EPISODE · Aug 31, 2023 · 32 MIN
Nick Lowery
from American Dream Makers · host Zena Krogedal
Join us Live to meet Nick the Kick, Nick Lowery. If you are an NFL fan, you must listen in. If you're not an NFL fan, you need to listen in. Nick is a phenomenal man and is so inspirational. Nick !believes we can bring the world closer by embracing the beautiful complexity of the human experience. He believes that each human being is uniquely gifted and can make a unique contribution to bringing us together as human beings first and last. Hall of Fame athlete, Ivy League scholar, 3-time Presidential aide, Author, Poet, Teacher, Philanthropist, even Wall Street Stock draft champion, Nick transcends athlete stereotypes. Nick has been featured on ABC’s 20/20, World News Tonight, Nightline with Ted Koppel, HBO’s Inside the NFL, David Letterman twice, MSNBC, CNBC, Sports Illustrated, the Washington Post and the New York Times. With a Harvard Masters, Nick worked during his career in the off-seasons for President Reagan in Drug Abuse Policy, and for both President George HW Bush and President Bill Clinton in the White House Office of National Service, helping launch both the Points of Light Foundation and Americorps,the domestic Peace Corps dedicated to inspiring generations of young people in service to their country. Nick was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2009 as the most accurate kicker in NFL History, the Chiefs All-Time leading Scorer, and with the most field goals in NFL History when he retired from the NFL. Nick founded Champions for the Homeless 17 years ago, supporting St. Vincent De Paul homeless shelter, comprising 61 celebrity volunteer events that bring a human face to the homeless in Phoenix, and featured on “Something Good” on Arizona Family’s Good Morning Arizona recently. (https://www.azfamily.com/.../champions-homeless-give.../ ). Just this past 2 weeks, Nick helped bring 100 Ukrainian Jewish refugees from Poland to a new home in Israel, working with Christians United for Israel, (CUFI). Nick is the brand ambassador for COPA Health, focusing on mental health awareness. He is now the Brand Ambassador for Alzheimers Treatment Centers of America (ATCA), a watershed in the comprehensive treatment of Alzheimers, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, including CTE. Nick is featured 3 times in the recent movie "Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy". He is also the Brand Ambassador for El Bandido Yankee Tequila, featured just last month in Forbes Magazine. Nick;s Champions for the Homeless was recognized at the Super Bowl this year, and in 2019, Nick was presented the Steinberg-DeNicola Super Bowl Humanitarian Award by legendary agent Leigh Steinberg and 2 times Super Bowl Champion Patrick Mahomes. A Cancer survivor, Nick was also chosen for the American Cancer Society’s Pillar of Excellence Award, the Arizona Interfaith Movements’ Lifetime Achievement Golden Rule Award, and was the 2019 CNBC Stock Draft Winner (beating the previous year’s winner, Sharktanks’s “Mr. Wonderful” Kevin O’Leary, by 40%!). Nick was featured nationally on Fox News’ Faulkner Focus for making Phoenix the first city in the country to provide free Covid testing for the homeless in April of 2020. National Awards: Nick was 5 times NFL Man of the Year for both the Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets. He is the winner of the NFL Player Association’s foremost Humanitarian award, the Justice Byron Whizzer White award, the US Jaycees’ TOYA “Ten Outstanding Young Americans Award” (won by Elvis and JFK), and the National Community Service Award from United Cerebral Palsy for his work with disabled and at-risk youth.
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