December 1, 2025 • 30 mins
Uchenna, Randall and Eddie join to discuss their foundations, the communities they support and what drives them to do so. They also talk about the December 2nd Toys for Tots drive coming up in Redmond and how YOU can help out your local community.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Justina McIntyre, your host of Seattle Voice, Your
Community Boys, presented by iHeartRadio here in Seattle, and today
I'm thrilled to be joined by a couple of men
who have been doing a ton, both individually and together
in this community. I am joined by former Seattle Seahawks
Randall Morris, who was a running back for your hometown team,
as well as former Seahawks cornerback Eddie McMillan. Gentlemen, thank
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you for joining me today. Very here, Well let's start.
I know I have both of you on at the
same time, so let's start with Randall. I know you
have your own foundation as well. Why don't you introduce
yourself to the audience.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I'm Randall Morris, like you just mentioned, I'm a former
Seattle Seahawk, detroit lyon also Los Angeles Raiders. I have
a foundation, it's called the Randall Morris Foundation, which we
support youth and families and communities by provided, you know,
providing financial aid and scholarships for the youth. Basically, in
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a nutshell, we're just trying to help those that are
less fortunate than ourselves.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Is always astounding to me how many people in our
athletic community here in Seattle do so much to give back.
Now we'll get more into that app obviously, Eddie, why
don't you introduce yourself to the audience as well.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yeah, my name is Adim Nolan. Actually I'm kind of
dating myself. I'm actually one of the first captains on
the original Seahawk team. I also play with. I also
play with the hated Los Angeles Rams, and I hope
you guys will hold that against me as well as
the Buffalo deals. And now and then, in partnership with
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my partner Shelley Grant, and we basically own a company
called CEC Sports Marketing. And basically with CEC Sports Marketing
has done for the last twelve years is we've worked
with current and former athletes, working with them putting together
the autograph session, speaking engagements, personal appearances, camps and those things.
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So we've had a long association with the Random Morris
Foundation as well as some of the other foundations. And
one of the things that Randall and I talk about
and we shared is that you have to be a
good steward of your blessings and Randal and that both
was fortunate enough to be blessed to pay professional football
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and go on after football to have a successful career.
So this is one of the reasons why we got
together and said, hey, why can't we do some things.
So basically that's what CEC does. We work the current
and former athletes. And also I should mention Randold is
also president of the NFL Alumni Association and I myself
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a vice president. And basically that's an association of all
of the former players that live in.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
The Greater Seattle area and they.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Also are involved in a lot of charitable activities and
events that we participate in.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Wonderful Again, this is Seattle Voye presented by iHeartRadio here
in Seattle and justin then mcinty are doing by Randall
Morris and Eddie McMillan. So let's dig a little bit
into the random's moral Randall Morris Foundation. Excuse me, I
know that Randall you had described working with the youth.
Can you just get into some specifics and how Eddie
has helped you with that?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Oh wow, CEC have been just a god sind There's
so many things that we do. I think Eddie mentioned
earlier that we just had a backpack giveaway to all
the youth in our community. And one thing about the
Randall Morris Foundation, we are very committed to making positive
changes in our community where we live, work and play.
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So CEC have joined us in so many different activities
that it really made things a lot easier for the
Randall Morris Foundation.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
And Eddie, would you like to elaborate on that.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Yeah, one of.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
The things that we do to be able to do
this as we go out and we actually ask for
donations from companies and organizations to be able to facilitate
things like football.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Camps, backpack giveaways.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Uh, toy giveaways, and we'll be talking about the toys approxim.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Just a little bit. Uh.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Randall has a specific organization that that he is is
is passionate about. Uh, it's CEC. We're passionate about Falster Kids.
Nill tell the organization that you're passionate about.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
There's an organization that's called Birthday Dreams, and there's an
organization where kids that have never really have they have
never really had a birthday. And UH, for me, I
think a child not having a birthday it's a travesty.
I think it should be a national holiday for all
children to have a birthday. And uh, over the last
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year we've given out well, we've gave three hundred birthdays
to kids that have never had experience having a birthday.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
So that was that was the organization in which we
give our money to Birthday Dreams.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
That's an amazing one. What was your favorite part about that?
Getting to witness the kids. I don't know if you
actually got to be present for their birthdays or you
just gifted them, but I'm sure you got feedback.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Absolutely, Actually it was on it was on King five.
It was on television where we went out and we
celebrated a birthday to this child, well he's not a
child anymore. He was sixteen, and he had never had
a birthday.
Speaker 6 (05:40):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
And we had the best of time. It was. It
was a great time. You should have seen the smile
on his face was unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
I can imagine I'm going to try to find that
story and our listeners should as well. And I'm sure
there's more information that they can learn about Birthday Dreams
by just searching for it on the internet. And it's
so wonderful that you've partnered with that organization.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
Really wonderful, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
See that so so that that CEC having the opportunity
to partner with foundations like Randalls. They put on the
annual Randall Morris Golf tourner Man as well as the fundraising. UH.
We're able to, as I said before, partner with companies
and cooperations and for collaborations to be able to do this.
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Another thing we do we do football camps.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Uh. This is an example of one.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
We partnered with Marvina and Sean Camp to put on
the Demetrius Debos UH annual football camp in there in
a city. We do it for two reasons. Are you
familiar with who Demetrius the Bulls was?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
It was before my time, but unfamiliar with his name?
Speaker 5 (06:47):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Well, UH, to to bring some some people know what
is but for those who don't. He was an All
American football player at Odey High School the University of
Washington and went on to have a promising career with
the camp of the Buccaneers my hometown. Unfortunately, his career
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was cut short because he was killed. So as a
tribute to him, they put on a Stop the Violence
football camp every year. So what the Random Morris Foundation
is CEC do is we provide the current as well
as former players an opportunity to go into the inner
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city because usually they don't have an opportunity to be
able to talk to professional athletes. But it's not just
about us going down being hero worship. But what we
talk to them about is everybody's not going to be
eighty ncon Millis, everybody's not going to be random Morris.
