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Friday, November 7, 2014

Community Conversation: Von Miller

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Each week of the season DenverBroncos.com will highlight the off-field contributions of a Denver Bronco. This week we talked to LB Von Miller, who has played an active role in the Broncos’ community work in addition to his personal work with his foundation, Von’s Vision, which works to provide Denver children with the eye care and corrective eyewear needed to be their best in the classroom and in life.

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Who is an NFL player that inspired you to create your foundation Von’s Vision? 
“My rookie season it started with [former Broncos QB] Tim Tebow. I went to his foundation and saw all of the amazing stuff he was doing. I wanted to do the same things [and] that’s how it all started for me.”

What led you to establish Von’s Vision as your designated foundation? 
“I didn’t want to do a football camp or something football-related. I wanted to go outside the box and do something different that nobody else was doing. I was just sitting around one day looking at my glasses and I started talking about glasses with my agent—my agent wears glasses too. He said, ‘I remember when I was young and only had one pair of glasses.’ And I said, ‘Man, I remember that too!’ That’s where it all started for me; I figured I could give glasses to kids in need.”

How does Von’s Vision work? 
“First we look to identify kids that need glasses. We work with the Denver Boys & Girls Clubs and schools in Denver to identify kids that need glasses. The teachers are the ones who know the most about which kids need glasses. So we start by giving those guys free eye exams and go from there. It doesn’t even matter if they’re low-income or anything like that, it just starts by identifying kids in need of glasses.”

Do you can help fight the stereotype that glasses aren’t “cool” when kids see a guy like you wearing glasses? 
“Yeah, most definitely. Glasses haven’t always been cool and I’ve been a geek my whole life. It’s just something that if I can be the ‘cool’ guy that wears the glasses and it helps a little kid here want to wear glasses because I doing it, then I’m doing my job.”

What is your annual Von’s Vision Day? 
“We bring about 400 kids and we get those kids free eye exams and we have them to pick out eye glasses—out of the kids that fail the eye exam. Then we get them glasses and have a whole day of passing out those glasses to the kids in need.”

How did having the support of more than 40 teammates at your Celebrity Steakout last month help raise more than $150,000 for Von’s Vision? 
“It would have been impossible without the support of my teammates. I’ve got a lot of big-time guys on my team. That’s just the type of team we’ve got, they all reach out and we do that for each other. It was amazing to have all of those guys there to support me.”

Why is it so important to you to be involved with the Denver Broncos’ community work in addition to your personal work with Von’s Vision? 
“Just like the Spiderman quote: ‘With great power comes great responsibility.’ It’s just something that I feel I have to do.”





 
 

