We Day

The Seattle Seahawks never cease to amaze me with how great they are on and off the field. Countless hours of community service, visits to Seattle Children's Hospital, leading fundraisers, and acting as motivational speakers all around Washington. Yesterday (3/27) the Seahawks set the stage at We Day in Seattle. We Day is an event that has been taking place in Canada since 2007. Yesterday marked the first We Day in the United States. You're probably wondering what We Day is and why it is so cool that the Seahawks were there. Brothers Craig and Marc Kielburger, started We Day as a way to motivate today's youth to create positive changes in not only their local communities, but globally as well. Students had to earn their ticket to attend We Day by completing community service hours. Seattle native Macklemore, recording artist Jennifer Hudson, NBA legends Magic Johnson and Gary Payton, and the Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, all took the stage to speak and perform for the students in attendance. However, it was the four Seahawk players that really set the tone of We Day and got the kids excited. When Russell Wilson, Russel Okung, John Moffitt, and Richard Sherman came out on stage the crowd went nuts. (I wasn't there but I saw the videos!) They each made a little speech congratulating the kids on their accomplishments and encouraged them to keep doing what they have been doing and motivate others to join. Wilson threw out footballs to the crowd and for those who caught them you would have thought they won the lottery with how excited they were.

It makes me proud to say that I am a Seahawks fan, especially when they go out and do stuff like this. They don't think they're too good to take time out of their days and go visit with kids who look up to them and think of them as role models. The Seahawks have been out of the spotlight since they lost the Superbowl in 2006 and it wasn't until last season that they have finally been getting the positive attention they deserve. We surely have Russell Wilson to thank for that. He is bringing such an electric energy to not only the team, but Seattle and Seahawks fans around the country. I'm excited for this upcoming season and to see what great things the team has in store on and off the field.

Read more about We Day Seattle here :
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/03/we-day-sends-students-away-with-a-message/