But that does not mean you cannot be successful. The
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message that we have learned in football, if you can
transfer these lessons into the real world, which is the
game of life, then you can be successful. An example,
I don't like my coach, I don't like my boss,
I don't like my coworker. Hey, I don't like my teammate,
I don't want to go to practice, I don't want
to go to work.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Those kind of things.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
That's the type of discipline that you learn in athletics
as well as being competitive. So these are the kind
of things that we convey the kids. Look, you can
be successful regardless of what you choose to do, but
just have a plan, have goals, and then you can
achieve those Rand. Do you want to add anything to that, Man, I.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Think you hit it dead on the head, Eddie. With
everything you just said, It.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Is absolutely amazing just to hear these stories because you
guys have your hands in all sorts of pockets of
the community. It's not just one thing, and I thank
you both for that. I mean, you know, it's just
one step at a time we can make our community better.
Here again, this is justin then and Tire, your host
of Seattle Voice, your community Voice, presented by iHeartRadio here
in Seattle. And if you want your voice heard, email
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me at Seattle Voice at iHeartMedia dot com. This is
Random Morris and Eddie McMillan joining me here to talk
about everything that they're giving back to the community, not
just one thing. But there is a very special event
coming up on December second, and this is the US
Marines Toys for Tots and Clothing Drive.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Eddie, can you start with describing this for me?
Speaker 3 (09:28):
I assure Ke, I'm glad you asked. You know, every
year for the last twelve years, the CEC, as well
as the Random Morris Foundation, we've partnered with the Marine Corps.
Speaker 4 (09:39):
And you know what the.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Marine Corps basic they were the ones who actually started
the Toys for Tots Foundation and the Toys for Tots
Drive and their basic mission of the Toys for Tots
is basically kids to collect new unwrapped used tours to
distribute to those kids in this advantage areas who economity
can cannot afford them. So once again this year we're
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happy to partner with them to be able to put
on this food draft with the toys going to two foundations,
the Random RRIS Foundations and Lorraine's Place. Now for those,
as I said before earlier CECS, their favorite charity that's close.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
To our heart is Lorraine Place.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
And there's another called Little Riding Academy that basically use
small horses for therapy for kids. And what we do
is we provide athletes for them who have kids that
have disabilities in their family. But back to the Lorraine Place,
basically they're chaable organizations and what they do is their
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mission is too for child placement, adoption, ensuring the basic
necessities like food, clothing and shelter, as well as the
mentorship program kids where they come out of the program
they can be productive people in a productive society. So
those are the two foundations that we're actually working with
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to be able to put this event on. Now, the
Tours for Tot this year's Toys for Tot Christmas. There
aft is being held by one of our sponsors, Bjay's
Restaurant in Blue House, which is located at seventy two
eleven one hundred and sixty sixth Avenue in the Northeast
in Redmond, Washington. Now, at this Toys for Tots, there
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will also be as I said, current and former athletes
which will give you an opportunity to get autographs as
well as photo ops as well as dignitaries. The mayor
from the city as well as other dignitaries out to
help us put on this outstanding event.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
And it sounds amazing because you know, I've read through
it and everything. The event is again on December second,
that is next Tuesday, and besides bringing a new or
unwrapped toy uh and new youth clothing to drop off
at this there's a live and silent auction. And considering
how the Mariner season went this year, some of these
items that will be available in the live auction really
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caught my eye.
Speaker 5 (12:15):
You have game warn.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Cleats by Luis Castillo, signed autograph Louisville Slugger from Juanio Suarez,
and assigned autograph football from Ernest Jones, Josh Joby.
Speaker 5 (12:25):
And Moore.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
I mean, I'm sorry, this this is like a silent
auction for the works right now. I would feel like
I'm at a gala in New York City and you
guys are doing right here in the heart of Redmond.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Now, I'm gonna give you guys a little teaser. Like
I said, they're going to be current and former athletes there.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Brace Jones will be there as well as Ash Yes,
well I'm not gonna kall who else is actually going
to be there. And also as a little teaser, uh.
In the in the auction, we're going to auction off
some of the current and former player which give you
an opportunity where it can come.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
Over to your house and hang out, watch a game.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Or cook you at dinner, or you can go out
to a meal, whatever you decide you want to do
through So please bring your pocketbooks to have a very
worthy cause.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Well yeah, just in time for Christmas, right this is
taking place on December second, So for the sports fan
and your family, you're going to want to show up.
These are once in a lifetime opportunities and gifts that
you could give to that sports fan in your life. Randall,
how long have you been involved in this kind of drive.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Man, I would say, this is my twentieth year wow,
running my foundation. So every year we've done something like this.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
It's pretty cool and I'm sure the reception is unbelievable
when people show up.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Oh wow, Eddie, I mean Eddie, he assembled a nice
lineup for December. Second, it's going to be awesome.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Awesome, you got you guys will know something that's really amazing.
Just in King County and Rode they're over sixty thousand
kids and needs of toys, and we were able to
collect over one hundred and twenty thousand toys last year,
so on an average, we were able to give one,
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you know, each one of these kids to toys. So
our goal this year is to raise get more money,
and get more toys so that we can help more
kids than we did last year. Our goal is always
to be better. As I said before, because rather than
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I've been blessed, we have the opportunity to use this
blessing would pass on and this is the reason why
we do this.
Speaker 5 (14:45):
Yeah, I mean I was going to say that was
spoken like a true athlete. Randall.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Yes, it's all about paying it forward, you know, and
we've been doing that for a while now. I mean,
it's going to be really nice. Hoping that you'll be
able to come out on the second of December to
the Toys for Tots because it's going to be man,
I can't wait. I'm excited about it.
Speaker 6 (15:08):
I really am.
Speaker 5 (15:09):
Well, you sound like it.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
And for those who might not be able to make
it out that night, obviously it's a busy season for
a lot of people. There are tons of people who
would love to contribute in other ways.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
How can they do so? How can they find out
ways to do so?
Speaker 4 (15:22):
Well?
Speaker 3 (15:22):
To go ahead and candle about your foundation?
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Yeah, they can. They can go to www Dot Randall
Morris Foundation dot org and they can they can donate
through our website and that would be fantastic. I really
appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
And what we will have is c who will have
a QR pole for them to be able.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
To go in and to make donations.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
And you know, if you want to be a sponsor,
we kind of sort of put together some really cute
little sponsorship level. We'll have fantists come into town, run Rudolph,
run the Snowman, and also jingle bells. These are the
different sponsorship levels, so you'll be able to click on
the QR re coude and see what sponsor sponsorship level
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that you want to participate in.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
There's something for everyone this holiday season, That's what it
sounds like. So thank you guys so much for all
of this. Is there anything that you would want the
people out there listening to know that I might not
have touched on?
