NFL Players Golf for Inspiring Minds

Several former college football players and some current NFL stars were at Avalon Lakes Golf and Country Club on Friday to help raise funds for Inspiring Minds.

The inaugural Inspiring Minds Celebrity Golf Outing included NFL players Mario Manningham (Warren Harding) of the San Francisco 49ers, who was a hero of this year's New York Giants Super Bowl victory, and A.J. Hawk of the Green Bay Packers.

Deryck Toles, Inspiring Minds' founder and executive director, is a former Penn State and Warren Harding standout.

Toles said he is honored that so many players chose to donate their time for his organization.

"We are very grateful and appreciative because they could be doing so many other things," said Toles. "They are busy, their life is crazy, they have practice, workouts and families, and they finally got off work and they spent a day, well two days, here with us. It also shows you that there are people in the NFL community that still have a heart for kids."

Since 2006, Inspiring Minds has helped inner city youth reach their goals and has provided them with resources to succeed in school. Today, Toles? vision has grown to offer after-school educational programs, college visits and financial workshops.

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