{"id":5536,"date":"2024-11-28T09:30:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T09:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5536"},"modified":"2024-11-28T09:30:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T09:30:40","slug":"baltimore-ravens-kyle-hamilton-wears-his-heart-on-his-feet-and-shows-support-for-military-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5536","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens\u2019 Kyle Hamilton wears his heart on his feet and shows support for military children!"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"mh3-m mb3 mb3-plus8-ns ph3 ph0-l article-info\">\n<hr class=\"bg-medium-gray\" \/>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-container\">\n<article id=\"article-text\" class=\"b--medium-gray br ph3-m mb3 mb4-m mb4-plus8-l\">\n<div class=\"article-storyline\">\n<div class=\"inline-image bg-lightest-gray align-center landscape-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb2-plus4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/incoming\/g7m6wa-cleats1.jpg\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_910\/Cleats1.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore Ravens\u2019 safety player Kyle Hamilton unboxes the \u201cOur Military Kids\u201d cleats for the first time\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption bg-lightest-gray\">\n<p class=\"default-font lh-default ma0 mh3 mt0 pb3\">Baltimore Ravens\u2019 safety player Kyle Hamilton unboxes the \u201cOur Military Kids\u201d cleats for the first time on Nov. 26, 2024 as part of this NFL season\u2019s \u201cMy Cause My Cleats\u201d campaign. He will be wearing the cleats during the Ravens\u2019 game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 1, 2024. (USAA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"AfterEffectTrinityAudio\">\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Baltimore Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton wears his heart on his feet with cleats designed to show support for military children as part of this NFL season\u2019s\u00a0\u201cMy Cause My Cleats\u201d\u00a0campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">During weeks 13 and 14 of the NFL season, \u201cMy Cause My Cleats\u201d gives players the opportunity to pick a cause that is important to them and represent their chosen organization on custom designed cleats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">The cleats, designed by\u00a0Marcus Rivero from Soles by Sir, were unveiled to Hamilton on Tuesday morning for the first time. Hamilton will be wearing his custom cleats on Sunday\u2019s game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Baltimore, Md.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssslideshow\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"gallery\" aria-label=\"article photos\">\n<div class=\"sss\">\n<div class=\"ssslide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n<div class=\"inline-image bg-lightest-gray align- landscape-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb2-plus4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/incoming\/l1f0w2-cleats3.jpg\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_910\/Cleats3.jpg\" alt=\"The custom designed \u201cOur Military Kids\u201d cleats are unveiled\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption bg-lightest-gray\">\n<p class=\"default-font lh-default ma0 mh3 mt0 pb3\">The custom designed \u201cOur Military Kids\u201d cleats are unveiled on Nov. 26, 2024. Baltimore Ravens\u2019 safety player Kyle Hamilton will be wearing the cleats during the Ravens\u2019 game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 1, 2024. (USAA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">\u201cI\u2019ve always had an utmost respect for the military and military families as well,\u201d said Hamilton. \u201cThe military is underappreciated in a sense &#8230; what they do on a daily basis &#8230; here and abroad &#8230; they keep us free, and keep us able to play football or whatever that may be &#8230; .\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Hamilton partnered with USAA, an official\u00a0Salute to Service\u00a0partner of the Baltimore Ravens, to honor\u00a0Our Military Kids, an organization that recognizes the sacrifices, and offers grants to children of deployed, or combat-injured service members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">\u201c&#8230;We pay for their extra-curricular activities during a time that\u2019s pretty stressful to have mom or dad gone on deployment or recovering from combat injuries,\u201d said Kara Dallman in an Instagram video, Executive Director of Our Military Kids.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" title=\"instagram\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DC1yrV4Od9S\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=772&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com&amp;rp=%2Fnfl%2Fravens%2Fnews%2Fbaltimore-ravens-kyle-hamilton-supporting-important-cause-special-way#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1200.6000000238419%2C%22ls%22%3A598.2000000476837%2C%22le%22%3A755%7D\" height=\"680\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-uw-rm-iframe=\"gn\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">One cleat honors Our Military Kids, dedicated with the organization\u2019s logo and a picture of kids playing together. The other cleat honors the different branches of the military with logos of each service\u2019s name. The quote \u2018Keep Going,\u2019 a phrase used by the team to encourage grit and perseverance, is also printed on the cleats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">USAA helped Hamilton put his cause into action by coordinating a surprise for several local military kids from the Baltimore area on Oct. 14 at the Ravens\u2019 practice facility. The kids, ages 7 to 14, spent about an hour playing football and basketball with Hamilton. He said he had fun seeing all the competition between the kids that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">\u201cOnce we got to the football field, they were competing with each other a lot &#8230; it reminded them that we [NFL players] are just normal guys at the end of the day,\u201d said Hamilton.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex center mb4 ad-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"TrinityAudioID\" class=\"trinityAudioPlaceholder storyline-p\">\n<div class=\"article-storyline\">\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Hamilton does not have any personal military background, but his grandfather is an Army veteran. His mom was raised as a military child who lived in South Korea and several military bases across the United States. From being exposed to his mom\u2019s upbringing, Hamilton understands the unique challenges military children face throughout their lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Hamilton has a\u00a0previous history of giving back to military families and plans to continue finding ways to give back to them with youth camps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore Ravens\u2019 safety player Kyle Hamilton unboxes the \u201cOur Military Kids\u201d cleats for the first time on Nov. 26, 2024 as part of this NFL season\u2019s \u201cMy&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Baltimore Ravens\u2019 Kyle Hamilton wears his heart on his feet and shows support for military children! 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