Adrian+Peterson

**ADRIAN PETERSON** 

Adrian Peterson will be hosted a dinner at the Riverwind Casino on March 7, 2009. A live and silent auction were in place and all the proceeds benefit the Adrian Peterson All Day Foundation. This foundation helps a lot of kids out in the Twin Cities area and tries to improve their lives. This is just one example of Adrian Peterson trying to help others out by doing stuff that will help others out with no gain for him. He is not self-centered at all and wants to help anyone out that he can  Charity tournament and a dinner to follow. Want to go? The proceeds will benefit many charities in the Twin Cities area. Adrian Peterson running back for the Minnesota Vikings is hosting this event. There are a lot of items that are up for auction to help raise money. This article supports my idea that he is a good role model because he will sell a lot of expensive items that will rake in a lot of cash for his charities that he cares so much about.  > **2009 .**
 * "Dinner With Adrian Peterson." __All Day Foundation__. Ed. Quantus. 2 Mar. 2009 .**
 * Gonzo. "Helping a Good Cause." __Star Tribune__ [Minneapolis] 11 June 2008: 1-1.**
 * Jensen, Sean. "Vikingsâ€™ Adrian Peterson To Help Feed Families In His Hometown of Palestine,, Texas." __YourCause.com__. Feb. 2008. 2 Mar.**

Peterson had a great idea and he wanted is father to run with it. In the middle of the season while he was preparing for the pro bowl he wasn’t thinking about the big game, he was thinking about people back home in his hometown of Palestine, Texas. He wanted to help the families during the holiday season with the bad economy and people getting laid off. Adrian took his signature number 28 and multiplied it by 10 to feed 280 families in east texas. Working with East Texas Food Bank, Adrian Peterson’s All Day Foundation delivered boxes of food to families at his alma matter Palestine High School. This promotes him as a good role model even more because he still cares about where he came from and his hometown people. He wanted to help them out in the middle of his season which just shows he’s not stuck on himself and that he still wants to help others.

> Mar. 2 2009 .**
 * Lindsi. "Adrian Peterson + Bonita Jackson = 384 cans of Chunky Soup." __Hunger Matters__. 13 Nov. 2008. Second Harvest Heartland.

Adrian Peterson and his mother Bonita Jackson took part in an event where they positioned themselves on one end of a giant spoon while cases of Chunky soup were placed on the other end. The idea from Campbell’s Chunky Soup was to fill the other end with cases to balance the spoon. It took 384 cans in all to balance out the spoon. This even was to raise awareness about hunger in the community and all the cans that were taken to balance out Adrian and his mother were donated to Second Harvest Heartland. This supports the idea of Peterson as a good rolemodel because he wants to raise awareness that some people don’t have meals at night and he wants to help thos people out. He does this for a good cause because he cares and that’s what a good role model does. 
 * Logsdon, Kay. "Chili's Raises Funds for Charity." __The Food Channel__. 2008-2009. 2 Mar. 2009

> .**  Have you ever had the Chilli’s Jalapeno Smokehouse Bacon Burger? Well according to Adrian Peterson everyone should try it. If you do decide to know that it is for a good cause. If you try the burger that Peterson promotes if he wins the contest between him and other NFL players, Chillis will donate 10,000 to Peterson to give to his choice of charity. This article supports my idea of Peterson being a good rolemodel because he is willing to try anything to raise money for children. He is a very hearty person and cares very much about charities.  > Library, Bloomer. 2 Mar. 2009 .**
 * Souhan, Jim. "Adrian Peterson's mother still maintains strong presence in her son's life." 12 Nov. 2008. __Ebsco Host__. Bloomer High School

Do you have that one infulencial person in your life? To Adrian Peterson this person is his mother. She raised him alone and with his father in jail now she still remains a big part of his life. She comes to his games and when she does she is the biggest cheerleader in the stands for him. When he was younger his mom would take him to the track and race Adrian. She would always beat him until about the 7th grade. She’d always tell him, Adrian, Stay focused. Look at the finish line. Don’t look back, because if you take one instant, you could look back and be in last place. This shows that Adrians mother maintains a strong presence in his life and helps him out with charity work because that makes everything a little better and easier in life. She still cares about him and wants him to care about others and try to help them out whenever he can.

> .** <span style="color: rgb(38, 42, 44);"> Like to golf? Well for you and three others you can enter the first annual Adrian Peterson Celebrity Classic for a price of 3000 dollars. The proceeds benefit the All Day Foundation which supports Special Olympics Minnesota and the Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities. This supports Adrian as a good role model because he wants to raise money for lesser children in a big city where I’m sure lots of children need help. Adrian cares and would help every one of them if he could I think. <span style="color: rgb(38, 42, 44);">
 * "Viking Adrian Peterson to Host Charity Event." __Golfing in Minnesota__. Ed. David Kingsbury. 28 May 2008. 2 Mar. 2009

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(38, 42, 44); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Adrian Peterson earned a lot of awards during his rookie season in the NFL. Winning the rookie of the year award and the NFC offensive rookie of the year; but one of the best awards he won I think is the “Emerging Leader” award. This is an award for his work as a volunteer with Special Olympics Minnesota, The African American Adoption Agency, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Minnesota. This article helps prove Adrian Peterson as not only a great football player but a great charity worker too. He does a lot for the state of Minnesota and he cares a lot about people and he would do anything to help someone who needs it.
 * Viking Update Staff. "Peterson Honored For Charity Work." __Star Tribune__ [Minneapolis] 5 Apr. 2008: 1-1.**