PORTLAND, Ore. – “What we’re giving our money to is this very specific group of people who really don’t get that much attention,” explains Portland Thorns FC defender Emily Menges. It’s two days before one of the I’m Not Done Yet Foundation’s biggest fundraisers of the year, one which coincides with Menges’s National Women’s Soccer League game that night at Providence Park against the visiting Houston Dash. While awareness is being raised in the stands, Menges will be doing her job on the field.
The foundation is inspired by the memory of Menges’ brother, Bobby – who passed away in 2017, at 19, after a 14-year battle with cancer – but also by the dedication her brother had to others’ battles.