Seahawks Russell Wilson, Ciara donating 1 million meals to Seattle food bank amid COVID-19
Russell Wilson and his wife Ciara continue to get it.
They get real life.
The Seahawks franchise quarterback and his spouse announced Tuesday evening they are donating 1 million meals to Seattle’s Food Lifeline food bank during this COVID-19 pandemic that has crushed the city, country and world.
“Obviously, this worldwide pandemic, this coronavirus, is changing the world, second by second, minute by minute,” Wilson said in his self-shot video Ciara posted on her social-media page. “People are losing loved ones, the elderly and the young, and everybody in between.”
Seattle and Washington have been the hardest hit regions. Entering last weekend, King County had 26 of the nation’s 37 confirmed deaths and about one-quarter of the nation’s cases of the COVID-19 virus (320 of 1,283 incidents).
“You know, think about people losing jobs. Even in Seattle, my friends at Alaska Airlines,” Wilson said on his video.
“The Sounders family,” Ciara interjected, about Seattle’s Major League Soccer team the Wilson’s part own.
“Friends of the children. Seattle Children’s hospital,” Wilson continued. “All these places are being affected, all around the world.
“And so what we’ve decided to do is partner up with our local food bank here in Seattle, Seattle Food Lifeline. And we are going to donate a million meals, and hopefully make a difference.”
His wife encouraged everyone to contribute to food banks and donations “in any way that you can” during this civic crisis.