Speaker 3 (16:23):
You know, we talked about a lot of charitable things,
but before we should know, well, we should each tell
one funny story about our football experience.
Speaker 5 (16:37):
I would love that.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
Now random know the story that I'm going to tell.
People always ask what are you really miss about football?
Do you miss the chance of the crowd? Do you
miss the camaraderie and random that I look at each
other and say, no, we missed some big fat kicks every.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Two I knew you was coming with it, and I
knew he was coming with it.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
You know, man, now listen. Randam is from from Long Beach.
I myself is from from Florida. As matter of fact,
my class was actually first black class to go to
Florida State and play football. So I always tease Randall.
I said, Randall, you know why did you lean way
from from California to go to Tennessee. He said, any
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because that's the one who gave.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Me the most money. Oh man, oh god, yeah, So
this is I got.
Speaker 4 (17:41):
This is what happened. This is what happened.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
When you get ball players together. They always tell.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
Me, all right, you got you gotta have a comeback.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Well, I uh. When I was with the Seahawks, I know,
you remember Kurt Warner running back?
Speaker 5 (17:59):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Yeah, So every other Monday we would get our check.
So I was always curious as to what Kurt was making,
how much money he was making. So the guy would
come around, he put the check down on the stool.
So I happened to grab Kurt Warner's check right and
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I said, I said, Kurt, can I look at it?
Speaker 4 (18:22):
Can I?
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Can I see how much it is? And Kurt said, Rendel,
you don't want to see how much it is?
Speaker 3 (18:28):
You do not?
Speaker 2 (18:29):
I said, come on, man, let me see. Let me
just let me see it. He said, I'm telling you, man,
if you open up, you don't want to see how
much I make. Then I said, I asked it one
more time. I said, see it up. I said, let
me see. Let me just open your check. He said,
go ahead, and I opened up the check and I
pulled it out a little bit and I seen all
the zeros and I looked at him. I put the
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check back in the envelope and just put it back
on his stool. He said, I told you you didn't
want to see how much it was unbelievable. I said, Kurt,
your one check is more than I make all year.
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I told you don't want to see.
Speaker 5 (19:19):
Locker room stories. Never get old, guys, they.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Just never get old.
Speaker 5 (19:26):
Oh well, you guys are absolutely lovely. It's awesome to
talk to you again.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
I've been talking to Randall Morris and Eddie McMillan, former
Seahawks and amazing community members here Randall Morris Foundation and CEC,
which Eddie McMillan is a partner of. Thank you so much,
and we hope that everyone can get out there on
December second. Remember that is at Bjay's Restaurant in Redmond
five two eight pm on December second. Just bring some
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clothing and some choice for some kids who need them
this holiday season. Guys, I hope you have have the
loveliest of holiday seasons, and we'll touch base again in
the future.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Thank you so much, thanks for having its time.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Again, that was an amazing conversation with both Randall and Eddie.
And now I have the pleasure of being joined by
number seven on the field at number one in your
hearts linebacker for your Seattle Seahawks.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Channa Nuoso, Channa. Thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 6 (20:22):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 5 (20:23):
Yeah, this is great.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
I know they mentioned your name several times in what
you're doing for the toy Drive, but you were born
in California, played college football at USA, drafted to a
California team and the Chargers, and now you continue to
impact the community around you here in Seattle.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
What drives you to continue doing that?
Speaker 7 (20:43):
I just feel like it's my place to be able
to give back. You know, so much was given to
me when I was younger, so I know the opportunity
that it can provide to children, especially youth. So that's
what I try to do, you know, I try to
be able to go through into different comunity, you.
Speaker 6 (21:01):
Know, be a lie, you know, be a leader, you know,
be a role model to these kids.
Speaker 7 (21:05):
You know, I know how powerful it is to have
someone like me, you know, in their lives, someone they
can reach out to.
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Someone they can look up to and you know, be
inspiration to them.
Speaker 7 (21:15):
So anywhere I go, whether it's back home in California,
here in Seattle, that's what I try to be an
inspiration to the kids.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
So well, I think that's absolutely amazing that Jenna nuro
Series joining me here on Seattle Voice, your Community Voice
presented by iHeartRadio here in Seattle. And is there something
from your past, maybe someone who impacted you that way,
or any other reason you chose or felt the need
to give back.
Speaker 7 (21:39):
Yeah, It's always been instilled for me from when I
was younger. My father and my mother they've always you know,
told me to, you know, always pay it forward, you know,
be kind, you know, help others because in the end,
you know, it'll pay you back tenfold. And the payment
I get back is seeing a smile on kids' faces,
seeing that, you know, success that they have, and as
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they get older, you know, seeing at the path how
you know it might be rough when it first starts,
when they come out with light at the end of
the tunnel, and they be come on to be amazing people,
whether that's in sports or in just you know.
Speaker 6 (22:13):
Everyday life.
Speaker 7 (22:14):
So you know, that's what I try to do and
it's been something that's been instilled to me since I
was a kid through.
Speaker 6 (22:20):
My mother and father.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Well, it sounds like you have an absolutely wonderful family,
So thank you for sharing that and appreciate your joining
me here today. You have something special coming up next Tuesday.
But let's talk a little bit about you and you
know you here in Seattle. You are doing something amazing
here in Seattle. I know you said whatever community you
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would be in, but you are relatively new compared to
the amount of time you spent in California to our
state of Washington and the city of Seattle. What have
you noticed about those who get back here.
Speaker 7 (22:53):
I've noticed that it's very it's very organic how people
do things here.
Speaker 6 (22:58):
I see a lot of people just donating.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
Their time, you know, just being around, you know, having
smiles on their faces, doing anything they can to help
the community.
Speaker 6 (23:09):
And that's just something I've.
