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Donald Driver Hero Essay

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A hero was born on February 2nd, 1975. He was raised in a poor environment and is now a retired all-time leading receiver for the Green Bay Packers. This hero’s name is Donald Driver. He is known for being on the Green Bay Packers and for being the Dancing with the Stars Season 14 Mirrorball Champion. Donald Driver is a hero because he achieved many awards, participates in charities, and writes children’s books where some of the profits go to charity.
Donald Driver is a hero because he has achieved many awards from the Green Bay Packers. First, Donald Driver is the only Packer player in the Green Bay Packers history to have had seven 1,000 receiving yards. In the years of 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 is when his receiving …show more content…

Second, Donald Driver was voted MVP of the Green Bay Packers in 2002 and 2006. In addition to his MVP nomination, Green Bay has renamed a street in the honor of Donald Driver and there is a statue of Donald Driver on the street of Titletown Brewing Company. Last, Donald Driver was one that helped the Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. Donald Driver was also selected to play in the Pro Bowl four times.
Donald Driver is a hero because he is very charitable. First, Donald Driver and his wife founded in the Donald Driver Foundation. The Foundation helps with underprivileged children and families, health and safety, and education and career development. The Donald Driver Foundation helped hundreds of families escape poverty and helped a thousand students get educated. The Foundation also provided the children with meals that were healthy and granted over $100,000 worth of scholarships. This charity helps and supports all different organization to keep children safe, such as, Blessing in a Backpack, the American Red Cross, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and the MACC fund. The Foundation has …show more content…

First, Donald Driver wrote the book Driven to tell people about his childhood and how you can achieve any goal no matter what problems come along. “The reason behind the book was just telling the story,” Driver said. “For me it was trying to put everything in perspective, and letting people know that regardless of what obstacles you may face in life, whatever adversity, that you can overcome anything. You just have to continue to believe that you can be successful.”-Donald Driver. Next, Donald Driver wrote four children’s books (Quickie handles a loss, Quickie makes a team, Quickie goes to the big Game, Quickie stands up to bullying). These books all explain some challenges the Donald Driver/ Quickie had. It also explains some good things that happened to Donald Driver/ Quickie. Last, all of the books Donald Driver wrote, a portion of the cost goes to the Donald Driver Foundation. In addition to the books, Donald Driver is also selling dolls and t-shirts where the a portion of the profits go to the

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