warrickdunnfoundation.org - 12/20/2007
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About the Warrick Dunn Foundation As the oldest of six, Warrick grew up watching his mother, Betty Smothers, provide for him and his five siblings. As a single mother she worked endless hours as a Baton Rouge police officer and several off-duty jobs to make ends meet. During Warrick s senior year at Catholic high school, his mother s life was taken in the line of duty, leaving him the ...
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If only they were all like Warrick Dunn
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... ”. Since its inception in 1997, the Warrick Dunn Foundation has assisted 74 single parents and 192 children and dependants in getting homes throughout the southeast, from Baton Rouge, La, to Atlanta, Ga, to Tampa, Fla., and now in Tallahassee. ...
FROM THE GREAT WHITE NORTH: WARRICK DUNN, ROLE MODEL
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... and began the Homes for the Holidays program, which honours his mother's unrealized dream of homeownership for single mother families. ...
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... looking to purchase their first homes. He does this to honor his police officer mother who never owned a house. She was shot while working her off-duty security job, and a 17-year-old Dunn along with his grandmother found themselves taking care of his five siblings. To date, his foundation has helped 77 single parents buy their first homes by providing a down payment and home furnishings. (Here's the ...
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