Speaker 7 (23:10):
Learned my time being here. You know how to go
about it. What are the you know, different places I
can help out, you know who needs you know who
needs what the most, and you know that That's what
I've kind of noticed, you know, just just following the
leaders here that I've done it before me and you know,
taking their advice and you know, just just trying to
incorporate into my own way and you know, any way
I can try to get back to the city has
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given so much to me my time here in Seattle's
that's what I'm aimed to do.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Well, it's wonderful to have you in our community. We
very much appreciate having you here on and off the field.
But let's talk about this toy drive we have coming up.
It's a special event going on December second from five
to eight pm at BJ's Restaurant in brew House and Redmond, Washington.
And so there's a lot I know that you have
some teammates here that are going and the guys that
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I just talked to let me know that Ernest Jones
and yourself are going to be participating, and there are
some secret people that might show up. So we can't
let the cat out of the bag on that one.
But it is a local military US Marines who are
hosting the Toys for Tops and the Loreenes Place drive,
and that is a Foster Placement Agency benefit.
Speaker 5 (24:22):
So that is also at seven two.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
One one one sixty sixth AF Northeast in Redmond, Washington.
What was the inspiration behind you getting involved in this drive.
Speaker 7 (24:33):
Well, because it kind of, well not kind of, it
does actually you know, kind of go hand to hand
with my foundation and to where it's where it can
inspire the youth. You know, anything you can have to
put smiles on kids' faces, especially during this time, the holidays,
where a lot of a lot of these families you know,
really can't afford gets for their child, you know, so
we try to be that helping hand to the community,
you know, put smiles on everyone's faces for the holidays,
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you know what the holidays can be, and just be
able to be a light. You know, kids are getting
toys that they might not be getting from their parents
and or your parents can some grab something and surprise
these kids.
Speaker 6 (25:05):
So that's really what brought me to it is just
that seeing the mission was, you know, just.
Speaker 7 (25:12):
Inspire families and put smiles on kids' faces during the holidays.
You know that anything I can you know, do good
for the youth, That's what I'm all about.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Yeah, it really does seem to be a common thread
with everything that you're saying.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
It's really special.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
But another thing that you mentioned too was the parents
being able to not have to show that they can't
give their kids Christmas. I do the Secret Santas with
a couple of different foundations where I shop and it's
totally anonymous, and the kids get gifts from their parents
instead of thinking that I got donated. And I'm sure
that would that means something special to you when you're
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able to do that for parents.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
Absolutely absolutely, you know, like like I said before, you know,
the holidays that I know, they can get rough, but
I've been one of those holidays where I haven't got
what I wanted for Christmas, and you know, sometimes you
got to go through that. But hopefully, you know, do
this toys for talks, you know, with.
Speaker 6 (26:04):
The Marines and everybody, we can avoid.
Speaker 7 (26:06):
Those situations for parents that you know are struggling or
you know might not have you know, habit to be
able to provide for the children. You know, that's where
we come in and be able to be that be
able to provide for those kids and those families, and
that's what it's all about.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
That is what it's all about, especially during this giving season,
and it's it's amazing that you have experienced the other
side of it as well. Where you know, you don't
get what you want for Christmas, but you know, it
just feels so good to give back. And it sounds
like your family obviously has instilled that in you. But
I want to talk about your foundation as well, because
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it goes well beyond this one event.
Speaker 5 (26:41):
Can you tell us a little bit about it?
Speaker 7 (26:44):
Yeah, New Gennerm, the Wolves Who's Foundation, pretty much just
everything I've explained before, just empowering the youth in any
way possible. I do a lot of things here in
Seattle as well as back in my hometown in California.
You know, I try to do you know, youth football
camps every year. I usually have about three hundred kids
come out for that, you know, volunteering my time, my
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boys and girls clubs. I've you know, donated reading corners
to be able to give you know, the kids there
boys and girls club the opportunity to get education. My
biggest and most proud of this moment is being able
to you know, donate back to my local high school.
You know, it's given me so much, and build an
athletic training facility on campus and hire a full time
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athletic trainer, because I know how important that can be
for the student athletes, you know, to be successful. So
you just a couple of things there, and you know,
things I do here in Seattle as far as you know,
Halloween hangouts at the Seattle Children's Hospital that I've done,
I've done, you know, coach drives with with foster kids.
I have a code drive coming up on December sixteenth
at the YMC and C Tech where I'll be handing
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out coats and you know, for just for the you know,
families in the community. You know, it gets cold here
and see how that I've learned so being able to
have coaches provided for them. And you know, I've just
done a little stuff there and here and there. I'll just
continue to do things as long as I'm here in Seattle.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Well, nothing's little, Jenna, So thank you so much for
all of that that you do. And I think that
the little things do add up to a lot of
big things. And so you have some teammates that are
participating as well. I know that you're relatively new here
compared to the time that you've spent elsewhere. Who has
inspired you here in Seattle?
Speaker 7 (28:23):
It's more it's mainly some old, older guys like the
legends that have come back and talked to us.
Speaker 6 (28:30):
I've talked to.
Speaker 7 (28:30):
Them a lot, Guys like Cliff Averell and Richard Sherman
and Michael Bennett.
Speaker 6 (28:36):
You know, I talked to those guys a lot. Those
are those are big community guys.
Speaker 7 (28:39):
Too, So Doug Barr was another one, Javon Curse, Tyler Lockett,
like those are like big community guys.
Speaker 6 (28:45):
So Bobby Wagner as well.
Speaker 7 (28:47):
So I've definitely had great conversations with those guys and
you know, kind of leaned on them for advice and
you know, and ideas, and you know, they give me
heads up about you know, what where, what else I
should help with and what communities can use what. So
those those are really very powerful people that I really
enjoy getting to know as I'm here at Seattle and
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their legends and the leagues, and you know, I've done
a lot of things, so I'll try to think their
brains for a lot of different information and they've helped
me a lot.
Speaker 5 (29:16):
I love to hear that.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
And I've had half of the guys that you mentioned
on this very show, and that's because they are amazing
community members. Well, I want to wish you the happiest
of Thanksgivings, the happiest of holiday seasons, and it is
so awesome to have you on this show. And I
love how much you are embracing the Seattle community and
everything that you are contributing to it.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
So thank you, Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Three amazing contributors both on and off the field in
our community here in Seattle, and Randall Morris, Eddie McMillan
and new Shanna Nuosu. Thank you for listening to Seattle Voice.
