Vikings donating $500K to help Texas flooding relief efforts

Fox 9 ^ | 7/9/25 | Jeff Wald

[DallasBiff]

EAGAN, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Minnesota Vikings on Wednesday announced they’re donating $500,000 to support rescue and recovery efforts to those impacted by devastating flash flooding in Texas. $500K donation

The team made the donation on behalf of Mark, Zygi and Leonard Wilf, and the Wild Family Ownership Group

[DallasBiff]

Good for the Viking ownership, God Bless them.

[HombreSecreto]

Kudos!

[stevio]

Does anyone know of a reputable source to donate to for this effort?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Proof that there are decent people in Minnesota.

[Spacetrucker]

Publicity seeking. Why announce it? Just do it and keep it to yourself.

[texanyankee]

The Cowboys should double their contribution.

I understand they donated 500K as well.

[Army Air Corps]

There are several. The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country is a more direct way to give than through the Red Cross.

[jjotto]

Vikings owners are from New Jersey.

[MotorCityBuck]

If they didn’t you’d find a way to B*tch about it I’m sure.
Good on ya NFL.
Not Woke.
Not Broke.
Obviously.
👍🇺🇸

[Puppage]

I read that every nfl team donated the same amount.

[FlingWingFlyer]

There are good people there too. Like Minnesota, they just elect stupid people.

[Jeff Chandler]

Is it in the form of Spam?

[dfwgator]

Because stupid people are the only ones running.

[Vermont Lt]

I thought they did $1 million. But they probably dropped half on the way to donate it.

[thefactor]

To encourage other teams and fans to do the same.

[Vigilanteman]

In this case, I think there are a number of advantages including:

1. Encouraging other Viking fans to donate.
   
2. Challenging other NFL teams to donate.
   
3. Solidarity with Texas.
   
4. Distancing yourself from the Trump haters to show compassion is more important at a time like this.

[texanyankee]

Looks like the Cowboys & Texans have now teamed up to commit $1.5 million

[Cold Heart]

I just donated through USAA

[Spacetrucker]

No, wouldn’t “b!tch” about it at all - true charity is done without publicity.

[Spacetrucker]

You have som3 valid points; at a corporate level, though, charity seems to always take PR into account. Not saying that isn’t valid to a certain extent, just that I’ve always believed charity should be done from the heart and not from the spreadsheet.