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| Tim Tebow, Quarterback (QB) Denver Broncos |
Tim Tebow Fast Facts:
Born: August 14, 1987
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 245 lbs.
Age: 24
Awards and Achievements:
- First Round NFL Draft pick 2010
- Winner, Two NCAA National Football Championships
- First-ever sophomore to win the Heisman trophy
- Winner, Davey O'Brien award as the nation's (USA) best college QB
- Two-time winner, Maxwell award as the nation's (USA) top college football player
- Winner, James Sullivan Award as the nation's (USA) most outstanding amateur athlete in any sport
Early years
Tebow was born in Makati City in the Philippines, to American parents who were serving as Baptist missionaries
at the time. His mother, Pamela Elaine (née Pemberton), is the daughter
of a U.S. Army colonel, and his father, Robert Ramsey Tebow II, is a
pastor. While pregnant, his mother suffered a life-threatening infection with a pathogenic amoeba. Because of the drugs used to rouse her from a coma and to treat her dysentery, the fetus experienced a severe placental abruption. Doctors had expected a stillbirth and recommended an abortion, even though illegal in the Phillipines, to protect her life, but she decided not to have one.
Philanthropic work
Tebow envisioned a foundation to give back to others during his college career, and he, along with other University of Florida students, created First and 15. Through this organization, Tebow raised funds for Uncle Dick's Orphanage in the Philippines, founded by his father’s nonprofit association, the Bob Tebow Evangelistic Association. He also raised monies for Shands Hospital pediatric cancer center in Gainesville and a Disney trip for disadvantaged children. Upon graduation from University of Florida, Tebow launched the Tim Tebow Foundation in January 2010.
The Foundation hopes to use the platform Tebow has to bring faith, hope
and love to those who need it. Currently, The Foundation is outreaching
to four projects: the WI5H Program, partnering with CURE to construct a hospital in the Phillipines, Timmy's Playrooms and financial support for Uncle Dick's Orphanage. The WI5H Program is part of the Jacksonville-based wish-granting organization, Dreams Come True. The program aims to bring the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses to life by meeting Tim Tebow. CURE
aims to bring healing throughout the developing world, targeting
children who suffer from physical disabilities. The Tebow Foundation
will partner with CURE to build a hospital in the Phillipines to continue their mission. Timmy's Playroom, an extension of the First and 15 program at University of Florida,
will create playrooms in children's hospital throughout the world.
Uncle Dick's Orphanage will continue to be supported by the Foundation,
as a place where hundreds of children are left homeless or abandoned
every year.
Evangelism
In the Philippines, Tim Tebow preached the Christian Gospel in front of schoolchildren and entire villages and assisted in medical care. Moreover, Tebow supports more than 40 national evangelists working in that nation. In the United States, he has shared his Christian faith in prisons and schools, to church and youth groups, and at meetings and conferences.
Tebow CURE Hospital
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| Tebow Cure Hospital in Davao City, Mindanao |
CURE and the Tebow Foundation announced plans to build a children's hospital in the fall of 2011 in the Philippines, the country where Tebow was born. The Tebow CURE Hospital in Davao City, on the island of Mindanao, will hold 30 beds and will specialize on orthopedics.
Construction begins in January 2012 and is expected to open in
mid-2013. CURE's 12th hospital worldwide, they hope to heal deformities
such as clubfoot, untreated burns, hydrocephalus and other conditions correctable with surgery. The cost of the project, $3 million, will come from donors from CURE
and the Tebow Foundation. The hospital will include a Timmy's Playroom,
which will bring faith, hope and love to the young patients.
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