Posts by Stephen Popovich

On June 15th the Seattle Seahawks hosted Verizon, United Way King County and 100 area students to participate in the Character Playbook Experience at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton. Seattle Legend Jordan Babineaux emceed the first part of the event which was conversation on character that featured Seattle players KJ Wright and Tyler…

The Los Angeles Chargers provided students a great send off for the 2017-2018 school year by bring Character Playbook LIVE to school in Long Beach and Compton on May 31st from Costa Mesa. Chargers Reporter Hayley Elwood and Veteran Tight End Virgil Green brought the message of character and responsibility to students through the virtual…

  On May 16th the Los Angeles Chargers launched their Character Playbook campaign with a excited group of 7th graders at Santiago School in Santa Ana. Chargers players Hunter Henry, Chris Landrum, Sean Culkin, and two Charger Girls were on hand to share their experience with character and why it has played such a critical…

On May 11th the Arizona Cardinals, Valley of the Sun United Way, and Verizon hosted 180 local students at the American Sports Complex at Avondale for the Character Playbook Experience, a capstone to the character education program. This exciting event included over 30 volunteers and staff from sponsors, as well as a special visit from…

On Tuesday, April 17th local Character Playbook students from the National Capital Area got the opportunity to chat via video conference with Redskins alum, Kysheon Jarrett and current Redskins defensive end Anthony Lanier II. Jarrett and Lanier answered student-questions about themselves, character and healthy relationships allowing the students to learn about Jarret’s ALL-IN mentality and Lanier’s advice…

    On the morning of May 4th the Mile High United Way, Verizon and the Denver Broncos joined forces to bring the Character Playbook Experience to Kepner Middle School in Denver. The two part event kicked off in the school auditorium with Broncos host Phil Milani leading a discussion on why character matters. Milani…

Charlotte Jones-Anderson kicked off the first ever Character Playbook Hour at the 2018 NFL Draft in Arlington, Texas. This first time event hosted over 750 local students from across the Arlington, Frisco, Fort Worth, and Dallas School Districts. The hour event was hosted by Cowboys Legend Demarcus Ware and Cowboys Center Travis Frederick and consisted…

On March 29,2018 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the United Way Suncoast hosted a group Hillsborough County middle school students at One Buc Place to take part in the Character Playbook Experience. Building off their experience with the Character Playbook program in the classroom, 90 middle schoolers had the opportunity to sit in the Bucs…

On Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Miami Dolphins DB, TJ McDonald and cheerleader captains, Jess and Britt, hosted a video conference chat from Baptist Health Training Facility with about 150 students in attendance from 5 schools. TJ, Jess and Britt started off by testing the students with a set of true or false questions. The students…

On Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Chicago Bears LB, Sam Acho, hosted a video conference chat from Halas Hall with about 200 students from 8 schools in the Metro Chicago area. The event included a true or false activity followed by Sam fielding a few questions from the students in attendance. As a person of high…