PHOENIX, ARIZONA – On February 11, 2023, members from CQ Partners and their guests from Biltmore ENT attended Smocks & Jocks, an art auction and brunch hosted by the NFLPA’s Professional Athletes Foundation (PAF) to support their purpose of providing financial, medical, and educational assistance to former players. This event has taken place annually since 2005.
This year’s Smocks & Jocks event was hosted by actor and former NFL player Isaac Keys and was in collaboration with the Larry Fitzgerald Foundation, which serves underrepresented communities in Arizona. Together, they announced the donation of over $40,000 dollars to local charities such as the UMOM New Day Centers. Other highlights of the event included a weekend-long gallery tour, a live art auction, and a performance by the NFLPA Men’s Choir.
CQ Partners was a key sponsor of this event. As the preferred provider of hearing health education and solutions for the NFL Players Association’s PAF, CQ Partners connects patients in need of hearing care with the providers who can help them. The two organizations have partnered since 2011 to bring better hearing to former professional athletes and their fans across the nation.
By attending regional events across the country with local hearing healthcare providers, CQ partners fits current and former players with hearing aids, emphasizes the importance of better hearing, and discusses the impact it can have on one’s life. In addition to providing free hearing healthcare services, CQ Partners aims to spread awareness and break down the barriers that prevent people from seeking hearing care.
About CQ Partners:
As the nation’s largest network of hearing professionals, CQ Partners grows hearing healthcare practices and develops providers as business leaders. CQ Partners supports its members with business, marketing, and operational solutions, as well as unique partner relationships, so they can focus on connecting patients with life-changing hearing healthcare. CQ Partners’ team includes experienced audiologists, business owners, practice owners and operators who understand the challenges that members face and have tested-and-proven solutions to help them. With their collective resources, unique disciplinary knowledge, and accomplished team, CQ Partners has what today’s practice needs to thrive.
About the Professional Athletes Foundation:
The Professional Athletes Foundation was founded to support, strengthen and inspire players as they transitioned from their active NFL careers. Established in 1990 as the charitable arm of the NFL Players Association, the PAF offers a range of career, health and educational resources as well as assistance through the Players Assistance Trust Fund (PAT). With more than $10 million in financial, medical and educational assistance granted, the PAF is the leading foundation in assisting former NFL players. The foundation also provides non-profit organizations with an opportunity to make a difference through PAF charitable grants.
Source: CQ Partners
