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A Special interview with Greg Olsen

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A youth reporter for SI has a great interview with Greg Olsen.  Fantastic reading:

http://www.sikids.com/si-kids/2016/08/17/catching-panthers-tight-end-greg-olsen

What made you want to start the HEARTest Yard?
In 2012 my wife and I had twins. T.J., my son, was born with a very serious heart defect. Through the process of caring for him in the hospital and at home, we saw that there was a huge need to help families in a similar situation. So we set up the HEARTest Yard program. We fund it through our foundation, and we bring that high level of care into the home to try to help the babies to be as healthy as possible. We help the families choose the doctors their child needs, and we help them when they come home from the hospital. And the HEARTest Yard pays for all of it.

What is your favorite part about working with the HEARTest yard?
Meeting the families at the events and having them come up to us to say how big of an impact the HEARTest Yard has had makes us feel our efforts are worth it. I also love doing the events. We do a golf outing. We did our first 5K this year. We’ve done concerts and a car auction.

 

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What is your favorite thing to do with your kids?
We have three kids — a five-year old boy named Tate and twin three-year-olds, T.J. and Talbot. In the off-season, my two boys love coming to the training facility, where we play around in the weight room. Friday night we always do pizza night and go to the movies or do something fun. Some days Tate, T.J., and Talbot will just swim all day in our pool.

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What has been your favorite NFL memory so far?
The highlight was last year at home after we beat Arizona, being up on that stage and getting the Halas trophy as the NFC champions. Also holding the trophy up and knowing that we were going to the Super Bowl. That was a pretty exciting time.

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