Benefits Of The Team Vick Foundation

One way Michael Vick rebuilt his image after the dog fighting scandal of 2007 was that he gave back to his community. For example, Vick gave back to his community through the Team Vick Foundation, which is a non-profit organization to provide second chances to people and communities that need them (“Client News”). Also, the organization provided people in need with donations of money and supplies, such as backpacks. After Vick founded the Team Vick Foundation, he committed himself to improving the lives of others through community service (Michael Vick will”). “Many of us will lose our way and make mistakes at some point in our life. Sometimes because of unforeseen circumstances we may find ourselves in need of assistance or on a road we never
The Team Vick Foundation helps communities work together to collectively become communities full of people willing to share, inspire, and encourage one another (“Client News”). The Team Vick Foundation has no limits on who they help given that they help youth, adults, and even whole families. In 2014, the Team Vick Foundation started a football camp for children in Newport News, Virginia, Vick’s hometown. In 2015, the camp attracted 200 kids from ages 6-17, up from the 125 it had last year (Hamzik). "Everybody got up at 8 o'clock this morning and made it a priority to bring their kids out here," Vick said. "That's special. … When you create a buzz and continue to be proactive in the community, people start to see the things that you do” (Hamzik). This means that people appreciated Vick’s effort to embrace his second chance, and they appreciate his giving back to the community. Many people viewed Vick as a mean and abusive human being after the dog fighting incident, but with all that he gave back to his community, many people viewed him
After the dog fighting incident, Vick wanted people to know that he was turning his life around, and wanted to help people not go down the wrong path like him. “I am blessed to speak frequently to school and youth groups, especially in conjunction with the Humane Society. It provides me with the chance to discuss the ills of dogfighting and to urge young people to avoid the mistakes I made” (Vick). Vick told people about how when you’re feeling way up, you can’t let that take over. “Just as you work hard to get somewhere in life, or to accomplish certain things, or to have prized personal possessions – having all of that taken away from you after you work so hard for it is a horrible, horrible feeling” (Vick). What Vick had taken away from him was his brand new massive contract with the Falcons, a relationship with his brand new daughter, a good reputation with fans, etc. Vick’s off days, Tuesdays, are the days he usually gives speeches and does most of his community service. One day between the 2010 season and the 2011 season, Vick and Coach Dungy, who had just retired from being the Indianapolis Colts head coach, and was a huge help to Vick throughout the whole recovery process, went to talk to inmates within a prison. This was meaningful to Vick because those inmates in the prison had been just like him two years earlier, and getting up there in front of them let them know how they could turn