Dallas Cowboy Jason Witten receives award from Dallas women’s shelter

Star Dallas Cowboy tight end Jason Witten, who founded the SCORE Foundation to help abused children, has received an award from the Dallas-based women’s shelter The Family Place for making domestic violence a community issue and not just a women’s issue.

He received the “Man of Distinction” award last month at the shelter’s annual Trailblazer awards luncheon for launching the Jason Witten SCOREkeepers program, a unique initiative placing full-time, trained male mentors in battered women’s shelters throughout Texas.

According to the Foundation’s website:

“The mentors seek to demonstrate positive male behavior to the children living in these shelters in an effort to break the cycle of violence that plagues families affected by abuse. 

With the help of a generous $100,000 grant from the Allstate Foundation, Jason Witten’s SCORE Foundation has placed SCOREkeepers in six shelters across the Lone Star State – The Family Place (Dallas), SafeHaven (Fort Worth), Family Violence Prevention Services (San Antonio), New Beginning Center (Garland), Denton County Friends of the Family (Denton Co.) and Safe Place (Austin).

He also routinely hosts children from these shelters for special events like Christmas parties, bowling outings and trips to Cowboys training camp.”

He was also featured in a TV psa produced by the Allstate Foundation.

Other finalists for the award were Dallas County Family Violence Court Judge Roberto Canas and our own attorney and legal columnist John Browning, who is a board member of the Lillian Smith Family Violence Foundation.

Watch Dallas Cowboy Jason Witten take kids affected by family violence back-to-school shopping

Here’s a nice video of Dallas Cowboy All-Pro tight-end Jason Witten taking 10 children affected by domestic violence back-to-school shopping. His SCORE Foundation and The Family Place partnered with Academy Sports.

When Witten was a child, he regularly witnessed his father inflict physical and verbal abuse upon his family.

To see the video posted at the SCORE Foundation website click here.

Dallas Cowboy starts non-profit to help families affected by domestic violence

Dallas Cowboy Jason Witten

This news might be a bit old, but I suspect that many have not heard that Dallas Cowboys’ All-Pro tight end Jason Witten launched a non-profit organization last December to help families affected by family violence.

Called the Jason Witten SCORE Foundation – SCORE stands for Support, Community, Overcome, Rebuild, Educate – the first event benefited 30 families from The Family Place, the largest women’s shelter in Dallas.

Although Witten has been named Cowboys “Man of the Year”for his off-the-field work and was heavily involved in all of the team’s charitable functions, apparently his real passion is aiding family violence victims – especially abused children.

As a child, Witten regularly witnessed his father inflict verbal and physical violence upon his family.

To read more about this, click on this Dallas Morning News story.

For more information about his SCORE Foundation, visit the website, www.jasonwitten82.com.

Glad to see that a Cowboys Man of the Year is helping our cause!