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Updated Dec 19, 2019;Posted Dec 19, 2019
Detroit Lions defensive end
Trey Flowers and Methodist Children's Home Society CEO, Kevin Roach pose in
front of gifts after unveiling them.
REDFORD TWP. -- Detroit
Lions defensive end Trey Flowers came bearing gifts this week with a surprise
visit to the Methodist Children’s Home Society on Tuesday night.
“I guess I just kind of
understand that kids don’t necessarily choose their environment that they’re
kind of in," Flowers said. "They’re just brought up in it.”
The non-profit
Methodist Children’s Home Society provides residential care, therapeutic
services and transitional living for children in foster care waiting to be
adopted.
Flowers gifted new
smart televisions, Xbox video game consoles and video games for each of the six
cabins on the campus located in Redford Township. Each individual cabin at the
society serves 10 boys ranging from ages 5-19. As the boys waited for Flowers
arrive, the energy in the room buzzed before exploding in excitement when the
Lions defensive end walked in the room.
“We are so lucky and so
fortunate to have so many community members to think about our children,"
said Kevin Roach, CEO of MCHS. “And our foster care and adoption system who
take the time to not only fill those wish lists but send those messages of hope
and love letting them know that this is really a season of belief.”
The five-year pro chose
this specific non-profit for the gifts through his Flowers of the Future
foundation. This seasons marks Flowers’ first with the Detroit Lions after
signing a five-year, $90 million deal to join the team in the offseason.
He started his
foundation in April of 2019, intending to promote engagement in the community
while encouraging physical fitness and developing positive values with the next
generation in mind.
Since then, the
defensive end has hosted several events, donated learning centers and
represented his own foundation through the NFL’s “My Cause My Cleats” campaign.
“Just to kind of give
them inspiration, to see my mind (and) an image of success and to kind of give
back with inspiring words, economic things or whatever it may be,” Flowers
said.
Before the big gift
reveal, Flowers took some time to answer questions. Those in attendance shot
off questions about how he got his start in the league, if he could catch a
football or how much money he signed his contract with the Lions for. While he
was excited to answer most of the questions, he held off answering the question
regarding his contract in front of the kids.
“Kids, man, they don’t
really have those boundaries and things like that,” Flowers said. “But that’s
the fun part of it. Just to understand what kids are asking. They see me on TV
and stuff like that. So obviously they’re curious. (But) for me to come here
and satisfy a few curiosities is fun for me.”
