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NFLer Kaepernick Donates to Local Charities

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Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and current NFL free agent, Colin Kaepernick, is still putting in work. His Kaepernick’s Foundation donated $100,000 to New York Charities, including DREAM, the Coalition for The Homeless, War on Children, and United We Dream groups on Sept. 7. In August, the foundation gave $33,000 to the Lower East Side Girls Club.

The foundation also gave $34,000 to rapper and St. John’s alum J.Cole’s non-profit group Dreamville (also the name of his record label), and another $33,000 to Queens-based 100 Suits for 100 Men.

Kaepernick pledged last year to donate $1,000,000 to charities around the nation, documential the total coast of each contribution on his website.