My name is jessin then MacIntyre and if you want
your voice heard, email me at Seattle Voice at iHeartMedia
dot com
This is Justina McIntyre, your host of Seattle Voice, Your
Community Boys, presented by iHeartRadio here in Seattle, and today
I'm thrilled to be joined by a couple of men
who have been doing a ton, both individually and together
in this community. I am joined by former Seattle Seahawks
Randall Morris, who was a running back for your hometown team,
as well as former Seahawks cornerback Eddie McMillan. Gentlemen, thank
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you for joining me today. Very here, Well let's start.
I know I have both of you on at the
same time, so let's start with Randall. I know you
have your own foundation as well. Why don't you introduce
yourself to the audience.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I'm Randall Morris, like you just mentioned, I'm a former
Seattle Seahawk, detroit lyon also Los Angeles Raiders. I have
a foundation, it's called the Randall Morris Foundation, which we
support youth and families and communities by provided, you know,
providing financial aid and scholarships for the youth. Basically, in
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a nutshell, we're just trying to help those that are
less fortunate than ourselves.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Is always astounding to me how many people in our
athletic community here in Seattle do so much to give back.
Now we'll get more into that app obviously, Eddie, why
don't you introduce yourself to the audience as well.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yeah, my name is Adim Nolan. Actually I'm kind of
dating myself. I'm actually one of the first captains on
the original Seahawk team. I also play with. I also
play with the hated Los Angeles Rams, and I hope
you guys will hold that against me as well as
the Buffalo deals. And now and then, in partnership with
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my partner Shelley Grant, and we basically own a company
called CEC Sports Marketing. And basically with CEC Sports Marketing
has done for the last twelve years is we've worked
with current and former athletes, working with them putting together
the autograph session, speaking engagements, personal appearances, camps and those things.
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So we've had a long association with the Random Morris
Foundation as well as some of the other foundations. And
one of the things that Randall and I talk about
and we shared is that you have to be a
good steward of your blessings and Randal and that both
was fortunate enough to be blessed to pay professional football
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and go on after football to have a successful career.
So this is one of the reasons why we got
together and said, hey, why can't we do some things.
So basically that's what CEC does. We work the current
and former athletes. And also I should mention Randold is
also president of the NFL Alumni Association and I myself
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a vice president. And basically that's an association of all
of the former players that live in.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
The Greater Seattle area and they.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Also are involved in a lot of charitable activities and
events that we participate in.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Wonderful Again, this is Seattle Voye presented by iHeartRadio here
in Seattle and justin then mcinty are doing by Randall
Morris and Eddie McMillan. So let's dig a little bit
into the random's moral Randall Morris Foundation. Excuse me, I
know that Randall you had described working with the youth.
Can you just get into some specifics and how Eddie
has helped you with that?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Oh wow, CEC have been just a god sind There's
so many things that we do. I think Eddie mentioned
earlier that we just had a backpack giveaway to all
the youth in our community. And one thing about the
Randall Morris Foundation, we are very committed to making positive
changes in our community where we live, work and play.
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So CEC have joined us in so many different activities
that it really made things a lot easier for the
Randall Morris Foundation.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
And Eddie, would you like to elaborate on that.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Yeah, one of.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
The things that we do to be able to do
this as we go out and we actually ask for
donations from companies and organizations to be able to facilitate
things like football.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Camps, backpack giveaways.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Uh, toy giveaways, and we'll be talking about the toys approxim.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Just a little bit. Uh.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Randall has a specific organization that that he is is
is passionate about. Uh, it's CEC. We're passionate about Falster Kids.
Nill tell the organization that you're passionate about.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
There's an organization that's called Birthday Dreams, and there's an
organization where kids that have never really have they have
never really had a birthday. And UH, for me, I
think a child not having a birthday it's a travesty.
I think it should be a national holiday for all
children to have a birthday. And uh, over the last
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year we've given out well, we've gave three hundred birthdays
to kids that have never had experience having a birthday.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
So that was that was the organization in which we
give our money to Birthday Dreams.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
That's an amazing one. What was your favorite part about that?
Getting to witness the kids. I don't know if you
actually got to be present for their birthdays or you
just gifted them, but I'm sure you got feedback.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Absolutely, Actually it was on it was on King five.
It was on television where we went out and we
celebrated a birthday to this child, well he's not a
child anymore. He was sixteen, and he had never had
a birthday.
Speaker 6 (05:40):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
And we had the best of time. It was. It
was a great time. You should have seen the smile
on his face was unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
I can imagine I'm going to try to find that
story and our listeners should as well. And I'm sure
there's more information that they can learn about Birthday Dreams
by just searching for it on the internet. And it's
so wonderful that you've partnered with that organization.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
Really wonderful, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
See that so so that that CEC having the opportunity
to partner with foundations like Randalls. They put on the
annual Randall Morris Golf tourner Man as well as the fundraising. UH.
We're able to, as I said before, partner with companies
and cooperations and for collaborations to be able to do this.
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Another thing we do we do football camps.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Uh. This is an example of one.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
We partnered with Marvina and Sean Camp to put on
the Demetrius Debos UH annual football camp in there in
a city. We do it for two reasons. Are you
familiar with who Demetrius the Bulls was?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
It was before my time, but unfamiliar with his name?
Speaker 5 (06:47):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Well, UH, to to bring some some people know what
is but for those who don't. He was an All
American football player at Odey High School the University of
Washington and went on to have a promising career with
the camp of the Buccaneers my hometown. Unfortunately, his career
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was cut short because he was killed. So as a
tribute to him, they put on a Stop the Violence
football camp every year. So what the Random Morris Foundation
is CEC do is we provide the current as well
as former players an opportunity to go into the inner
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city because usually they don't have an opportunity to be
able to talk to professional athletes. But it's not just
about us going down being hero worship. But what we
talk to them about is everybody's not going to be
eighty ncon Millis, everybody's not going to be random Morris.
