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Chance The Rapper Inspired Michael Bennett From The Seattle Seahawks To Donate His Endorsement Money

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chance The Rapper has been making big moves both inside and outside of music&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Chicago rapper has been receiving praises for his recent &dollar;1 million donation to the Chicago Public Schools&period; His actions have not only been inspiring to the youth&comma; but also to other celebrities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recently Michael Bennett of the Seattle Seahawks talked about how Chance has inspired him to give back in a major way as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;xxlmag&period;com&sol;news&sol;2017&sol;03&sol;chance-the-rapper-inspires-seattle-seahawks-michael-bennett-donate-endorsement-money&sol;">XXL<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; the Seahawks defensive posted a photo of his three daughters and said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was inspired by Chance The Rapper to &OpenCurlyQuote;think bigger’ when he pledged one million dollars to Chicago kids and their school system&period; So&comma; I’ll be joining him by investing in the future of our youth&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have decided to donate all of my endorsement money in 2017 to help rebuild minority communities through s&period;t&period;e&period;a&period;m programs&comma; as well as initiatives that directly affect women of color in hopes that we can create more opportunities for our youth and build a brighter future&period; In addition&comma; 50&percnt; of the proceeds from my jersey sales this year will go to programs and initiatives to support inner-city garden projects&comma; as it’s not only about providing opportunities in education and arts&comma; but to help provide the right nutrition and access to healthy living to all&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bennett also challenged his peers to also donate a portion of their endorsement money to a cause of their choice to help uplift the youth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"BRbKWwLAtDe" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It’s great to see these celebrities give back in a major way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; 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