The Terrell Owens Catch A Dream Foundation is a non-profit organization created to help underprivileged families and children. Our goal is to help eliminate the lack of basic daily needs from households by providing the necessary resources that children need.

The Terrell Owens Catch A Dream Foundation will position itself to prepare America’s youth and their families for success by ensuring they are provided with food, clothing, shelter, and equipped with the proper resources and tools to help them “Catch Their Dream” and become all they can be. We plan to accomplish these goals by identifying the problem, creating a solution and following through with effective action.

Terrell Owens Charity Work Continued

Outside of Catch a Dream, Owens is working hard to better the lives of others through various avenues. In September of 2009, he helped launch a large-scale fundraising campaign to benefit the Food Bank of Western New York. Dubbed “81 Tackles Hunger”, Terrell Owens has done a lot of high-profile promotion for this prominent food bank that has been helping hungry families since 1979 – 39% of which are children, and 11% senior citizens. Owens continues to use his face and image to bring awareness to the less fortunate of Western New York as well as other regions across the country.

Motivation

While Terrell Owens did not grow up in complete poverty, he did experience humble beginnings in Alabama where he watched his mother work double shifts to help support the family as a single parent. Seeing how hard she worked to keep their heads above water, he grew inspired as an adult to make a difference wherever he could.

Recognition

For these two areas of non-profit work, along with many others, Terrell Owens has received some awards and accolades. In March of 2009 he received a special award for a whole other type of charity contribution – Alzheimer’s awareness. He attended the sixth annual National Alzheimer’s Gala in Washington DC to receive the Young Champions Award. His Alzheimer’s awareness work started when his grandmother was diagnosed with the disease.

From debilitating illnesses affecting the elderly to improving the lives of America’s youngest citizens, Owens has truly made a name for himself as a philanthropist. He continues to work hard at various charity endeavors, bringing much purpose to his life outside of his football career.