{"id":14096,"date":"2019-10-22T03:04:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T03:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=282541"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:07","slug":"ex-nfl-player-pays-for-500-mammograms-to-honor-late-mom-who-died-of-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/ex-nfl-player-pays-for-500-mammograms-to-honor-late-mom-who-died-of-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL Player Pays For 500 Mammograms To Honor Late Mom Who Died Of Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

DeAngelo Williams lost his mother to breast cancer five years ago, and the former NFL player is still, to this day, committed to fighting the disease.<\/span>His mother, Sandra Hill, passed away in 2014 at the age of 53 from the disease. The running back \u2013 who\u2019d played 8 seasons with the Carolina Panthers as well as 2 with the Pittsburgh Steelers \u2013 had also lost 4 aunts to breast cancer, all before the age of 50, reports Today<\/a>.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: THE DEANGELO WILLIAMS FOUNDATION\/FACEBOOK<\/a><\/span>The 36-year-old DeAngelo wanted to honor all the women in his family that he\u2019d lost to breast cancer, by helping other women across the states pay for their mammogram screenings by going through his nonprofit organization, The DeAngelo Williams Foundation<\/a>.<\/span>
\n<\/span>He began the initiative back in 2014. And as Today reports, since starting his mission, both DeAngelo and his foundation have managed to pay for a total of 500 mammograms across hospitals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Memphis, Tennessee; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/span>DeAngelo said to the media outlet about his foundation\u2019s mission and accomplishment, \u201cTo be able to help all these women is amazing. This can be life-changing for these women. We are enabling them to get this care that no one should ever be denied or not have access to.\u201d<\/span>His mother was first diagnosed in 2004 with breast cancer.<\/span>While her battle with the disease waged on, DeAngelo supported his mother by dying his hair pink, as well as pushing the NFL to allow players to participate in October\u2019s Breast Caner Awareness month by wearing pink cleats.<\/span>This is dedicated to my mom, my aunts & women everywhere affected by Breast Cancer. I love you. #WeAreInThisTogether<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/bAwaanlfzV<\/a><\/span>\u2014 DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) October 11, 2015<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Not long after his mother passed away in 2014 during DeAngelo\u2019s stint with the Carolina Panthers, the NFL star launched the \u201c53 Strong for Sandra\u201d program, which was an event in North Carolina which saw his foundation partner up with the Charlotte Radiology and Levine Cancer Institute, in order to provide free mammograms plus follow-up care for 53 women in the area.<\/span>
\n<\/span>In a Twitter note, DeAngelo said there was a reason behind the number of 53 women, as it was a \u201csignificant number\u201d which represented \u201chow old my mom was when she lost her battle to breast cancer.\u201d<\/span>In 2015, DeAngelo had extended his even to the Pittsburgh and Memphis areas. Also during that same year, he signed a two-year contract to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/span>While he was playing on the team, DeAngelo asked the NFL to grant him permission to wear pink all year on his uniform \u2013 as a tribute to the women in his family \u2013 but as ABC News reported<\/a>, the NFL declined his request.<\/span>Regardless of the push back, DeAngelo continued to move forward with his charity work. He has since retired from the NFL, and both he and his foundation, have helped hundreds of women with his program. There are also future goals to hosting free mammogram screenings across all 50 states.<\/span>Risalyn Williams, DeAngelo\u2019s wife and executive director of The DeAngelo Williams Foundation, said to Today, \u201cDeAngelo wants to ensure that no woman (or man) fights breast cancer alone.\u201d<\/span>The organization has also shared their accomplishment through Facebook on Wednesday, revealing they \u201chave sponsored well over 500 mammograms and have no plans of stopping.\u201d<\/span>That is quite impressive, indeed.<\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DeAngelo Williams lost his mother to breast cancer five years ago, and the former NFL player is still, to this day, committed to fighting the disease.His mother, Sandra Hill, passed away in 2014 at the age of 53 from the disease. The running back \u2013 who\u2019d played 8 seasons with the Carolina Panthers as well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44412,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14096\/revisions\/44412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}