Bears Show They Care

When the Chicago Bears packed up and left training camp and Bourbonnais, they made sure that they will be remembered for more than just football. Their charity organization, Bears Care, left behind $60,000 for local charities. $30,000 of the money went to Catholic Charities of Kankakee County, while $10,000 was given to the local college’s adult literacy program, a local food pantry and an after school program. The donation to Catholic Charities will help offset the hard times the organization has been facing lately. Catholic Charities director Kathie Burgess told the Daily Journal, “Through funds for home repair and basic needs from Bears Care these grandparents’ and grandchildren’s lives and futures will be forever changed. Thank you Chicago Bears for caring.”

The Bears donated last year, but this is the first year the Catholic Charities were on the list. The Bears Care program began in 1995 and the Chicago Bears Website states that it is “committed to improving the quality of life for people in the Chicagoland community, especially disadvantaged children and their families, through targeted programs supporting education, youth athletics, and medical research and health awareness programs focusing on breast and ovarian cancer.”

It is nice to know that when you support the Bears, you are also helping to support the community. Get your Chicago Bears tickets from StubHub.com.

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