The Seattle Seahawks have supported Medical Teams International since 2003. This non-profit, and its medical volunteers, provide health care and humanitarian aid to people affected by disaster, conflict and poverty around the world. Among the people benefiting from this Seahawks/Medical Teams International partnership are these people, living in an Internally Displaced People Camp in Pader, Uganda.

Marnie Kern and members of Medical Teams International met with Seahawks V.P. of Community Outreach Mike Flood at the December 21st Seahawks/Jets game, where the Seahawks helped with a fundraiser for D.R. Congo disaster relief.

"Thank you for all of your support; it was a fun day in the snow, celebrating the game, Mike Holmgren, and the tremendous generosity of Seahawks fans," said Kern. "We raised $60,000 that afternoon - wow! We later learned that this $60,000 helped Medical Teams International leverage a $595,000 grant from the U.S. State Department that will allow us to continue serving the Congolese refugees for another 12 months. Without the Holmgren Family and Seahawks' support, we would not have been able to continue serving these people over the past several months. Without our staff and volunteers providing much needed, quality health care to these refugees - treating nearly 200 people a day - the State Department would not have had confidence in our work.

"Thank you for your role in this tremendous opportunity to care for the world's least fortunate."