Making predictions is a risky business, but Randy Moss doesn’t shy away from much.

The soon-to-be Hall of Famer and one of the greatest Minnesota Vikings in franchise history was back in the Land of 10,000 lakes last weekend for current Vikings defensive end Brian Robison’s charity event.

‘I bet you we are going to win’

Robison’s charity is called the “Reel ‘Em In Foundation”; as you’d expect, his big annual event includes a fishing tournament. This year they fished in the small town of Wabasha, Minnesota (immortalized in the “Grumpy Old Men” movies), and there was an auction the night before the tournament.

Wabasha resident David Meyer paid $7,000 for the chance to be on Moss’ fishing team during the auction, and after Moss said, “We’re going to enjoy ourselves, and I bet we’re going to win this.”

He wasn’t wrong: at the end of the day on Saturday, the team of Moss, Meyer and pro fisherman Ott DeFoe were declared the winners.

But Robison wasn’t about to let Moss get all the glory for making his prediction come true.

“He backed it up, but he had a pretty good boat captain in Ott DeFoe,” Robison told the Vikings’ website. “He walked it, he talked it and came away with some hardware.”

Moss and Robison weren’t teammates in Minnesota – Robison was drafted in 2007, and by then Moss was in New England – but appreciated Moss, an avid outdoorsman, giving his time.

“He doesn’t have to say yes to this. For him to come out shows the type of character he has. I couldn’t be more appreciative of the guys that came out here,” Robison said “They are household names, and they know when they come here they are going to get bombarded by fans, but they embrace it and that’s what I love about it.”

Robison’s current teammates Linval Joseph and Everson Griffen were also part of the tournament.

Money raised helps police departments

Robison’s foundation has partnered with K9s4Cops, which helps departments get K9 partners to help their work in communities.

Thanks to past Reel ‘Em In Foundation tournaments, the sheriff’s department of Goodhue County, which neighbors Wabasha County, has three K9s. Last weekend, over $30,000 was raised for more dogs to be donated.

Robison’s father, Terry, spent 29 years in the Houston Police Department.

SOURCE: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/straight-bass-homie-randy-moss-team-wins-fishing-tournament-183856600.html

K9s4COPs and K9s4KIDs is excited to announce our next two K9 grants, Weatherford Police Department and Corsicana Independent School District.

The K9 Officers will be dual purpose narcotics K9s and will start training with their chosen handler in July at K9s4COPs training facility, Pacesetter K9.  Both of these K9s were funded through Discount Tire’s regional philanthropy program, Driven to Care. 

Stay tuned, we can’t wait for these dynamic duos to hit the streets! Stopping crime, one K9 at a time!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the awesome moms out there!

Kyle Field Day is a free service event located inside the concourse of Kyle Field in which students, families and Bryan/College Station residents can participate in 50+ creative, interactive booths set up by various on and off campus organizations to benefit their respective causes.

Kyle Field Day is hosted by Memorial Student Center Freshmen in Service and Hosting (MSC FISH), a freshmen leadership organization  at Texas A&M University.  Our two K9s4KIDs K9s, K9 Tyson and K9 Jackie, at Texas A&M University were even able to stop by!

Our service project at Kyle Field Day was to paint a dog house and….

THUMB-thing special! U Paint-It! here in College Station was so generous to donate the ceramic dog bowls for us to “paint” at the event. Every person that came by the K9s4COPs booth left their thumbprint on a dog bowl. We had over 1,000 people stop by!

Want one of these awesome dog bowls or dog house for yourself?! Good news, they will be auctioned off at our gala on October 10th! Stay tuned for more details!!

We want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas from all of us at K9s4COPs!

As the semester comes to an end, the Strategic Philanthropy class at Mays Business School has been been busy deciding on how to distribute $62,500 in grant funding.

The students in the class evaluated 43 nonprofit applications from Bryan and College Station. K9s4COPs is so excited to announce we are one of the five nonprofits to receive funding. We are so grateful for the support from The Philanthropy Lab and a newfound partnership with the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation’s Community Grant Program, Texas A&M University, and Mays Business School. The $12,500 grant we received will go to purchase a K9 officer!