ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller has been chosen to receive the 2019 Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service in Sports, it was announced Tuesday by the Multiplying Good Foundation.
The 2019 Jefferson Awards will be held on Tuesday, June 18, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Former Broncos linebacker DeMarcus Ware will serve as Miller’s presenter.
Since 2012, Miller has raised more than $4.5 million dollars for Von’s Vision, with the goal of providing low-income children with vision care and eye exams while serving as an eye-glasses wearing role model.
Miller was also the Broncos’ 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee.
Co-created by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Senator Robert Taft Jr. and Sam Beard in 1972, the Jefferson Awards is the country's largest assembly of individuals committed to public service.
“By providing a prestigious platform that recognizes outstanding, selfless acts of service, we motivate our award recipients to do more and we inspire others to take action in service to others, creating a ripple of good,” said Hillary Schafer, Multiplying Good Foundation CEO. “The youth, grassroots, corporations and notable national award recipients who join us at the D.C. Jefferson Awards represent the very best of our country, people who have dedicated themselves to serving others. By bringing them together and elevating their work, we inspire communities nationwide.”
Past Jefferson Award recipients include Chris Long (2018), Shaquille O’Neal (2018), Joe Torre (2017), Mariano Rivera (2014),Troy Vincent (2012) and Peyton Manning (2006).
Tickets for the Jefferson Awards on June 18 or to learn more about the foundation, visit https://events.multiplyinggood.org/2019JeffersonlAwards.
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