But that does not mean you cannot be successful. The
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message that we have learned in football, if you can
transfer these lessons into the real world, which is the
game of life, then you can be successful. An example,
I don't like my coach, I don't like my boss,
I don't like my coworker. Hey, I don't like my teammate,
I don't want to go to practice, I don't want
to go to work.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Those kind of things.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
That's the type of discipline that you learn in athletics
as well as being competitive. So these are the kind
of things that we convey the kids. Look, you can
be successful regardless of what you choose to do, but
just have a plan, have goals, and then you can
achieve those Rand. Do you want to add anything to that, Man, I.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Think you hit it dead on the head, Eddie. With
everything you just said, It.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Is absolutely amazing just to hear these stories because you
guys have your hands in all sorts of pockets of
the community. It's not just one thing, and I thank
you both for that. I mean, you know, it's just
one step at a time we can make our community better.
Here again, this is justin then and Tire, your host
of Seattle Voice, your community Voice, presented by iHeartRadio here
in Seattle. And if you want your voice heard, email
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me at Seattle Voice at iHeartMedia dot com. This is
Random Morris and Eddie McMillan joining me here to talk
about everything that they're giving back to the community, not
just one thing. But there is a very special event
coming up on December second, and this is the US
Marines Toys for Tots and Clothing Drive.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Eddie, can you start with describing this for me?
Speaker 3 (09:28):
I assure Ke, I'm glad you asked. You know, every
year for the last twelve years, the CEC, as well
as the Random Morris Foundation, we've partnered with the Marine Corps.
Speaker 4 (09:39):
And you know what the.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Marine Corps basic they were the ones who actually started
the Toys for Tots Foundation and the Toys for Tots
Drive and their basic mission of the Toys for Tots
is basically kids to collect new unwrapped used tours to
distribute to those kids in this advantage areas who economity
can cannot afford them. So once again this year we're
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happy to partner with them to be able to put
on this food draft with the toys going to two foundations,
the Random RRIS Foundations and Lorraine's Place. Now for those,
as I said before earlier CECS, their favorite charity that's close.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
To our heart is Lorraine Place.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
And there's another called Little Riding Academy that basically use
small horses for therapy for kids. And what we do
is we provide athletes for them who have kids that
have disabilities in their family. But back to the Lorraine Place,
basically they're chaable organizations and what they do is their
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mission is too for child placement, adoption, ensuring the basic
necessities like food, clothing and shelter, as well as the
mentorship program kids where they come out of the program
they can be productive people in a productive society. So
those are the two foundations that we're actually working with
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to be able to put this event on. Now, the
Tours for Tot this year's Toys for Tot Christmas. There
aft is being held by one of our sponsors, Bjay's
Restaurant in Blue House, which is located at seventy two
eleven one hundred and sixty sixth Avenue in the Northeast
in Redmond, Washington. Now, at this Toys for Tots, there
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will also be as I said, current and former athletes
which will give you an opportunity to get autographs as
well as photo ops as well as dignitaries. The mayor
from the city as well as other dignitaries out to
help us put on this outstanding event.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
And it sounds amazing because you know, I've read through
it and everything. The event is again on December second,
that is next Tuesday, and besides bringing a new or
unwrapped toy uh and new youth clothing to drop off
at this there's a live and silent auction. And considering
how the Mariner season went this year, some of these
items that will be available in the live auction really
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caught my eye.
Speaker 5 (12:15):
You have game warn.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Cleats by Luis Castillo, signed autograph Louisville Slugger from Juanio Suarez,
and assigned autograph football from Ernest Jones, Josh Joby.
Speaker 5 (12:25):
And Moore.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
I mean, I'm sorry, this this is like a silent
auction for the works right now. I would feel like
I'm at a gala in New York City and you
guys are doing right here in the heart of Redmond.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Now, I'm gonna give you guys a little teaser. Like
I said, they're going to be current and former athletes there.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Brace Jones will be there as well as Ash Yes,
well I'm not gonna kall who else is actually going
to be there. And also as a little teaser, uh.
In the in the auction, we're going to auction off
some of the current and former player which give you
an opportunity where it can come.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
Over to your house and hang out, watch a game.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Or cook you at dinner, or you can go out
to a meal, whatever you decide you want to do
through So please bring your pocketbooks to have a very
worthy cause.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Well yeah, just in time for Christmas, right this is
taking place on December second, So for the sports fan
and your family, you're going to want to show up.
These are once in a lifetime opportunities and gifts that
you could give to that sports fan in your life. Randall,
how long have you been involved in this kind of drive.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Man, I would say, this is my twentieth year wow,
running my foundation. So every year we've done something like this.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
It's pretty cool and I'm sure the reception is unbelievable
when people show up.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Oh wow, Eddie, I mean Eddie, he assembled a nice
lineup for December. Second, it's going to be awesome.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Awesome, you got you guys will know something that's really amazing.
Just in King County and Rode they're over sixty thousand
kids and needs of toys, and we were able to
collect over one hundred and twenty thousand toys last year,
so on an average, we were able to give one,
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you know, each one of these kids to toys. So
our goal this year is to raise get more money,
and get more toys so that we can help more
kids than we did last year. Our goal is always
to be better. As I said before, because rather than
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I've been blessed, we have the opportunity to use this
blessing would pass on and this is the reason why
we do this.
Speaker 5 (14:45):
Yeah, I mean I was going to say that was
spoken like a true athlete. Randall.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Yes, it's all about paying it forward, you know, and
we've been doing that for a while now. I mean,
it's going to be really nice. Hoping that you'll be
able to come out on the second of December to
the Toys for Tots because it's going to be man,
I can't wait. I'm excited about it.
Speaker 6 (15:08):
I really am.
Speaker 5 (15:09):
Well, you sound like it.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
And for those who might not be able to make
it out that night, obviously it's a busy season for
a lot of people. There are tons of people who
would love to contribute in other ways.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
How can they do so? How can they find out
ways to do so?
Speaker 4 (15:22):
Well?
Speaker 3 (15:22):
To go ahead and candle about your foundation?
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Yeah, they can. They can go to www Dot Randall
Morris Foundation dot org and they can they can donate
through our website and that would be fantastic. I really
appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
And what we will have is c who will have
a QR pole for them to be able.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
To go in and to make donations.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
And you know, if you want to be a sponsor,
we kind of sort of put together some really cute
little sponsorship level. We'll have fantists come into town, run Rudolph,
run the Snowman, and also jingle bells. These are the
different sponsorship levels, so you'll be able to click on
the QR re coude and see what sponsor sponsorship level
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that you want to participate in.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
There's something for everyone this holiday season, That's what it
sounds like. So thank you guys so much for all
of this. Is there anything that you would want the
people out there listening to know that I might not
have touched on?
