Fernando Mendoza launches foundation to support multiple sclerosis research
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Key Points:
- Fernando Mendoza is not attending the NFL draft in Pittsburgh due to travel difficulties caused by his mother Elsa's multiple sclerosis, a severe chronic autoimmune disease that confines her to a wheelchair.
- Mendoza, the presumptive No. 1 overall pick, announced a $500,000 donation to support multiple sclerosis research.
- He is launching the Mendoza Family Fund in partnership with the National MS Society, aiming to raise over $1 million in the next three years.
- Mendoza expressed his personal motivation, calling his mother his "light" and "why," and emphasized a shared belief in ending the disease.
- Dr. Tim Coetzee, CEO of the National MS Society, highlighted the partnership as a powerful example of passion and collective action to advance critical research and programs to ultimately end MS.
