Brock Purdy Gifts Cars to Military Families Facing Pediatric Illness
Military service members and their families, struggling with medical bills for their kids, are starting the new year a little brighter. Brock Purdy, the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and an outspoken Christian, gave veterans and families with children battling pediatric illness Christmas gifts that included jerseys, game tickets, footballs and brand-new Toyotas topped with large red bows.
Purdy is in his fourth year in the league and is widely considered one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks, having guided the 49ers to two NFC Championship appearances and a Super Bowl berth. Toyota released a video showing Purdy presenting the gifts to the families and expressing gratitude for their strength and perseverance.
“We appreciate every single one of you guys sitting here and for what you guys have done and what you guys stand for,” he told the families. “We look up to you just for your fight and your courage — we appreciate all of you guys.”
Each family received goody bags with a ball and the specially designed rivalry jerseys the 49ers will wear in the regular season finale against the Seattle Seahawks. Each family also received tickets to the game, an announcement that drew cheers from the crowd.
But the giving didn’t end there. Purdy guided the families outside, where he revealed each of them would receive a new car. “We just wanted to help you all out as best we could,” he said.
One attendee, a military veteran who had been deployed three times , expressed disbelief at the moment. “I didn’t know what to expect, and then the surprises just kept on going and going,” he said.
Toyota also will make the vehicles wheelchair accessible for families who need it.. ”Thank you for giving us encouragement and motivation to keep going in life,” Purdy told one child in a wheelchair.
Purdy openly expresses his Christian faith and introduces himself on his social media pages as “Believer in Christ” and “Follower of Christ.”
“I’ve never been the biggest, the fastest, the strongest or any of that,” he said in an earlier interview. “I feel like I’ve always sort of had to fight for what I get and work for what I get. But God’s always given me an opportunity, whether that was in high school, college and then obviously in the NFL I put my faith and trust in him, and he’s gotten me where I am.”
The popular quarterback also gifted his teammates new Rolex watches.
–Alan Goforth
