(David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
The Christmas season is one of Mark Ingram’s favorites.
Some time in the next week or two, he will do what he always does around this time of year and host a Christmas shopping spree for underserved local children. Through his foundation last year, he gave kids from the Mentoring Children of Promise Program — a program designed to help kids with an incarcerated parent — each a $100 gift card to spend on Christmas gifts for themselves and their families.
“Seeing people happy and being able to spread love, genuinely let them know that I care about them and people care about them, that’s what I do it for,” Ingram said.
It is charitable endeavors like these that made Ingram the New Orleans Saints' nominee for the 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award. The winner of the award will be announced Feb. 2 at the NFL Honors ceremony, the night before the Super Bowl.
Ingram described himself as “grateful, honored and humbled,” after he heard the Saints nominated him for the prestigious honor. ...
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