Good News
Posted by: Bradley McDonald
Here's some different news about a professional athlete. While Ron Artest is busy working on his rap album, Warrick Dunn is busy helping people out. Dunn, a running back with the Atlanta Falcons and a Baton Rouge native, started a program in his hometown called "Homes for the Holidays", which helps single mothers with below average incomes purchase their first homes. The program provides the down payment and educates the women on the responsibilities of home ownership, including meeting the monthly payment.
Dunn said he knows firsthand the struggles that come with being a single parent, since his mother supported and raised six children alone. His mother, a police corporal, dreamed of owning a home but never got to see it come to pass. She was killed during a robbery while working an off-duty job when Warrick was a senior in high school. Warrick dedicates the program to the memory of his mother. "I hope I’m living right for her," he said last year.
I think you are, Warrick. Thanks for being different.
Here's some different news about a professional athlete. While Ron Artest is busy working on his rap album, Warrick Dunn is busy helping people out. Dunn, a running back with the Atlanta Falcons and a Baton Rouge native, started a program in his hometown called "Homes for the Holidays", which helps single mothers with below average incomes purchase their first homes. The program provides the down payment and educates the women on the responsibilities of home ownership, including meeting the monthly payment.
Dunn said he knows firsthand the struggles that come with being a single parent, since his mother supported and raised six children alone. His mother, a police corporal, dreamed of owning a home but never got to see it come to pass. She was killed during a robbery while working an off-duty job when Warrick was a senior in high school. Warrick dedicates the program to the memory of his mother. "I hope I’m living right for her," he said last year.
I think you are, Warrick. Thanks for being different.
