Alex 'Class Act' Smith is the Chiefs’ nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year
 

The Alex Smith Foundation uplifts the foster care community, both in his native California and in his adopted Midwestern home. Its mission is to provide foster teens with the tools and resources needed to transition to successful adulthood. The demand is great for a demographic where half become unemployed within two years of leaving the system. Success has been found through the foundation's Guardian Scholars program, which provides a scholarship and year-round housing along with extensive individual support. In all, 23 former foster youth graduated from San Diego State University, with a 78% graduation rate, lapping the national rate of 3% for foster youth. This successful program was replicated by the college to produce another 205 foster graduates. Alex's efforts inspired Cornerstones of Care to establish a Youth Educational Success program in Kansas City just prior to him becoming a Chief. Overall, more than 40 youth have graduated high school and gone onto enroll in college courses or obtain trade training. Alex's relationship with the agency helped establish it as the local leader for foster care and as the beneficiary for the 34th edition of the Chiefs Charity Game. In the last decade, this fundraising initiative garnered more than $6 million, including $2.2 million in the past three years for the previous beneficiary.


Alex has personally donated over $600,000 to charitable causes since 2005, including all administrative costs incurred by the foundation. This unparalleled fiscal responsibility has allowed more than 90% of the $1.16 million raised by the foundation to directly impact foster youth. That threshold is nearly unprecedented, not just across the NFL, but throughout his peers in professional athletics. As a result, his foundation was identified by the Boston Globe (2/24/2013) as having a "winning formula" for an athlete's foundation. Likewise, the San Francisco Chronicle (3/12/2013) highlighted several former foster youth, specifically attributing their success "to Alex Smith and his foundation."

http://www.nfl.com/manoftheyear

Even if you don't like Alex 'Class Act' Smith as a football player the guy is a hell of a person. Proud to say I'm a fan of a team who has a QB who does all these charitable acts...

#GoSmittyGoChiefs

Well deserved. Alex seems to be a great person.



If only being a great person won playoff games and Superbowls.

Any award we can give him will only improve trade leverage. Give him all the accolades. And get him in the probowl. I'm so glad dorsey went to Cleveland. Dorsey knows Smith and the Browns are loaded with picks.

Good human, terrible QB.

In typical Alex Smith fashion, he'll fall 24 votes behind and be unable to come back.

In all seriousness...if anyone other than JJ Watt wins this, it's a travashamockery.

Good for him...great, fantastic dude. Now if he'd just get the **** out of here, he'd be an even greater and more fantastic dude!!!

That's my boo. G'bless that wonderful man. Chiefs' dollars.. hard at work.

Making the world a better place.. even if not CP.

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He seems nice. And he seems to be shitty at football.

Good for him, but I agree JJ Watt has to be the clear winner this year.

Why did you change it from "all he does is win"?

JJ Watt not even close

Who will be our nominee once he leaves?


BTW I respect the hell outta what Smith does off the field. Just not the right fit for this team anymore

Same as it ever was

Marcus Peters? :D Seriously, I respect what these guys do, but it doesn't win SBs.

If we lose to the Raiders tomorrow then does that mean Andy will make the switch to Mahomes? Everyone says that as long as we have the AFCW lead that Andy won't go to Mahomes, but what if we no longer have the division?