St. Jude's Ranch for Children received a $25,000 donation from the Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Diamonds Love Foundation Spring of Style Pre-Fight Social Affair and Fundraiser. The event was said to be a "fully integrated experiential marketing platform bringing entertainment and lifestyle programming to the Spring's most prestigious sporting event: Ring King's boxing matches featuring Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley in separate bouts."
The two Foundations chose a local charity that closely fits their missions. The Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation (FMJF) is dedicated to empower and promote the social development and advancement of struggling adults and adolescents. Focusing on community health and wellness, economic growth and development and youth education - all areas touched by St. Jude's Ranch for Children.
The Diamond's Love Foundation, founded by the Mosley family in 2010 amoung other goals: supports at risk youth and children which also closely ties with St. Jude's Ranch's mission.
"We at St. Jude's Ranch are simply speechless by the generosity of these great fighters and their respective foundations. This money will go a LONG way to care for our children, young adults and families! For instance, the USDA only reimburses us for breakfast and lunches for our children, but NOT dinners. We pay $1.57 per child, per day out of our pockets to provide a very basic need for our children - dinner! This $25,000 could provide over 15,923 meals for our kids and we can't thank Mr. Mayweather and Mr Mosley enough," says Sarah Sheehan, Director of Community Relations at St. Jude's Ranch.
