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Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre Wednesday announced donations from the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation to 10 charities benefiting Wisconsin youth.
The donations, representing a total of $138,000 raised from this year's annual Brett Favre Celebrity Softball Game and Foundation dinner, went to the following organizations:
* The Back to School Store, Service League of Green Bay - provides underprivileged children with new clothing and other school supplies
* CASA of Brown County, Wis., a non-profit organization that enlists volunteers to be a child's advocate for disadvantaged and neglected children
* Syble Hopp School, De Pere, Wis., for students with developmental disabilities - therapy pool and sensory rooms addition
* Rawhide Boys Ranch, a New London, Wis., residential care center for at-risk and delinquent boys
* Marathon County, Wis., Special Education - week long summer day camp for disabled children ages 6-21
* Easter Seals of Wisconsin - outdoor play and sensory structure
* Cerebral Palsy of Wisconsin
* Free S.P.I.R.I.T Riders, a Fond du Lac, Wis., therapeutic equestrian program for disabled children
* Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Milwaukee
* SMILES - Special Methods In Learning Equine Skills, a Darien, Wis., organization that utilizes horses to improve the lives of children and adults with disabilities
"It has been a pleasure to work with great organizations such as these over the past several years," Favre said. "Our Foundation receives outstanding support from the community and with that support we've been able to help some wonderful charities that are doing incredible things for children of need here in Wisconsin. I'm very grateful for the support both the softball game and the dinner have received.
"Deanna and I look forward to our continued involvement with many worthwhile causes."
The mission of the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation is to provide aid to disadvantaged or disabled children who reside in Wisconsin and Mississippi. Started in 1996, the Foundation has donated in excess of $1.4 million to charities in the two states.