You and 7 guests will enjoy dinner with Jerome Bettis at his restaurant, Grille 36 and attend a live taping of his show in Pittsburgh, PA.
The Jerome Bettis Show is taped weekly in Pittsburgh during the Steelers season.
Voted Pittsburgh’s best sports restaurant yearly since opening, Jerome Bettis’ Grille offers an unparalleled sporting & dining entertainment experience.
Currently, Jerome serves as a Studio analyst for ESPN on all their main shows Sports Center, Number Never Lie, and NFL Live. He is also one of the most sought after corporate spokesmen for some of the largest Fortune 500 companies in this country.
The former Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back is one of the best all-time running backs in the NFL (6th overall in rushing). Jerome Bettis was also the recipient of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in 2001, and had a Hall of Fame career and has been eligible since 2011.
“The Bus” finished his NFL career in January 2006 after 13 seasons, retiring immediately following the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 21-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL in his hometown of Detroit.
Diagnosed with asthma at age 14, Bettis is a tireless advocate for asthma education and awareness. Bettis founded and established, The Bus Stops Here Foundation in 1996 to help improve the quality of life for disadvantaged and underprivileged children.
In 2002, he was named the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year for his community involvement and work by his foundation.
Your bid supports the Play it Forward Pittsburgh campaign.
22 Americans die every day waiting for a life-saving organ.
More than 117,000 people are currently on the national organ transplant waitlist, including nearly 8,000 in Pennsylvania.
Despite being home to some of the top transplant centers in the world, only about half of eligible Pittsburgh residents are registered organ donors, which contributes to the shortage of organs in the region.
In December 2016, the Pittsburgh Steelers confirmed their participation in a White House initiative to reduce the organ waiting list and help more people access organ transplants. In true team fashion, Pittsburgh's other two major sports franchises - the Pirates and the Penguins - quickly embraced the cause and Play It Forward Pittsburgh was born. Our citywide campaign is bringing together the biggest names in Pittsburgh sports, business, entertainment and medicine to get every eligible resident registered as organ donors, raise funds to support the Starzl Center for Pediatric Transplantation Excellence and educate the whole city over the course of one season.