Phenomenal Article - How Jerod Cherry Gave 24 Kids New Life

[DropKickFlutie]

How one Patriots Super Bowl ring gave new life to 24 orphans

Love reading articles like this. A total Patriot in heart.

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[RelocatedPatFan]

Great article.

But somewhere, Antonio Cromartie must be thinking, "that's one busy dude". Gotta read past the headlines Antonio .

 

[Gwedd]

What a wonderful story.

 

[mosi]

Great article and a truly remarkable individual.

 

[jimnance]

Read this story when I first woke up this morning. Riveting. What a great dude and role model. I love football but THIS is the REAL ****. Great story

 

[long distance]

This kind of ethics is a glimpse of hope.. glad it comes from the Pat..

"No disrespect to the other two rings," he said. "I easily could've given the second or third one, and nobody would've said anything. But my thought was, 'If I'm going to give anything that's sacrificial and supposed to represent my faith in God, I'd better give my best and what I care about the most.'"

 

[oldrover]

God bless Jerod. He is truly laying up treasures in Heaven.

 

[n1997y]

Not that Cherry couldn't relate, on some level, to the struggle to survive one day and advance to the next. He grew up poor around Oakland and Berkeley, California. He said his family spent some time on welfare, and he often tried to get by on a diet of french fries. Cherry tells the story of being without phone service in his home for three years because his father had given him money to compete in a high-level track meet in Texas. "We never recovered financially from that," he said.

When Adam Vinatieri made his kick to win Super Bowl XXXVI, Cherry secured his first championship on any level, Pop Warner included. As ecstatic as he was, Cherry said he was suddenly struck by the thought that he hadn't reached the pinnacle of anything. "This is not it," the backup safety told himself. "There's got to be more to life than this."

^THIS. This is what it means to put service before self.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

I am amazed reading this. I had heard / seen somewhere about Cherry giving up a ring. I thought it even might have been on ebay and just assumed he had come upon hard times and needed the money. Reading this, I now see that he had come upon hard times, although not his, but others, and he wanted to help. God bless him.

 

[Mike the Brit]

I am amazed reading this. I had heard / seen somewhere about Cherry giving up a ring. I thought it even might have been on ebay and just assumed he had come upon hard times and needed the money. Reading this, I now see that he had come upon hard times, although not his, but others, and he wanted to help. God bless him.

Just the same. Well put -- I completely agree.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

Glad this story came out. Surprised none of us knew for over a decade.

I am amazed reading this. I had heard / seen somewhere about Cherry giving up a ring. I thought it even might have been on ebay and just assumed he had come upon hard times and needed the money. Reading this, I now see that he had come upon hard times, although not his, but others, and he wanted to help. God bless him.