Packers, McCarthy each donate $100,000 to Green Bay Police Foundation
Mike McCarthy and the Packers each announce donations of $100,000 to the Green Bay Police Foundation, September 8, 2016 (WLUIK/John Doran).
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- The Green Bay Police Department launched their police foundation earlier this summer in an effort to build and maintain a strong relationship between police officers and the Green Bay community.
Today they received a huge donation from the Green Bay Packers and their head coach, Mike McCarthy.
The two have partnered to each make donations of a hundred thousand dollars in support of the foundation's mission.
Green Bay's Police Chief Andrew Smith said he was shocked when he found out the Packers would be donating.
"The generosity and the vision and the leadership from not only the coach, but the Packers organization has just been phenomenal and when I heard that I was just stunned," he said.
Head coach Mike McCarthy said public service workers are close to his heart. His father was both a police officer and firefighter in Pittsburgh.
"They need funding," McCarthy said, "they need support and frankly it's about the community, our children and embracing these relationships, improving the relationships with public safety."
The donations by McCarthy and the Packers are matching grants, meaning the police foundation needs to raise $200,000 on their own for those donations to take effect.
