Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward is donating $100,000 to the University of Chicago to help begin a COVID-19 contact tracing program on the South Side and to aid financially strapped health care workers who treat victims of the coronavirus.
Half the money Heyward is donating will go toward helping the University of Chicago set up a team that will begin contact tracing on the South Side, a program aimed at containing the virus. The practice involves tracing, notifying and monitoring those who have come in contact with people infected with COVID-19 to encourage self-quarantines and potentially limit the spread of the virus.