Speaker 3 (16:23):
You know, we talked about a lot of charitable things,
but before we should know, well, we should each tell
one funny story about our football experience.
Speaker 5 (16:37):
I would love that.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
Now random know the story that I'm going to tell.
People always ask what are you really miss about football?
Do you miss the chance of the crowd? Do you
miss the camaraderie and random that I look at each
other and say, no, we missed some big fat kicks every.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Two I knew you was coming with it, and I
knew he was coming with it.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
You know, man, now listen. Randam is from from Long Beach.
I myself is from from Florida. As matter of fact,
my class was actually first black class to go to
Florida State and play football. So I always tease Randall.
I said, Randall, you know why did you lean way
from from California to go to Tennessee. He said, any
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because that's the one who gave.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Me the most money. Oh man, oh god, yeah, So
this is I got.
Speaker 4 (17:41):
This is what happened. This is what happened.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
When you get ball players together. They always tell.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
Me, all right, you got you gotta have a comeback.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Well, I uh. When I was with the Seahawks, I know,
you remember Kurt Warner running back?
Speaker 5 (17:59):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Yeah, So every other Monday we would get our check.
So I was always curious as to what Kurt was making,
how much money he was making. So the guy would
come around, he put the check down on the stool.
So I happened to grab Kurt Warner's check right and
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I said, I said, Kurt, can I look at it?
Speaker 4 (18:22):
Can I?
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Can I see how much it is? And Kurt said, Rendel,
you don't want to see how much it is?
Speaker 3 (18:28):
You do not?
Speaker 2 (18:29):
I said, come on, man, let me see. Let me
just let me see it. He said, I'm telling you, man,
if you open up, you don't want to see how
much I make. Then I said, I asked it one
more time. I said, see it up. I said, let
me see. Let me just open your check. He said,
go ahead, and I opened up the check and I
pulled it out a little bit and I seen all
the zeros and I looked at him. I put the
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check back in the envelope and just put it back
on his stool. He said, I told you you didn't
want to see how much it was unbelievable. I said, Kurt,
your one check is more than I make all year.
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I told you don't want to see.
Speaker 5 (19:19):
Locker room stories. Never get old, guys, they.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Just never get old.
Speaker 5 (19:26):
Oh well, you guys are absolutely lovely. It's awesome to
talk to you again.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
I've been talking to Randall Morris and Eddie McMillan, former
Seahawks and amazing community members here Randall Morris Foundation and CEC,
which Eddie McMillan is a partner of. Thank you so much,
and we hope that everyone can get out there on
December second. Remember that is at Bjay's Restaurant in Redmond
five two eight pm on December second. Just bring some
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clothing and some choice for some kids who need them
this holiday season. Guys, I hope you have have the
loveliest of holiday seasons, and we'll touch base again in
the future.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Thank you so much, thanks for having its time.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Again, that was an amazing conversation with both Randall and Eddie.
And now I have the pleasure of being joined by
number seven on the field at number one in your
hearts linebacker for your Seattle Seahawks.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Channa Nuoso, Channa. Thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 6 (20:22):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 5 (20:23):
Yeah, this is great.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
I know they mentioned your name several times in what
you're doing for the toy Drive, but you were born
in California, played college football at USA, drafted to a
California team and the Chargers, and now you continue to
impact the community around you here in Seattle.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
What drives you to continue doing that?
Speaker 7 (20:43):
I just feel like it's my place to be able
to give back. You know, so much was given to
me when I was younger, so I know the opportunity
that it can provide to children, especially youth. So that's
what I try to do, you know, I try to
be able to go through into different comunity, you.
Speaker 6 (21:01):
Know, be a lie, you know, be a leader, you know,
be a role model to these kids.
Speaker 7 (21:05):
You know, I know how powerful it is to have
someone like me, you know, in their lives, someone they
can reach out to.
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Someone they can look up to and you know, be
inspiration to them.
Speaker 7 (21:15):
So anywhere I go, whether it's back home in California,
here in Seattle, that's what I try to be an
inspiration to the kids.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
So well, I think that's absolutely amazing that Jenna nuro
Series joining me here on Seattle Voice, your Community Voice
presented by iHeartRadio here in Seattle. And is there something
from your past, maybe someone who impacted you that way,
or any other reason you chose or felt the need
to give back.
Speaker 7 (21:39):
Yeah, It's always been instilled for me from when I
was younger. My father and my mother they've always you know,
told me to, you know, always pay it forward, you know,
be kind, you know, help others because in the end,
you know, it'll pay you back tenfold. And the payment
I get back is seeing a smile on kids' faces,
seeing that, you know, success that they have, and as
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they get older, you know, seeing at the path how
you know it might be rough when it first starts,
when they come out with light at the end of
the tunnel, and they be come on to be amazing people,
whether that's in sports or in just you know.
Speaker 6 (22:13):
Everyday life.
Speaker 7 (22:14):
So you know, that's what I try to do and
it's been something that's been instilled to me since I
was a kid through.
Speaker 6 (22:20):
My mother and father.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Well, it sounds like you have an absolutely wonderful family,
So thank you for sharing that and appreciate your joining
me here today. You have something special coming up next Tuesday.
But let's talk a little bit about you and you
know you here in Seattle. You are doing something amazing
here in Seattle. I know you said whatever community you
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would be in, but you are relatively new compared to
the amount of time you spent in California to our
state of Washington and the city of Seattle. What have
you noticed about those who get back here.
Speaker 7 (22:53):
I've noticed that it's very it's very organic how people
do things here.
Speaker 6 (22:58):
I see a lot of people just donating.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
Their time, you know, just being around, you know, having
smiles on their faces, doing anything they can to help
the community.
Speaker 6 (23:09):
And that's just something I've.
Speaker 7 (23:10):
Learned my time being here. You know how to go
about it. What are the you know, different places I
can help out, you know who needs you know who
needs what the most, and you know that That's what
I've kind of noticed, you know, just just following the
leaders here that I've done it before me and you know,
taking their advice and you know, just just trying to
incorporate into my own way and you know, any way
I can try to get back to the city has
(23:31):
given so much to me my time here in Seattle's
that's what I'm aimed to do.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Well, it's wonderful to have you in our community. We
very much appreciate having you here on and off the field.
