YOU'RE WATCHING MINNESOTA'S
MOST WATCHED STATION.
THIS IS WCCO 4 NEWS.
A RETIRED MINNESOTA VIKING
AND NFL HALL OF FAMER WHO WENT
ON TO BECOME A STATE SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE IS STILL EARNING
HONORS AND WE OF COURSE ARE
TALKING ABOUT ALAN PAGE.
ANGELA DAVIS JOINS US RIGHT
NOW.
YOU TALKED WITH HIM TODAY.
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HIM
NOW?
THE NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION
IS NOW RECOGNIZING THE
EXTRAORDINARY WORK THAT JUSTICE
PAGE HAS DONE WHEN IT COMES TO
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND
EDUCATION.
THE PLAYERS UNION IS TAKING THE
HIGHEST HONOR THEY CAN BESTOW
UPON A PLAYER AND NAMING IT THE
ALAN PAGE COMMUNITY AWARD.
FROM HIS DAYS ON THE FOOTBALL
FIELD WHEN HE WAS KNOWN AS ONE
OF THE VIKINGS' PURPLE PEOPLE
EATERS SO HIS TIME SERVING ON
THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT,
ALAN PAGE HAS EARNED FAME YET
REMAINED HUMBLE.
ALL OF US HAVE THE POWER TO
BRING ABOUT CHANGE.
IT'S ALL IN WHAT WE DO.
Reporter: A FEW YEARS AFTER
RETIRING FROM THE NFL, HE AND
HIS WIFE DIANE STARTED THE PAGE
EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO AWARD
MONEY TO DESERVING COLLEGE
STUDENTS.
30 YEARS LATER A TOTAL OF $15
MILLION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO MORE
THAN 6700 STUDENTS.
OUR SCHOLARS IN THE END ARE
MAKING THIS COMMUNITY BETTER
AND WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO THEM.
Reporter: LAST YEAR THE
MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL DISTRICT
RENAMED A BUILDING JUSTICE PAGE
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE TRY TO GET THERE AS MANY
FRIDAY MORNINGS AS WE CAN TO
WELCOME THE KIDS, SAY HELLO.
Reporter: AND NOW AN ANNUAL
AWARD FROM THE NFL PLAYERS
ASSOCIATION TO A PLAYER WHO
GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO
PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE IN
HIS HOMETOWN IS NAMED AFTER
ALAN PAGE.
THE WINNER RECEIVES MONEY TO
DONATE TO THE CHARITY OF HIS
CHOICE.
IN THE END, IT'S ABOUT WHAT
IMPACT HAVE WE HAD AND I LIKE
TO THINK THAT THE RECOGNITION
IS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A GREAT
DEAL OF IMPACT.
Reporter: JUSTICE PAGE SAYS
HE RESPECTS TODAY'S NFL PLAYERS
WHO ARE CALLING ATTENTION TO
INJUSTICES THEY SEE IN AMERICA.
SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVE TO
STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.
AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT ALWAYS
EASY.
EACH WEEK THE NFL NAMES A
COMMUNITY MVP AND AT THE END OF
THE SEASON ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS
WILL RECEIVE THE AWARD THAT IS
NOW NAMED THE ALAN PAGE
COMMUNITY AWARD.
AND THE ANNUAL GALA TO RAISE
SCHOLARSHIP MONEY FOR THE PAGE
EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS TAKING
PLACE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, IT
IS AT U.S. BANK STADIUM,
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND
IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION,
WE HAVE THOSE DETAILS FOR YOU
ON OUR WEBSITE, GO TO
WCCO.COM/LINKS.
WE ARE TRYING TO -- THEY ARE
TRYING TO RAISE MORE MONEY SO
