{"id":51364,"date":"2015-07-23T10:30:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T15:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=51364"},"modified":"2015-07-23T10:42:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T15:42:35","slug":"eli-manning-recognized-among-worlds-charitable-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/eli-manning-recognized-among-worlds-charitable-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Eli Manning Recognized Among World&#8217;s Most Charitable Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_51496\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/eli-manning-recognized-among-worlds-charitable-athletes\/eli_17\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51496\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51496\" class=\"wp-image-51496 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Eli_17-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Eli Manning makes a visit last April to Blair E. Batson Children\u2019s Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi for an event in conjunction with the BankPlus Friends of Children\u2019s Hospital Checkcard donation of $627,195.\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Eli_17-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Eli_17-1319x2048.jpg 1319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eli Manning makes a visit in\u00a0April to Blair E. Batson Children\u2019s Hospital in Jackson for an event in conjunction with a\u00a0BankPlus Friends of Children\u2019s Hospital Checkcard donation of $627,195.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/olemiss.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Ole Miss<\/a> alumnus and New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is getting recognized for something other than his Super Bowl-winning talent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">Manning has been named as one of the world&#8217;s top 10 most charitable athletes by Global Grind, according to Sports Media 101.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">Early in his NFL career, Manning volunteered in relief efforts, helping get supplies to the devastated Gulf Coast region after Hurricane Katrina.\u00a0He has helped raise $2.8 million for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ummchealth.com\/children\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Mississippi Medical Center&#8217;s Batson Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/a> in Jackson for the construction of the Eli Manning Children&#8217;s Clinics, which offers outpatient care to thousands of children in Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">He and his wife also donated $1 million to the Ole Miss Opportunity Scholarship Fund, a program designed to help Mississippi students with financial need to attend college.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">Earlier this year, the New York Observer also named Manning as one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2015\/04\/the-young-and-the-restless-the-top-20-philanthropists-under-40\/\" target=\"_blank\">Top 20 Philanthropists Under 40<\/a> for his charitable efforts.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ole Miss alumnus and New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is getting recognized for something other than his Super Bowl-winning talent. 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