2019-2020 Community Report CommunityReport-2019-2020 | Page 6

Jaguars celebrate the NFL’s 100th Anniversary
In commemoration of the NFL’s 100th anniversary, the league
issued a challenge to its fans – inspire one million people to
volunteer 100 minutes of their time to make a meaningful
contribution to each team’s local community. Jaguars fans
responded with gusto, volunteering more than 5.7 million minutes
throughout the 2019 season.
The Jaguars’ official Club Huddle was One Team. One Home.,
a partnership with TIAA Bank that was first introduced in 2018
as a joint five-year, $2 million pledge to help build or repair 100
homes in Northeast Florida. The Jaguars rookie class tackled
the first volunteer shift of the year in June, building the frame for
a new house at the HabiJax warehouse. After that, hundreds of
One Team. One Home. shifts were filled across various Habitat
for Humanity affiliates including Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Clay
County, Putnam County, Volusia Country, Nassau County and the
Jacksonville Beaches.
Jaguars Huddle for 100 minutes took all shapes and sizes. In
October, Jaguars players participated in a food sorting event
at TIAA Bank Field in support of Feeding Northeast Florida, the
community’s largest hunger-relief organization. DT Abry Jones, DE
Dawuane Smoot and LB Najee Goode worked alongside volunteers
from the Law Firm of Pajcic & Pajcic, Florida Blue and members of
the Jaguars Women’s Association to organize citrus donations that
were distributed to families in need in Jacksonville and the
surrounding areas.
The work continued in November when more than 200 volunteers
joined the entire Jaguars roster to pack 1,000 care packages to be
sent to deployed servicemen and women during the holidays. The
Jaguars partnered with local nonprofit St. Michael’s Soldiers to fill
the boxes with needed and requested items including toiletries,
snacks and personal items. The entire team also wrote 1,000
personal thank you cards to send inside the care packages.
In October, Jaguars Pro Bowl WR DJ Chark Jr. and LB Austin
Calitro volunteered with HabiJax, participating in window
installation and testing their skills with a hammer and a drill.
They were working on the future home of LiWanda Burton, a
mother of five and grandmother of one. A Mayo Clinic patient care
technician, Burton had already fulfilled her 300 hours of sweat
equity towards her new home. Since the start of the program in
2018, One Team. One Home. volunteers and funding have helped
make home ownership possible for 34 families across Northeast
Florida.
LB Donald Payne
prepares a care
package to be sent to
our troops overseas.
In partnership with St
Michaels Soldiers
1,000 packages were
assembled as part of
Huddle for 100.
WR DJ Chark, Jr and LB Austin Calitro joined volunteers
from TIAA Bank and Habijax to help build a home for a
deserving First Coast family.