Latest Press Releases
Last Updated 12/06/2011
- Youth Sports Safety Summit & Media Briefing in Washington, DC Young athletes are losing their lives on the playing field: 50 in 2010; 40 to date in 2011; and seven individuals, including one adult coach, this past August. They are suffering chronic and sometimes catastrophic injury from sports. Founder Chris Draft, who lives with asthma, will share his experience as a college athlete and NFL football player.<download>
- Asthma Advocate, Chris Draft launches National Public Service Announcement in partnership with the EPA The Foundation's Asthma Team will join Mothers & Others for Clean Air at Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School, Thursday, October 13. 2011.<download>
- NFL Ambassador and National Literacy Advocate closes out Summer Reading Initiative and Let's Move campaign strong in our Nation's Capitol Leading the national movement around the county with numerous summer literacy and physical activity events, NFL Ambassador, Chris Draft culminated his important initiative during two major events in Washington, DC<download>
- NFL Ambassador and Former Carolina Panther Chris Draft to host Let's Read, Let's Move Event On Friday, September 2, third-grade students at River Oaks Academy will kick off the "Let's Read. Let's Move" program with Chris Draft. <download>
- NFL Ambassador Chris Draft Visits New York City Youth The Madison Square Boys & Girls Club’s Joel E. Smilow Clubhouse in the Bronx, the Variety Boys & Girls Club in Queens, and the Thomas S. Murphy Clubhouse in Brooklyn will host NFL Ambassador Chris Draft this week.<download>
- NFL Veteran Chris Draft Visits Chicago Public Library Veteran NFL player (and former Chicago Bear) Chris Draft visited the Chicago Public Library’s Richard M. Daley Branch at 733 N. Kedzie Ave. today, to read books and talk to 6th, 7th & 8th graders from the Morton School of Excellence. <download>
- NFL Player Chris Draft to Host Let’s Read. Let’s Move. Events Former Washington Redskin and education proponent Chris Draft will be in Washington. D.C. to host a series of events on Wednesday, July 20 to engage local students in an effort to combat childhood obesity and summer reading loss through the United We Serve’s Let’s Read. Let’s Move. summer initiative.<download>
- NFL Week 17: Players Come Together to Share Their Stories The American Lung Association and the Chris Draft Family Foundation (CDFF) have recognized families that are tackling asthma by sharing the stories of their battles. Now, professional football players have joined the cause to become captains of the Chris Draft Family Foundation’s Asthma Team™.<download>
- Draft Family Fitness Day Returns to Atlanta June 20 In collaboration with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Linebacker Chris Draft is bringing the Chris Draft Family Foundation’s signature event, Draft Family Fitness Day, back to the NFL Youth Education Town Boys and Girls Club in Atlanta on June 20.<download>
- Rams Linebacker Chris Draft Will Thank Scott Air Force Base To show his appreciation for the troops’ military service, Rams linebacker Chris Draft, along with new offensive lineman Jason Brown, will escort the Rams rookies to Scott Air Force Base at 2:00 p.m. on June 18, where they will receive a tour of the facility and host a football clinic for nearly 300 youngsters affiliated with the base.<download>
- Chris Draft Family Foundation Hosts Annual Draft Family Fitness Day Saturday, May 9 Rams linebacker Chris Draft and the Chris Draft Family Foundation will host the foundation’s signature event, Draft Family Fitness Day, or “Draft Day®” for short, on Saturday, May 9. For the second year in a row, the event will be held at the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club in St. Louis.<download>
- Draft to Serve as National Spokesperson for Winning with Asthma Campaign Chris Draft has partnered with the National Lieutenant Governors Association as the national spokesperson for the Winning with Asthma Coach's Clipboard campaign.<download>
- Rams Linebacker Chris Draft Receives J.B. Award, Leads Winners on White House Tour Rams linebacker Chris Draft was on hand in Washington D.C. this week as he received recognition for his community efforts through a J.B. Award for Community Service. Draft received the award at the NFL Players Association Gala Thursday night, April 16th. On Friday, Draft lead the award winners to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., where he took them on a tour of the White House.<download>
- Tackling Asthma™ Across Missouri with the Asthma Team™ March 3, 2009 - St. Louis, MO. Rams linebacker Chris Draft will bring the Missouri Asthma Team™ together for a special day of events to support St. Louis agencies, the American Lung Association and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of St. Louis.<download>
- CHRIS DRAFT SELECTED AS JB AWARD WINNER AND FINALIST FOR BYRON “WHIZZER” WHITE AWARD ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Rams linebacker Chris Draft has been selected as a JB Award recipient, an annual honor bestowed upon 12 active NFL players in recognition of their off the field contributions. As a winner of a JB Award, Draft is also automatically a finalist for the Byron “Whizzer” White Award, an award named in honor of former NFL player and Supreme Court Justice Byron White. <download>
- Rams Linebacker Chris Draft Joins the Player Networking Event in Tampa January 29, 2009 – Tampa, FL. The Chris Draft Family Foundation will travel to Tampa to participate in this year’s Player Networking Event (PNE). The Player Networking Event™, an exclusively owned property of Troupe21 & Associates, was created to help current and former athletes transition from sports. <download>
- Lt. Governor Kinder, Rams Linebacker Chris Draft Unveil "Winning With Asthma" JEFFERSON CITY – Lt. Governor Peter Kinder today joined St. Louis Rams Linebacker Chris Draft to unveil a new program targeted to raise awareness for Asthma sufferers across the state<download>