But let's talk about this toy drive we have coming up.
It's a special event going on December second from five
to eight pm at BJ's Restaurant in brew House and Redmond, Washington.
And so there's a lot I know that you have
some teammates here that are going and the guys that
(23:59):
I just talked to let me know that Ernest Jones
and yourself are going to be participating, and there are
some secret people that might show up. So we can't
let the cat out of the bag on that one.
But it is a local military US Marines who are
hosting the Toys for Tops and the Loreenes Place drive,
and that is a Foster Placement Agency benefit.
Speaker 5 (24:22):
So that is also at seven two.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
One one one sixty sixth AF Northeast in Redmond, Washington.
What was the inspiration behind you getting involved in this drive.
Speaker 7 (24:33):
Well, because it kind of, well not kind of, it
does actually you know, kind of go hand to hand
with my foundation and to where it's where it can
inspire the youth. You know, anything you can have to
put smiles on kids' faces, especially during this time, the holidays,
where a lot of a lot of these families you know,
really can't afford gets for their child, you know, so
we try to be that helping hand to the community,
you know, put smiles on everyone's faces for the holidays,
(24:55):
you know what the holidays can be, and just be
able to be a light. You know, kids are getting
toys that they might not be getting from their parents
and or your parents can some grab something and surprise
these kids.
Speaker 6 (25:05):
So that's really what brought me to it is just
that seeing the mission was, you know, just.
Speaker 7 (25:12):
Inspire families and put smiles on kids' faces during the holidays.
You know that anything I can you know, do good
for the youth, That's what I'm all about.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Yeah, it really does seem to be a common thread
with everything that you're saying.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
It's really special.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
But another thing that you mentioned too was the parents
being able to not have to show that they can't
give their kids Christmas. I do the Secret Santas with
a couple of different foundations where I shop and it's
totally anonymous, and the kids get gifts from their parents
instead of thinking that I got donated. And I'm sure
that would that means something special to you when you're
(25:46):
able to do that for parents.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
Absolutely absolutely, you know, like like I said before, you know,
the holidays that I know, they can get rough, but
I've been one of those holidays where I haven't got
what I wanted for Christmas, and you know, sometimes you
got to go through that. But hopefully, you know, do
this toys for talks, you know, with.
Speaker 6 (26:04):
The Marines and everybody, we can avoid.
Speaker 7 (26:06):
Those situations for parents that you know are struggling or
you know might not have you know, habit to be
able to provide for the children. You know, that's where
we come in and be able to be that be
able to provide for those kids and those families, and
that's what it's all about.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
That is what it's all about, especially during this giving season,
and it's it's amazing that you have experienced the other
side of it as well. Where you know, you don't
get what you want for Christmas, but you know, it
just feels so good to give back. And it sounds
like your family obviously has instilled that in you. But
I want to talk about your foundation as well, because
(26:39):
it goes well beyond this one event.
Speaker 5 (26:41):
Can you tell us a little bit about it?
Speaker 7 (26:44):
Yeah, New Gennerm, the Wolves Who's Foundation, pretty much just
everything I've explained before, just empowering the youth in any
way possible. I do a lot of things here in
Seattle as well as back in my hometown in California.
You know, I try to do you know, youth football
camps every year. I usually have about three hundred kids
come out for that, you know, volunteering my time, my
(27:05):
boys and girls clubs. I've you know, donated reading corners
to be able to give you know, the kids there
boys and girls club the opportunity to get education. My
biggest and most proud of this moment is being able
to you know, donate back to my local high school.
You know, it's given me so much, and build an
athletic training facility on campus and hire a full time
(27:26):
athletic trainer, because I know how important that can be
for the student athletes, you know, to be successful. So
you just a couple of things there, and you know,
things I do here in Seattle as far as you know,
Halloween hangouts at the Seattle Children's Hospital that I've done,
I've done, you know, coach drives with with foster kids.
I have a code drive coming up on December sixteenth
at the YMC and C Tech where I'll be handing
(27:48):
out coats and you know, for just for the you know,
families in the community. You know, it gets cold here
and see how that I've learned so being able to
have coaches provided for them. And you know, I've just
done a little stuff there and here and there. I'll just
continue to do things as long as I'm here in Seattle.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Well, nothing's little, Jenna, So thank you so much for
all of that that you do. And I think that
the little things do add up to a lot of
big things. And so you have some teammates that are
participating as well. I know that you're relatively new here
compared to the time that you've spent elsewhere. Who has
inspired you here in Seattle?
Speaker 7 (28:23):
It's more it's mainly some old, older guys like the
legends that have come back and talked to us.
Speaker 6 (28:30):
I've talked to.
Speaker 7 (28:30):
Them a lot, Guys like Cliff Averell and Richard Sherman
and Michael Bennett.
Speaker 6 (28:36):
You know, I talked to those guys a lot. Those
are those are big community guys.
Speaker 7 (28:39):
Too, So Doug Barr was another one, Javon Curse, Tyler Lockett,
like those are like big community guys.
Speaker 6 (28:45):
So Bobby Wagner as well.
Speaker 7 (28:47):
So I've definitely had great conversations with those guys and
you know, kind of leaned on them for advice and
you know, and ideas, and you know, they give me
heads up about you know, what where, what else I
should help with and what communities can use what. So
those those are really very powerful people that I really
enjoy getting to know as I'm here at Seattle and
(29:09):
their legends and the leagues, and you know, I've done
a lot of things, so I'll try to think their
brains for a lot of different information and they've helped
me a lot.
Speaker 5 (29:16):
I love to hear that.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
And I've had half of the guys that you mentioned
on this very show, and that's because they are amazing
community members. Well, I want to wish you the happiest
of Thanksgivings, the happiest of holiday seasons, and it is
so awesome to have you on this show. And I
love how much you are embracing the Seattle community and
everything that you are contributing to it.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
So thank you, Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Three amazing contributors both on and off the field in
our community here in Seattle, and Randall Morris, Eddie McMillan
and new Shanna Nuosu. Thank you for listening to Seattle Voice.
My name is jessin then MacIntyre and if you want
your voice heard, email me at Seattle Voice at iHeartMedia
dot com
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