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  • General Interest
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    • 03/22/2022 - Celebrating our 10th Anniversa
    • 02/15/2022 - Super Bowl History, Triumph, K
    • 11/10/2021 - Von Miller’s Vision Foundation
    • 09/21/2021 - Von hosts annual Night to Take
    • 07/15/2021 - Von launches Von's Vision in t
    • 06/16/2021 - Von Miller's Club 58 Experienc
    • 06/13/2021 - Von’s Vision Hosts Exam Day at
    • 04/27/2021 - Von's Vision - Texas A & M Cha
    • 04/24/2021 - Von Miller Hosts Gig 'Em Gala
    • 03/25/2021 - Von's Vision Hosts Exam Day fo
    • 02/10/2021 - Von Miller to Host Gig 'Em Gal
    • 02/07/2021 - Von's Vision Visits Tampa to H
    • 12/16/2020 - Look What You Helped Us Accomp
    • 12/04/2020 - Kansas City Vision Day Rounds
    • 12/02/2020 - Von Miller to Wear Von’s Visio
    • 11/21/2020 - Von’s Vision, Academy Kids Vis
    • 11/17/2020 - Von's Vision Offers 'Vision Da
    • 11/06/2020 - Von Miller Hosts Virtual 'Gig
    • 10/22/2020 - Von's Vision and Etnia Barcelo
    • 10/20/2020 - Von's Vision Launches Von's Lo
    • 09/24/2020 - Von's Vision Holds First-Ever
    • 07/23/2020 - Von's Vision Launches Ticket S
    • 05/05/2020 - Von Miller’s Celebrity Bowling
    • 05/04/2020 - Von Miller to Lauch 'Von Sacks
    • 03/19/2020 - Von Miller's Gig 'Em Gala To B
    • 02/04/2020 - Von Miller Hosts Super Bowl ‘V
    • 01/23/2020 - Etnia Barcelona Foundation and
    • 01/23/2020 - 2019 Year in Review: See What
    • 01/14/2020 - Von Miller to Host 'Gig 'Em Ga
    • 01/13/2020 - Von’s Vision Rounds Out 2019 B
    • 01/02/2020 - NFLPA Announces Von Miller as
    • 12/13/2019 - Broncos Present Von Miller wit
    • 12/12/2019 - 2020 Vision: How ‘Von’s Locker
    • 11/15/2019 - Von Miller named as Denver Bro
    • 11/12/2019 - Von Miller Raises More Than $4
    • 10/24/2019 - History Colorado Center Exhibi
    • 09/19/2019 - Newest ‘Von’s Vision Center’ U
    • 07/18/2019 - Von's Vision: Sacks for Sight
    • 07/17/2019 - First-Ever 'Exam Day' at Cope
    • 07/15/2019 - Von Miller to Host Second Annu
    • 06/21/2019 - Von Miller Recognized by Multi
    • 06/06/2019 - Denver Broncos Compete with Fa
    • 05/22/2019 - Etnia Barcelona Foundation Par
    • 05/01/2019 - Von Miller Presents Inaugural
    • 04/15/2019 - Von's Vision Welcomes Local St
    • 04/06/2019 - Sixth Annual Von's Vision Day
    • 03/04/2019 - Von's Vision to Hold First-Eve
    • 02/04/2019 - Miller Presented with “Faith i
    • 01/18/2019 - Von Miller Named Finalist for
    • 12/06/2018 - Von Miller Named Broncos’ Nomi
    • 12/03/2018 - Von Miller selected as the NFL
    • 11/16/2018 - Von Miller Visits Broncos Boys
    • 11/06/2018 - Von Miller Raises More Than $4
    • 10/27/2018 - Von's Vision Hosts "Von's Visi
    • 10/23/2018 - Von’s Vision Awarded Social Ju
    • 08/28/2018 - Von Miller to Host the Newest
    • 06/07/2018 - Von Miller Hosts Celebrity Go-
    • 04/26/2018 - Von Miller Gives a Surprise of
    • 03/20/2018 - Von's Vision Hosts Fifth Annua
    • 03/11/2018 - Former Texas A&M Student Von M
    • 02/02/2018 - Von Miller to Offer Texas A&M
    • 01/23/2018 - Von Miller Announced as a Top
    • 01/05/2018 - Von Miller Named Week 17 NFLPA
    • 12/08/2017 - Von Miller Presented with the
    • 12/03/2017 - Von's My Cause My Cleats for W
    • 11/14/2017 - Von Miller Announced As Bronco
    • 11/14/2017 - Fifth Annual Celebrity Steak-O
    • 11/13/2017 - Pre-Register for Von's Vision
    • 10/24/2017 - Von Miller Partnership with Mi
    • 09/28/2017 - Von Miller Announces Von's Vis
    • 08/15/2017 - Denver Broncos Linebacker Von
    • 06/09/2017 - Third Annual Celebrity Go-Kart
    • 04/27/2017 - Von Miller Welcomes Kids To Sp
    • 04/10/2017 - An Evening with Von Miller rai
    • 03/19/2017 - Von’s Vision Hosts Fourth Annu
    • 02/06/2017 - Football is Family: Von Miller
    • 02/06/2017 - NBCBLK28: Von Miller: Bronco C
    • 01/04/2017 - Von Miller: Byron “Whizzer” Wh
    • 01/03/2017 - Forbes' Sports 30 Under 30: Vo
    • 11/09/2016 - Fourth Annual Celebrity Steak-
    • 11/01/2016 - Denver Broncos’ Von Miller Set
    • 08/13/2016 - Von's Vision Gives the Gift of
    • 08/10/2016 - Von Miller to Host Fourth Annu
    • 07/11/2016 - Von Miller's Go Kart Grand Pri
    • 06/26/2016 - Second Annual Celebrity Go-Kar
    • 06/26/2016 - KUSA | Von Miller goes racing
    • 05/06/2016 - Von's Vision: Hundreds of kids
    • 04/29/2016 - Von Miller Welcomes 260 Kids t
    • 04/10/2016 - Von’s Vision Hosts Third Annua
    • 03/29/2016 - #VonsVision Giving the Gift of
    • 02/19/2016 - The Players' Tribune - Von Mil
    • 02/10/2016 - Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller S
    • 01/24/2016 - CBS Sports [VIDEO] - Von Mille
    • 10/17/2015 - The Washington Post | Key and
    • 10/17/2015 - The Denver Post | Key & Peele
    • 10/07/2015 - Third Annual Celebrity Steak-O
    • 07/30/2015 - CBS Denver | Broncos' Lineback
    • 06/18/2015 - Von Miller's First Annual Cele
    • 06/17/2015 - Denverbroncos.com | Von Miller
    • 05/20/2015 - Von's Vision Featured on CBS G
    • 04/14/2015 - Mile High Report | Von Miller
    • 04/10/2015 - BRONCOS’ VON MILLER DISTRIBUTE
    • 03/31/2015 - DATE CHANGED: Celebrity Grand
    • 03/22/2015 - Mile High Report | Von Miller'
    • 03/17/2015 - DENVER BRONCOS’ VON MILLER HOS
    • 11/07/2014 - DenverBroncos.com | Community
    • 10/27/2014 - 303 Magazine | DENVER BRONCOS
    • 10/17/2014 - Von Miller and Broncos Teammat
    • 10/17/2014 - Black Tie Colorado | Teammates
    • 10/15/2014 - DenverBroncos.com | Miller hos
    • 10/14/2014 - DenverBroncos.com | Von's Visi
    • 09/17/2014 - Miller's Second Annual Celebri
    • 09/02/2014 - Von Miller and Broncos Teammat
    • 06/26/2014 - EVENING WITH VON MILLER AT TEX
    • 06/23/2014 - Schomp Honda | Charity of the
    • 06/20/2014 - DenverBroncos.com | Miller Hos
    • 05/23/2014 - Von's Vision Hosts Second Annu
    • 04/16/2014 - BRONCOS’ VON MILLER DISTRIBUTE
    • 04/15/2014 - DenverBroncos.com | Von's Visi
    • 04/15/2014 - USA Today | Remaking of Miller
    • 04/15/2014 - KDVR | Von's Vision Foundation
    • 04/15/2014 - First and Orange | Von Miller'
    • 04/09/2014 - FIRST AND ORANGE | Von Miller
    • 04/09/2014 - DenverBroncos.com | Miller to
    • 03/22/2014 - DENVER BRONCOS’ VON MILLER HOS
    • 11/13/2013 - DENVER BRONCOS STORM OCEAN PRI
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