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Huddle Up: NFL seeks 100 minutes of community volunteering

Feeding the poor to alleviate hunger. give concept hunger hungry dish food charity / Getty Images
Feeding the poor to alleviate hunger. give concept hunger hungry dish food charity / Getty Images

NEW YORK (AP) – The NFL wants America to huddle up as part of the league’s celebration of its upcoming 100th season, and the first event in that initiative will focus on the fight against hunger.

Overall, the NFL is encouraging fans, players, teams and league employees to volunteer 100 minutes in their communities in 2019.

“We hope to rally generations of fans, players, coaches, and the 32 clubs to serve the communities that have supported and sustained us over our first 100 years,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday.

The goal is to have 1 million people volunteer 100 minutes of service each.

The league is proposing four such huddles: