jeff Wilkins makes visits to
Cardinal Glennon Childrenˇ¦s Hospital and also makes a $200 contribution for
every successful field goal to Children's Miracle network hospitals in St. Louis
and Youngstown, Ohio. In addition, he has given his time and expert advice
to the annual Punt, Pass and Kick competition.
AENEAS WILLIAMS (#35)
A staunch believer in good
character, Pro-Bowl cornerback Aeneas Williams participates in the Get Into the
Game program, a character education curriculum and video. Aeneas has also
assisted in the Help the Heroes (9-11-01) donation drive and recorded public
service announcements for the Alzheimerˇ¦s Association. A graduate of
Southern University, Aeneas has been featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your
Degreeˇ¨ poster.
GRANT WILLIAMS (#77)
Offensive tackle Grant Williams
has been active in the Get Into the Game program as well as Lineman In Motion,
the Angel Tree holiday party and youth football. The Louisiana Tech
graduate also was featured on the ˇ§Be A Player, Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster
promoting the importance of education.
DAVE WOHLABAUGH (#64)
Center Dave Wohlabaugh has participated in
Bowl-a-RAM-a. The Syracuse graduate also was featured on the ˇ§Be A Player,
Earn Your Degreeˇ¨ poster promoting the importance of
education.
