Aaron Rodgers Donates $1M To Camp Fire Relief Efforts

TheSportster

By Rodrigo Lobato

Published Nov 22, 2018

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers pledges $1 million to assist the families affected by the wildfires in his home state of California.

Aaron Rodgers has proven one more time why he’s a leader in every sense of the word. On Wednesday, the signal-caller took to Twitter and released a video announcing he is donating one million dollars to the North Valley Community Foundation – a non-profit which, among other things, supports organizations that are currently sheltering evacuees of the Camp Fire.

The Green Bay quarterback added that his long-time corporate partners at State Farm will donate $1 up to $1 million for every retweet of his Twitter post that uses the hashtag #retweet4good, until midnight ET on Sunday, Nov. 25th. Moreover, Rodgers said the Packers will donate $250,000 as well.

The two-time MVP noted that the money he’s donating will contribute to rebuilding the communities that have suffered from the devastating and deadly wildfires responsible for dozens of deaths and hundreds of missing people.

"As many of you know, the California wildfires have devastated countless communities," Rodgers said in the video posted on Twitter. "In Northern California, where I was born and raised, the city of Paradise burned to the ground, and many of the residents that got out are now displaced in my hometown of Chico and across the north state.”

"I personally reached out to my friends and the mayor of Chico to find out how to be of the most help, and raising money for both immediate needs and the long-term recovery is what's needed most right now. This is why I'm partnering with the North Valley Community Foundation and donating $1 million to help with recovery and eventual rebuild of these communities."

However, despite the exemplary effort of Aaron Rodgers to contribute to the society, there’s someone who believes that it might be superficial. A few hours after the quarterback tweet, Jordan Rodger – Aaron’s brother – sent a tweet criticizing his sibling for not calling his parents who have also suffered from the fires.

As of Wednesday night, Rodgers’ video has been retweeted more than ninety thousand times.