Atlanta Falcons Community, Salute to Service, Youth and High School Football, Girls Flag Football

The Atlanta Falcons, GHSA and the Georgia House of Representatives hosted a press event at Mercedes-Benz Stadium to celebrate the growth of girls flag football in the state and the passage of House Resolution 347, a bipartisan Resolution which urges all Georgia high schools to establish girls flag football programs. The House Resolution, which passed unanimously, is the first piece of legislation related to girls flag football to be passed in the country.

Atlanta Falcons punter Bradley Pinion led a group of Falcons players and staff, including Team President Greg Beadles and Head Coach Raheem Morris, to the Dominican Republic for four days in early March with Compassion International to learn more about the organization's child development initiatives. Participants learned about the organization's work by visiting front-line church partners, engaging with children through planned group activities and visiting homes of the children in need.

Atlanta Falcons players and staff teamed up with Compassion International traveled to the Dominican Republic to learn more about the Compassion’s ongoing efforts to lift children out of poverty.