Folds of Honor, NFL and Bud Light team up to help late firefighter's daughter's college dream become a reality

Folds of Honor, Bud Light and nan NFL make a awesome team, and Alexis Pearson's heartwarming communicative of treatment serves arsenic testament of their impact.

Partnering pinch nan different agencies, nan nonprofit stepped up for Pearson, whose begetter passed distant aft 21 years arsenic an progressive work firefighter, by awarding her a danasiwa that turned her acquisition dreams into reality.

"[It's] truthful beyond astonishing because they were capable to springiness maine a danasiwa to thief maine execute my dreams of going to school," she said Monday connected "Fox & Friends."

"The travel pinch Folds of Honor has been truthful honoring and treatment – achieving my dreams while being capable to show my communicative and astir my dada and really astonishing of a man he was. I'm graduating this outpouring from Oregon State University pinch a grade successful civilian engineering, and it's because of nan group that Folds and everybody who supports them that makes this possible."

FAMILIES OF FALLEN FIRST RESPONDERS ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR FOLDS OF HONOR SCHOLARSHIPS

Alexis Pearson (left) was awarded a Folds of Honor danasiwa and continues to show nan communicative of her begetter David (right). (Fox News/Alexis Pearson)

Folds of Honor laminitis Lt. Col. Dan Rooney said nan nonprofit's 14-year business pinch Anheuser-Busch has created galore opportunities for students.

"They've donated complete $26 million, our largest partner by far. And it was a mates of years agone I was really conscionable watching nan climate astir our first responders successful this country, and it felt to maine a batch for illustration Vietnam, and past I would recognize that each six seconds successful this country, 911 is dialed. That's 240 cardinal times a year," he said.

"These first responders are coming to rescue us, but location was nary statement providing acquisition assistance to nan families of fallen and abnormal first responders. And I went backmost to Brendan Whitworth, nan CEO, Anheuser-Busch…and I was like, ‘We’ve sewage to do thing for first responders,' and he said, 'I'm in.' Bud Light came on, and nan NFL is founding partners pinch a $3 cardinal aid to support our first responder initiatives. It is simply a agelong overdue but a heroic outreach to nan heroic first responders that rescue america each day."

FOLDS OF HONOR PROVIDES AID, SCHOLARSHIPS TO GOLD STAR FAMILIES

Alexis Pearson's begetter David Pearson served arsenic an progressive work firefighter for 21 years. (Alexis Pearson)

Scholarship checks were presented by 11 teams during this past Sunday's games. Over nan past 17 years since its inception, Folds of Honor's partnership has brought world danasiwa opportunities to 62,000 students, coming successful astatine a whopping $290 million.

The 2024-2025 world twelvemonth has group a record, pinch astir 10,000 scholarships weighted astatine astir $50 million.

To donate to nan cause, FOX viewers tin sojourn www.foldsofhonor.org. 

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