Paytons Foundation

“Children have always brought a tremendous amount of joy to me and I feel

that if you can catch them at a young age you can really change a life.

There are a lot of studies that show that one act of kindness to these

children has a 40% chance of making that child have a completely different

outcome in their life. What you hope is that you can get a kid to

believe in something and to believe in themselves.”

-Walter Payton #34

The Walter and Connie Payton Foundation.
What is this foundation about? 
Foundations Mission:
It's a foundation dedicated to the emotional healing of the neglected, abused, and unprivelaged children by providing tools and opportunities to build self esteem and encourage a better family unit, giving for a better future.
They have a Holiday giving program with in the Foundation which consists of:
They give new gifts for christmas time, where the WCPF provides for approximately 16,000 children, children that are in great need of a little hope, some dont get any gifts what so ever.
They also have a Sweetness Run which is a 5k and 8k walk/run.
School supply drive, which collects new school supplies for the children who are in need.

If you'd like to learn more and want to donate to a good cause the website to go to is...
http://www.payton34.com/article.asp?a=175

“My husband started his foundation, The Walter Payton Foundation, in the

hope of providing for the in-need and neglected children within the State

of Illinois who found themselves part of the DCFS program. So that we, his

family, could continue on with the integrity and dignity of the Payton name

in caring for these children, we needed to create; the Walter and Connie Payton Foundation. Walter made the Payton name mean something special and we,

his family, accept the challenge to make only good things

happen in the Payton name.”

Connie Payton