{"id":18022,"date":"2025-01-10T03:51:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T03:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=18022"},"modified":"2025-01-10T03:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T03:51:46","slug":"travis-kelce-sends-emotional-message-after-chiefs-star-wins-prestigious-charity-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=18022","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce SENDS EMOTIONAL Message After Chiefs Star WINS Prestigious CHARITY AWARD!.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Travis Kelce<\/span>\u00a0has delivered a heartfelt message after the\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Kansas<\/span>\u00a0City Chiefs star won a $35,000 donation to his 87 and Running foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Chiefs tight end was announced as Nationwide&#8217;s 2024 Charity Challenge winner on Wednesday morning, securing the lucrative donation in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And the 35-year-old swiftly responded thanking the Chiefs fans who voted for his organization to come out on top.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Chiefs kingdom! What&#8217;s going on everybody?&#8217; Kelce said. &#8216;I just wanted to give a big shoutout to the kingdom on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I heard that we won the Walter Peyton Charity Challenge on social media and you know, I always got faith in the kingdom to show up and show out and support theirs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Just another reason why I love you guys. Let&#8217;s go get it in the playoffs though man, I&#8217;ll see you guys up at Arrowhead.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"ql-video\" src=\"https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2025\/01\/08\/3311697159288172979\/1024x576_MP4_3311697159288172979.mp4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/08\/18\/93881089-14255605-image-m-2_1736361005417.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Kelce sent a message to Chiefs fans after winning a charity award on Wednesday\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Travis Kelce sent a message to Chiefs fans after winning a charity award on Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-739402bf3ca74038\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/08\/18\/93867615-14255605-image-a-3_1736361033044.jpg\" alt=\"Kelce's 87 and Running Foundation focuses on helping underprivileged children\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Kelce&#8217;s 87 and Running Foundation focuses on helping underprivileged children<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His foundation, which Kelce started in 2015, focuses on helping disadvantaged kids with education and community resources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 87 and Running website says it looks out to help &#8216;underserved youth strive to become productive citizens by mentoring and motivating them&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Kelce and his Chiefs team, meanwhile, are currently gearing up to target an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl triumph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They have a bye week after\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">securing the AFC&#8217;s No. 1 seed<\/span>\u00a0so will sit out and rest up this weekend, but will play the winner of the Los Angeles Chargers vs Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking on his New Heights podcast on Wednesday alongside his brother Jason, Kelce\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">hit back at claims the Chiefs deliberately lost<\/span>\u00a0their last game of the season to keep a resurgent Cincinnati Bengals out of the postseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We didn&#8217;t f***ing throw any game,&#8217; Kelce said. &#8216;I ain&#8217;t scared of f***ing nobody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I wanted them in the playoffs, I want to slay every dragon one by one like Mortal Kombat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I don&#8217;t even want this to be like &#8220;we play the lowest seeds&#8221;. Just give me the best teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;AFC, NFC, give me all of them. Mortal Kombat style. I&#8217;ll go through every f***ing one of them just giving my best effort. I ain&#8217;t scared of a single soul.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"connatix-wrapper\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Kelce\u00a0has delivered a heartfelt message after the\u00a0Kansas\u00a0City Chiefs star won a $35,000 donation to his 87 and Running foundation. 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