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- Fernando Mendoza, the U.S. Heisman Trophy winner, announced a $500,000 donation for multiple sclerosis research.
- He skipped the NFL draft in Pittsburgh because his mother, Elsa, uses a wheelchair due to multiple sclerosis.
- Mendoza launched the Mendoza Family Fund with the National MS Society to raise over $1 million in three years.
- National MS Society President and CEO Tim Coetzee said the partnership can drive critical research.
