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09-21-2008, 05:39 PM
V.Y. Planning Trip to Houston
Last Edited: Sunday, 21 Sep 2008, 2:02 PM CDT
Created: Sunday, 21 Sep 2008, 1:51 PM CDT
Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young is hurting and not just because he is injured and couldn't play against his hometown team, the Houston Texans, Sunday in Nashville.
Young is deeply concerned about the Houston-Galveston area in the wake of Hurricane Ike. In fact his agent, Major Adams and Uncle Keith Young, were in Galveston Saturday and Sunday passing out food and other essential items on behalf of the Vince Young Foundation. Vince would like to have a hands-on effect as well.
"I'm trying to get away now," Young said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports prior to the Titans-Texans game Sunday in Nashville. "So I am talking to Coach (Jeff) Fisher to get away right now.
"Just get in the city. See what's going on. Ride around a little bit and see what areas need help. Help some of the people out. That's what a foundation is all about."
Young is working with those close to him to decide what are the right things for he and his foundation to focus on in an effort to help those affected by Hurricane Ike.
"I overheard something happened to my high school, Madison," Young said. "The library on Fuqua, a lot of areas that I hung out at, especially my high school.
"We are going to help out and get that right as well."
NFL teams give their players one day off a week, generally Tuesday. So it is conceivable Young will be able to get to Houston and check out his hometown.
"We are going to do something real big," Young said. "We should be down there, probably next week."
Young said he stayed in touch with his family when Ike hit the Houston area.
"They went through it," Young said. "I was calling them on the hour making sure they were alright.
"Just to see how the family stuck together and things like that. Just to seem them down (Nashville) happy, like nothing even happened. That's the good thing about it because they are just trying to get over it."
Like everyone else in the Houston-Galveston area and Vince Young hopes he can do it his part and help out.
Last Edited: Sunday, 21 Sep 2008, 2:02 PM CDT
Created: Sunday, 21 Sep 2008, 1:51 PM CDT
Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young is hurting and not just because he is injured and couldn't play against his hometown team, the Houston Texans, Sunday in Nashville.
Young is deeply concerned about the Houston-Galveston area in the wake of Hurricane Ike. In fact his agent, Major Adams and Uncle Keith Young, were in Galveston Saturday and Sunday passing out food and other essential items on behalf of the Vince Young Foundation. Vince would like to have a hands-on effect as well.
"I'm trying to get away now," Young said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports prior to the Titans-Texans game Sunday in Nashville. "So I am talking to Coach (Jeff) Fisher to get away right now.
"Just get in the city. See what's going on. Ride around a little bit and see what areas need help. Help some of the people out. That's what a foundation is all about."
Young is working with those close to him to decide what are the right things for he and his foundation to focus on in an effort to help those affected by Hurricane Ike.
"I overheard something happened to my high school, Madison," Young said. "The library on Fuqua, a lot of areas that I hung out at, especially my high school.
"We are going to help out and get that right as well."
NFL teams give their players one day off a week, generally Tuesday. So it is conceivable Young will be able to get to Houston and check out his hometown.
"We are going to do something real big," Young said. "We should be down there, probably next week."
Young said he stayed in touch with his family when Ike hit the Houston area.
"They went through it," Young said. "I was calling them on the hour making sure they were alright.
"Just to see how the family stuck together and things like that. Just to seem them down (Nashville) happy, like nothing even happened. That's the good thing about it because they are just trying to get over it."
Like everyone else in the Houston-Galveston area and Vince Young hopes he can do it his part and help out.