Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward is donating $100,000 through his Heyward Family Foundation to the University of Chicago in support of COVID-19 frontline workers.
“Through this donation, I want to help ease the personal burdens on our healthcare heroes and support efforts aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19, especially in vulnerable communities hit hard by the virus,” Heyward said in a statement.
Half of Heyward's donation will go to UChicago Medicine's Healthcare Heroes Fund, which eases personal burdens on frontline workers, from childcare/eldercare to transportation to temporary housing.
The other half of the donation will support contact tracing on the South Side, which has been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus.