I saw Donald Driver on the news yesterday.  Actually, he was all over the news giving his comments on Brett Favre's retirement.  That's great, and all, but as far as I could see (and maybe I just missed it) no one was talking about why Donald Driver was in town yesterday.

I was fortunate enough to attend a grand opening yesterday at the new Goodwill Workforce Development Center on Capital Drive.  The center is free to anyone.  So, basically a person can walk in off the street and get all kinds of job training. Donald Driver, a spokesperson for Goodwill, attended the event and helped cut the ribbon with, among others, Mayor Tom Barrett. The center is totally funded by Goodwill at no cost to the consumer.  It's a really beautiful office space complete with an Internet café.

In doing some research for an article, I've come to learn about the variety of causes that Donald Driver is involved with and it's really impressive.  The Donald Driver Foundation, click here for more information, does a lot for homeless families, as well as single-parent families.

So, I think that when Donald Driver comes to town to support the opening of this new job center, given the current economic climate, that's news.  He also signed copies of his new children's book: "Quickie makes the Team." A portion of the profits, from sales of the book, goes into his foundation.

He looks you straight in the eye when he shakes your hand and really impressed me as a very sincere person.  I know one station covered the opening of the center, channel 58 (though they didn't talk about Donald Driver), and again, maybe I just missed it on some other stations.  I hope so, because I think credit needs to be given where credit is due.  And a professional athlete who seems to care as much about people, as he does football, is something all kids who aspire to be a famous athlete some day, should see.