Broncos linebacker was selected by the NFL Players Association as its for the final week of the regular season. Through his foundation Von’s Vision, Miller donated 2,013 eyeglass frames to kids in need through the Anchor Center for Blind Children in Denver.
“Thank you to the NFLPA for this great honor of being named Week 17 Community MVP,” Miller said via the union’s website. “Von’s Vision is a personal mission for me, so it is humbling to see the success that we have had in the lives of kids in Denver by giving them the gift of sight.”
In working with the Anchor Center for Blind children, Miller helped provide education and intervention for children who are blind or visually impaired.
In honor of Miller’s Week 17 recognition, the NFLPA will donate $10,000 to his foundation or charity of choice and will make an in-kind donation to him from the union’s partner, Delta Private Jets.
In early December, Miller was named the Broncos’ Community Impact Award winner for raising more than $3.4 million since his foundation’s inception in 2012 for eye exams, frames and lenses to children of low-income families. In 2017 alone, Von’s Vision said it provided more than $2 million of free eye care to more than 5,000 Denver students.
“Itap a wonderful award,” Miller told The Denver Post. “I didn’t need credit. I haven’t been looking for credit. But to get that — I can’t even downplay it. Itap amazing. Thatap an award I hold close to my heart.”
The Broncos are one of only two NFL teams this season (the other being the Philadelphia Eagles) to have three winners of the NFLPA’s weekly awards. In addition to Miller, guard Max Garcia was recognized in Week 4 for his disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Receiver Emmanuel Sanders was selected in Week 12 for his two-week winter clothing, book and toy drive for children in Denver.
The three Broncos players and the NFLPA’s other weekly Community Award winners are eligible for the union’s top honor, the Byron Whizzer White Award.
