Larry Fitzgerald Gives Back To Health Workers Amid Coronavirus

PHOENIX, AZ — Longtime Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is worked this week to give back to the Phoenix health care community amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus, citing his mother as his inspiration for his generosity.

On Wednesday, Fitzgerald was out and about in the community with restaurant partner Ocean 44 delivering meals to health care workers throughout the valley.

ABC 15 Arizona reported Fitzgerald took food to the Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, Banner University Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic.

He also took food to an ICU nurse from Banner University Medical Center and her family, another Banner University ICU nurse who works 12-hour shifts in the COVID-19 unit and a progressive care unit nurse from Banner Heart Hospital, AZfamily.com reports, all on the front lines of the coronavirus response.

Fitzgerald told the publication his inspiration for giving back to his community is his late mother, Carol, a former nurse.

"There's not a day that goes by that I don't think about her and what she stood for, what she represented," he told AZ Family. I know she would be one of the people that I'm going to take meals to today. She would be one of the people on the front lines."

In an interview with AZ Central, Fitzgerald said he is especially with helping traditionally underserved communities during the crisis.

“[My mother] was always about serving the underserved, and everybody’s being hit by this," he told the publication. "The people that are underserved are especially being hit hard with the food banks being depleted of their foods, no school, no meals for the kids. So many areas are being hit right now, so I know would be something she would be attacking and doing everything she could to try to serve."

"These are our true heroes & we would not be here if it weren’t for all the courageous doctors, nurses & staff who are giving it their all to save lives every day."@LarryFitzgerald helped deliver meals to frontline healthcare workers and hospitals in Scottsdale. #AllAZ pic.twitter.com/CTksZlWdOj
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) April 30, 2020