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Chuck Clark Is Ravens 2022 Walter Payton Man of the Year Nominee

Chuck Clark Is Ravens 2022 Walter Payton Man of the Year Nominee


Earlier this year, the Ravens pledged a commitment of $250,000 over five years to support the launch of Girls Flag Football in Maryland. In March 2022, Clark helped celebrate the official launch of the league by attending Frederick County’s Flag Football Opening Day. He supported the establishment of their new interscholastic sport by taking the time to discuss his love of football with the female student-athletes.

Clark visited Calvert Hall for the kickoff of the Ravens RISE High School Football Showdown where he gave the players a pre-game speech, helped coach during the game, provided play-by-play analysis in the radio booth and cheered alongside students and fans.

In January 2022, Baltimore City firefighters were called to a two-alarm blaze in a vacant three-story rowhome when it partially collapsed trapping four firefighters inside. Three of the four ended up tragically losing their lives, with the fourth surviving after hospitalization. To show gratitude and remember those first responders who lost their lives while protecting others, Clark joined the Ravens in March in recognizing 38 fire stations in Baltimore with custom jerseys and meals. He also met with the colleagues of the fallen firefighters to pay his respects and show solidarity.

To expand his community outreach efforts, Clark established the 36 & Co. Community Outreach, a fiscally-sponsored project of the Players Philanthropy Fund, which aims to impact and serve those in need and inspire the lives of young people. Through his fund, Clark annually hosts back to school distributions in his hometown of Suffolk, VA for students in grades K – 12. Additionally, for Christmas 2021, Clark distributed bikes to 36 Baltimore City high school student-athletes participating in the Next One Up after-school program.

Clark is a perpetual participant in Ravens’ Community Monday activities. He has shopped with kids during the team’s annual Holiday Helpers event, volunteered through the Ravens’ Caw to Action initiative, encouraged kids to be active and healthy through the team’s PLAY 60 program and more.

Not only does he participate in Ravens’ community-led initiatives, Clark is a frequent supporter of his teammates’ charitable programs such as holiday food distributions, 5k fundraisers, shopping with children during the holidays, football camps and more.

As a nominee, Clark will wear a Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year helmet decal through the end of the season in recognition of his accomplishments.

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