- Chris Draft Selected as the Rams' Walter Payton Man of the Year Recepient The St. Louis Rams today announced Chris Draft has been selected as the Rams’ Walter Payton Man of the Year recipient. Draft will now go on to compete with the other 31 team’s representatives for the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. <download>
- Counting Our Blessings Gala Celebrates Positive Work in the Community Draft and the Foundation have engaged in many activities in the city and county of St. Louis, as well as across the country, that emphasize the significance of family literacy and character education, stressing the importance of healthy lifestyles, character development, personal responsibility, self-discipline and physical fitness. <download>
- St. Louis Rams Linebacker Chris Draft Presents "A Tribute to St. Louis" The Counting Our Blessings Gala will be a tribute to St. Louis, and a celebration of the good works that the Chris Draft Family Foundation, in partnership with the Rams’ organization, have been able to achieve in the community<download>
- St. Louis Rams to Visit Scott Air Force Base Youth Center as Part of Hometown Huddle ST. LOUIS, MO -- As part of the 2008 NFL United Way Hometown Huddle, the Rams will travel to Scott Air Force Base to engage local youth in after school activities. The activities will incorporate the HOPSports training, outdoor agility drills, healthy snacks and character-building exercses.<download>
- U.S. Education Department Official To Recognize American Star Of Teaching In House Springs, Missouri HOUSE SPRINGS, MO -- The U.S. Department of Education’s Linda McKay will highlight effective teaching practices and the No Child Left Behind Act during a visit to Cedar Springs Elementary School in House Springs, Mo., at 10 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, Sept. 9.<download>
- Dance St. Louis Collaborates with the St. Louis Rams,St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Cardinals to Launch The Most Beautiful Sport in the World Campaign ST. LOUIS, MO -- New PSA campaign rebrands dance as a sport and uses images and endorsements of top St. Louis pro athletes – Chris Draft, Jamal Mayers and Rick Ankiel – to attract new audiences and supporters to the arts.<download>
- St. Louis Rams Linebacker Chris Draft Hosts Family Fitness Camp ST. LOUIS, MO -- On Saturday May 17, St. Louis Rams Linebacker Chris Draft welcomes almost 400 youth and parents to his Get Checked and Get Fit™ Draft Day™: St. Louis Style fitness camp at Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club Sportsman’s Park Unit on North Grand Avenue.<download>
- U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Joins NFL Players and DC Schools Chancellor Rhee To Highlight Volunteerism At Washington, DC High School U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, Chris Draft of the St. Louis Rams, Warrick Dunn of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and District of Columbia Public Schools Chancellor Rhee today stressed the importance of volunteerism during a visit to Banneker High School in Washington, D.C.<download>
- NFL Players To Be Honored with JB Awards for Community Service at Annual NFL PLAYERS Gala to Benefit Special Olympics D.C. March 27, 2008 - On Friday, April 4, James Brown, host of -THE NFL TODAY on CBS, along with THE NFL TODAY analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher, will honor some of the NFL’s biggest heroes at the NFL PLAYERS Gala Featuring the JB Awards, an annual awards presentation benefiting Special Olympics District of Columbia.<download>
- Rams Linebacker Chris Draft to Serve as the Celebrity Climber in First-Ever Competitive Stairclimb in St. Louis St. Louis, MO, February 27, 2008—Rams linebacker Chris Draft will serve as the Celebrity Climber in the first-ever competitive stair climb event, entitled Master the Met, in St. Louis on March 1, 2008.<download>
- CCPS high school students participate in “A Discussion and A Movie™” Clayton County Public Schools --A select group of high school students from across Clayton County has been invited by National Football League player Chris Draft to participate in a special leadership/citizenship building event.<download>
- NFL Linebacker, Chris Draft Makes Presentation To Clayton County Students Riverdale, GA - When St. Louis Rams linebacker, Chris Draft (former Atlanta Falcon), watched a screening of the movie, “The Great Debaters”, he had a brilliant idea. Draft and the Chris Draft Family Foundation are traveling the country screening the movie for local students.<download>
- Chris Draft To Host Health & Fitness Camp At Super Bowl XLII PHOENIX, AZ – January 30, 2008. St. Louis Rams Linebacker Chris Draft, winner of a 2008 JB Award for leadership, dedication, and commitment to team and community, and The Chris Draft Family Foundation will host “Get Checked and Get Fit” Draft Day: Super Bowl XLII at the Espiritu NFL Youth Education Town (YET) Academy 4848 S. 2nd Street in Phoenix on Saturday February 2.<download>
- St. Louis Rams Linebacker Chris Draft To Be Honored Prior To Super Bowl As NFL Alumni Spirit Award Winner ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Rams linebacker Chris Draft will receive the 2008 NFL Alumni Spirit Award during the NFL Alumni Player of the Year Awards Dinner prior to Super Bowl XLII. <download>
- Atlanta Public Schools Students to Attend Private Screening and Roundtable Discussion of The Great Debaters ATLANTA – On Friday, Jan. 25, 450 Atlanta Public High School students will attend a private screening and panel discussion of the Golden Globe Nominated film The Great Debaters...<download>
- Chris Draft Selected As JB Award Winner And Finalist For Byron “Whizzer” White Award ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Rams linebacker Chris Draft has been selected as a JB Award recipient, an annual honor bestowed upon 12 active NFL players in recognition of their off the field contributions.<download>
- Chris Draft and St. Louis Rams Invite Student Leaders to Screening of The Great Debaters ST. LOUIS – On Friday, Jan. 11, 300 St. Louis Public High School students will attend a private screening and panel discussion of the Golden Globe nominated film The Great Debaters at the Chase Park Plaza Cinema. <download>