Google
Trusted Resources: People & Places
Healthcare providers, researchers, and advocates
Santonio Holmes
Community Advocate Founder
III & Long Foundation
Belle Glade, Florida, United States
Santonio Holmes recognized the great need to advocate for SCD when his own son, Santonio “TJ” Holmes III, began to suffer from symptoms of the disease at an early age. A blood test revealed that TJ had inherited the blood disorder, and would need to combat the disease through constant hospital visits and medical treatment. Experiencing first-hand the medical, financial and emotional difficulties that families fighting SCD face, the NFL star built the III & Long Foundation in honor of his son, to educate families and help them navigate these challenges.
Born on March 3, 1984, in Belle Glade, Florida, Santonio Holmes overcame an impoverished upbringing to become a professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets and Chicago Bears. In 2008, the gifted wide receiver was named Super Bowl XLIII MVP after making the game-winning touchdown catch. Holmes is the father of four children, Saniya, Savannah, Nicori, and Santonio Holmes III, the inspiration for the III & Long Foundation.
+myBinderRelated Content
-
Transforming Clinical Outcomes for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: The Power of Collaborative Patient-Provider Pa...Patients who understand their own health...
-
Novartis teams up with recording artist and actress Jordin Sparks and SCDAA to launch Generation S, an inspiring new...Novartis is teaming up with Grammy®-n...
-
Presidential Message on National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month 2019National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness M...
-
The Sickle Cell PodcastThe Sickle Cell Podcast is an effort b...
-
Tosin Ola-Weissmann, RNTosin Ola, BSN, RN (aka Sickle Cell Warr...
-
What It’s Like to Live With Sickle-CellWhen Damian Jackson was a young man, som...
-
28-Year-old Sickle Cell Survivor Becomes Medical DoctorA 28-year-old sickle cell anaemia surviv...
