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"Peyton and Drew have this idea of giving back that's in their DNA," said Rick Larsen, president of national children's charity Operation Kids.
The Breeses have impacted 10,000 New Orleans children, including 1,506 at Lusher Charter School, where Brees Family Field was dedicated in October after an $800,000 donation by Brees and Brittany.
SALT LAKE CITY -- Funding from a children's foundation helped law enforcement agencies round up dozens of suspected child predators in Utah.
According to the Utah Attorney General's Office, tens of thousands of images and videos of child pornography were seized during a month-long internet child pornography crackdown called "Operation Frostbite."
Fourteen people were arrested and 25 others are still being investigated on suspicion of child sexual exploitation.
And as far as heroes, the city has been given one in the form of QB Drew Brees. Brees has been involved in the city’s recovery efforts since his arrival in 2006. Along with his wife, Brittany, he founded the Brees Dream Foundation, which has formed a partnership with Operation Kids in New Orleans to help restore educational and recreational spaces in the city.
Drew and Brittany’s Brees Dream Foundation announced a partnership in 2007 with international children’s charity Operation Kids, to rebuild and restore academic and athletic facilities, parks and playgrounds, after-school programs, mentoring programs for the intellectually disabled, neighborhood revitalization projects and child care facilities in New Orleans.
Officers with the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested 14 men in what they called "Operation Frostbite". Some of the men are suspected of making child pornography in their own homes.
ALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah attorney general's office says a monthlong child pornography investigation by an Internet crime task force has resulted in the arrest of 14 people.
January's "Operation Frostbite" was funded through a donation from Operation Kids, a national child protection organization.
Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says that in addition to the arrests, 25 other people were interviewed. Search warrants were served on six homes and for 10 computers.
SALT LAKE CITY — Law enforcement officials cracked down on Internet child pornography in January with 14 arrests.
Operation Frostbite was organized by the Utah Attorney General's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to investigate and put behind bars several individuals accused of sexual exploitation of a minor or dealing harmful material of a minor.
Several alleged perpetrators were locating and downloading child pornography from their computers and laptops and actively manufacturing child pornography.
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Utah Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force announced the arrests of 14 people suspected of child pornography crimes on Thursday. The month-long special operation by the ICAC was called 'Operation Frostbite.'
Without hesitation, Brees and his wife partnered with Operation Kids – an organization devoted to rebuilding academic and athletic facilities, after-school and mentoring programs, and helped restore parks and playgrounds for the children of New Orleans. The people of New Orleans are so thankful for his contributions that they named him Grand Marshal of the Bacchus Parade, which is held 2 days before the start of Mardi Gras.
Strengthening the bond is what so many Saints have done as the city struggled to find daylight in the battle back.
The Brees Dream Foundation teamed up with Operation Kids and Advocates for the Arts to grant nearly $1 million to construct Brees Family Field at Lusher Charter School, and when the quarterback saw the athletes there needed a new weight room, he donated another $38,000 out of his own pocket to get it done.
