Dallas Cowboys Help Raise $2.3 Million for The Salvation Army Relief Efforts
Solomon Moriba | solomon_moriba@uss.salvationarmy.org | (214) 799-2622
DALLAS (September 1, 2017) - The Dallas Cowboys once again demonstrated their love and commitment to those in dire need when they hosted a fundraising telethon for The Salvation Army’s Hurricane Harvey relief efforts for those impacted across South Texas.
On Thursday, August 31, the Cowboys used a practice session at AT&T Stadium that was organized to replace their canceled pre-season game against the Houston Texans to encourage CBS-11 television viewers to make monetary donations to help provide needed services.
Current Cowboys players including Dak Prescott and Jason Witten, as well as Pro-Football Hall-of-Famers Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett, along with other current and former players, answered calls from viewers. A highlight of the telethon was when Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant, who on Tuesday made a $50,000 donation to The Salvation Army relief efforts answered the phone and found Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on the other end. Jones made a generous $1 million dollar donation which Bryant called a “blessing.” In 90-minutes’ time, compassionate citizens had contributed $2.3 million to the relief effort.
Earlier in the day, more than 30 Dallas Cowboys players, along with head coach Jason Garrett, delivered 300,000 articles of new clothing worth over half a million dollars to a Salvation Army warehouse in Dallas. The players helped unload the tractor-trailer full of boxes of clothing to be distributed to those affected by the hurricane and resultant storms that ravaged and flooded much of South Texas.
To make a financial donation to support the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts please go to www.helpsalvationarmy.org, call 1-800- SAL-ARMY, text STORM to 51555.
For the latest information please go to www.disaster.salvationarmy.org and watch for regular updates on our social media pages at www.facebook.com/salvationarmytexas/ and www.twitter.com/salarmytx. To access photo and video resources related to The Salvation Army Hurricane Harvey relief efforts please go to www.salvationarmysouth.org/harvey.
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About The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army annually helps more than 30 million Americans overcome poverty, addiction, and economic hardships through a range of social services. By providing food for the hungry, emergency relief for disaster survivors, rehabilitation for those suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, and clothing and shelter for people in need, The Salvation Army is doing the most good at 7,600 centers of operation around the country. In the first-ever listing of “America’s Favorite Charities” by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Salvation Army ranked as the country’s largest privately funded, direct-service nonprofit. For more information, visit www.SalvationArmyUSA.org. Follow us on Twitter @SalvationArmyUS and #DoingTheMostGood.