By Mark Ellis and Michael Ashcraft
Special to ASSIST News Service
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ANS) -- Philippines-born
Tim Tebow, famous for taking a knee and praying mid-game as an NFL
quarterback, has now made a touchdown pass off the gridiron: a pediatric
hospital under his tutelage opened for business this Christmas.
 |
Tim Tebow surrounded by children in Philippines
|
In the Fall of 2011, Tebow joined forces with CURE
International to build a 30-bed orthopedic hospital in Davao City. His
Tebow foundation helped raise the $3 million to fund construction and
staffing.
While health services began last week, the official
grand opening won’t be until spring of 2015. A 5-story building, the
Tebow CURE Hospital will treat clubfoot, bowed legs, cleft palate and
other congenital limb abnormalities among impoverished Filipinos who
otherwise would not receive any treatment.
“These are simple
procedures we take for granted in the U.S.,” said Erik Dellenback,
executive director of the Tim Tebow Foundation in a statement. “The
reality is that we hope to show people in the Philippines that there is
faith, hope and love out there. We want to show that the Western world
cares about them and that they’re not a deserted nation.”
Born to
missionaries in Makati, Philippines, in 1987, the 6’3” 236-pound
quarterback led the Denver Broncos to the AFC West title in 2011. Just
about any time he made a stellar play, he would take a knee and bow his
head as a visible sign of praise to God – a signature act that became
known as “tebowing” in popular culture.
Tebow was the first
sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy in 2007 for his crushing performance
with the University of Florida Gators. When he painted “John 3:16” on
his eye black for the 2009 BCS championship game, the verse spiked as
Google’s highest-ranked search for 24 hours with 90 million views.
See all ASSIST News articles at www.assistnews.net
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar