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STAFF<br />

PLAYERS<br />

NFL Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award<br />

During the 2014 Hispanic Heritage Month dedicated<br />

game, the Cowboys teamed up with Telemundo to<br />

select and honor the Cowboys fourth annual NFL<br />

Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award recipient. The<br />

honoree, Sandra Sedillo-McGlothin, was recognized for<br />

her leadership in the male-dominated roofing industry<br />

and for her service as a mentor and role model for the<br />

professional development of young Hispanic females.<br />

As part of her recognition, Sedillo-McGlothin was presented<br />

a $2,000 grant for the Fort Worth Chamber of<br />

Commerce, which works to develop local business<br />

leaders, including female young professionals.<br />

PLAY 60 Hispanic Y outh Outreach<br />

HISTORY PLAYOFF RECORDS 2014 SEASON<br />

RECORDS<br />

COMMUNITY<br />

OUTREACH<br />

During Hispanic Heritage Month and throughout the<br />

year, the Cowboys focus their community outreach<br />

efforts on predominantly Hispanic youth. In 2014,<br />

Cowboys players Gavin Escobar and George Selvie<br />

challenged Gabe P. Allen Elementary School’s predominantly<br />

Hispanic student body to get a least 60<br />

minutes of activity a day through a Futbol Americano<br />

Play 60 Junior Training Camp.<br />

The Cowboys also partnered with the Muñoz Agency<br />

to host the NFL PLAY 60 Character Camp at AT&T<br />

Stadium in 2013 and 2014. The two-day camp<br />

reached approximately 300 boys and girls, ages 9 to<br />

13, the majority of whom were of Hispanic descent.<br />

The goal of the Character Camp was to introduce young participants to the fundamentals of football<br />

while emphasizing the PLAY 60 philosophy of getting 60 minutes of exercise in per day and reinforcing<br />

the importance of character in sports and in life.<br />

FAN ENGAGEMENT & VOLUNTEERISM<br />

Dallas Cowboys Rookie Club presented by UnitedHealthcare<br />

The Dallas Cowboys Rookie Club is an annual outreach initiative<br />

designed to introduce the team’s newest members to the importance<br />

of giving back to the North Texas community. Presented by<br />

UnitedHealthcare, the 2014 Rookie Club participated in numerous<br />

community service projects and appearances, including at a local<br />

junior high school, teaming up with its Fuel Up to Play 60 student<br />

club to compete with students in a game of “Healthy Feud.” The<br />

<strong>2015</strong> Dallas Cowboys Rookie Club – the 15th anniversary of this<br />

special group – has made appearances at the Reliant Home Run<br />

Derby benefiting The Salvation Army and the Dallas Cowboys<br />

Academy’s Youth Football Combine this spring, and is scheduled to<br />

make monthly appearances in the community this fall.<br />

Community Quarterback Award<br />

Since its inception in 2000, the Dallas Cowboys Community<br />

Quarterback Award has recognized dozens of North Texas individuals<br />

for their above and beyond volunteerism while providing<br />

nearly $300,000 in grants to the nonprofit organizations they<br />

serve. In 2014, the Cowboys teamed up with Forest Park<br />

Medical Center to select Hadeshia Thompson as the<br />

Community Quarterback Award winner, presenting in her honor<br />

a $15,000 donation to Family Gateway – a Dallas nonprofit<br />

striving to end child homelessness by providing innovative and<br />

comprehensive housing, social and education services to<br />

homeless children and their families.<br />

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