Ben Roethlisberger Donates $100,000 To Police K-9 Units

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger announced today that his foundation will be distributing nearly $100,000 in grants to local police K-9 units.

The grants will be used to purchase new dogs and protective equipment.

The departments receiving funding include Pittsburgh, Brentwood, Homestead, Clairton, Heidelberg, Munhall, Monessen, Fox Chapel, Indiana Township, and University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Roethlisberger appeared at the Pittsburgh Police Training Academy on Washington Boulevard this morning.

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

Cool I guess.

 

glassy move by Big Ben

 

It's nice to hear a nice story once in a while oppossed to this WR wants this and that WR wants that, this guy was arrested for this and that guy punched that...

This and That take a lot of abuse...

 

Did Michael Vick donate too? :icon_mrgreen:

 

good on him...and you are right ward......good stuff should be brought out too

 

Meh, its just the equivalent of me donating 10...

They should all be doing it.

 

that's cool good for big ben to give some of that 100 mil to a good cause

 

Damn you, you beat me to it! Exactly what I was thinking.:icon_cheesygrin:

Great gesture by Ben, my uncle is a K-9 officer and treats his dog like a partner. He says they are an invaluable part of police work.:icon_thumright:

 

That is awesome. Great job ben.

 

Dogs r scary as hell.....y cant the police have like a Kit-10 unit or something instead

 

I thought he would donate it to the Motorcycle Unit of the police department. :icon_cheesygrin:

 

Its always nice to see athletes give back to the community.

 

Wow...never heard that one before...

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Classy move by Big Ben

 

Not quite, bad math guy. Doesn't matter what you "equate" a 100K to, a hundred grand is still a hundred grand no matter what size the bank account it came from is.

And, no.....they should not ALL be doing it. Who are you to say how another human being ought to be spending their money? They are under no more obligation to give away their money than you are to the bum on the street corner.

It's a felony to injure or kill a police dog. They are cops just as much as the two-legged variety are. I wasn't able to get on with Minneapolis PD's K-9 Unit, but it's something I may try doing when I move to Boston this fall.

 

Very cool of Ben...and it's funny to see police dogs when not working they are just a family dog, their whole demeanor changes when they know they're going to work

 

Classy act from a classy guy.

 

Kind of like the rest of us!! :icon_lol:

 

Great to hear some good news from the athletes. Good cause also!