*The Cleveland Browns are committed to the community. Through First and Ten, the Dawg Pound is encouraged to share what they are doing to give back. Get inspired and check out what these fans are doing to help their community:
*How do you give back?#give10
Name: Nick
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
What you do to give back?
**Nick chooses to #give10 in his community by giving back to the youth! Nick is a school teacher in a low income area where he chooses to volunteer his time for several youth sports and activities in the community. During the summer Nick also chooses to run an open gym to give kids a place to go during a time where there is no school. Thanks Nick!
Name: Michael
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
What you do to give back?
Michael is 19 years old and made the decision to step up and help a group in need. Michael is the leader of a tiger cub scout pack. The former leader of the tiger cub scout pack quit half way through the year and if nobody stepped up they would have collapsed and had to quit scouts. Without, Michaels commitment, the scout packs would be more longer. Michael also chooses to spend his time teaching at the boy scout camp all summer long. Thanks Michael!
Name: Coltonia
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
What you do to give back?
**Coltonia chooses to give back to her community and help with an organization called Widows Watchmen Ministry. This organization helps Widows and Widowers with whatever they may need during their troubling time. Coltonia says that projects such as yard work, house work, or just someone to talk to as all things that the organization helps widows and widowers with. Thanks, Coltonia!
Name: Alex
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
What you do to give back?
Alex, from Cleveland, gives back to the community with the goal of keeping youth education a priority. Alex chooses to give back by working with his local youth charity to make sure the youth have backpacks that are filled with books for when they go back to school after the conclusion of summertime. Thanks Alex, for stressing the importance of back to school education and keep our youths minds sharp!!
Name: Catherine
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
What you do to give back?
Catherine teaches at a rural school and chooses to give back through helping the youth growth through education and using the First and Ten movement! Catherine says that she gives her time to build strong, independent, self-sufficient people. Catherine works with each student to earn 'kindness coins' by going out of their way to help other people. Catherine says that they take this practice seriously as she wants to stress to the kids just how important giving back can be. Catherine is also in charge of signing up the entire elementary school for the First and Ten movement! Thanks, Catherine!
Interested in signing up your volunteer group for First and Ten? Group forms available! Click herehttp://www.clevelandbrowns.com/community/firstandten.htmlto learn more about how to #give10
Follow @BrownsGiveBack on Twitter and Instagram and tell us what you are doing to help others using #give10 to unite us all as Browns fans. Give 10 hours, help your community.
The Browns are dedicated to #give10 through the team's First and Ten initiative. Launched in June 2014, the Cleveland Browns First and Ten campaign is the team's community program, established to inspire fans to volunteer in and help their communities throughout the world by volunteering for 10 hours each year. Since its inception, Browns fans have committed to volunteering more than 1 million hours to impact their communities by pledging to #give10. Through First and Ten, the Browns are the only NFL club to promote a long-term volunteering program that unifies the team and its entire fan base, with the goal of impacting every individual's city across the globe, as well as the franchise's local community. All Browns fans are encouraged to join the volunteering effort by signing the First and Ten pledge on the team's website and by sharing their stories with #give10.
