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Patriots player Benjamin Watson laces up for ‘My Cause, My Cleats’

New England Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson will use his custom-made “My Cause, My Cleats” cleats to bring attention to his One More Foundation.

The foundation, which he founded with his wife, is devoted to spreading the love and hope of Jesus Christ in local communities.

“My Cause, My Cleats” gives more than 900 football players a chance to showcase the causes important to them during Week 14 of the NFL season.

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Appearing on “Fox & Friends: Weekend” with hosts Lisa Boothe, Ed Henry, and Pete Hegseth, Watson said he created the One More Thing Foundation to spread he love and hope of Christ to one more soul.

“And, we do that by following the three charges that are given in Micah 6:8 when it talks about doing justice, loving-kindness, and walking humbly with our God,” he explained.

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Watson said that, for the last decade, the foundation has given him the opportunity to meet people with “real needs” and “to know the one who can meet their needs forever and ever.”

“Whether it’s promoting and giving food to those who are hungry, doing events around the holidays, promoting education, standing against injustice — whether that be sex trafficking, abortion, or racial injustice … and also, just bringing kindness to people,” he continued.

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“Because we live in a world and a country where sometimes people just aren’t kind and a kind word can go a long way. And, that kind word or kind deed can be multiplied by those who receive it,” said Watson.

“There are so many different ways, so many different avenues to effect change…” he told the “Friends: Weekend” hosts.

Felicity Huffman helping inmates reenter society: ‘She’s been very helpful’

Felicity Huffman is using her court-ordered community service to help women who have been in prison to resume their lives and reclaim their place in society.

Huffman, who completed 11 days of her 14-day prison sentence for her part in the college admissions scandal in late October, was ordered to complete 250 hours of community service as well as pay a $30,000 fine. For her service, she opted to help fellow former female inmates.

According to People magazine, the actress has been working with the Los Angeles-based organization A New Way of Life. The group is dedicated to helping formerly incarcerated women reenter society by assisting them to find housing, jobs and overall mentoring.

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“Felicity is a such a down-to-earth genuine caring person [and] she’s been very helpful and supportive to the women here,” the organization’s founder, Susan Burton, told the outlet. “She has connected with them in a real way and you can feel it. I think that is because they know she’s experienced in a small way what they have gone through being incarcerated.”

Actress Felicity Huffman has been helping female inmates as part of her community service.
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Burton went on to note that Huffman has been using her Hollywood talents to help some of the women prepare for an upcoming gala by assisting them in picking out dresses and setting up the location for the event.

“She’s been cooking for the women, cleaning the homes, shopping and answering the phone. We love having her here,” Burton added.

A source previously told Entertainment Tonight that “conditions at the prison were very difficult,” explaining there were “no real programs or initiatives to help the incarcerated women who were there.”

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The insider added, “Felicity felt like the women in that facility were being discarded and left behind; they were forgotten.”

Felicity Huffman is doing her community service as part of her college admissions scandal sentence.
(Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

“She loved the women there and bonded with them,” the source said. “When she left she felt guilty leaving them behind.”

The “Desperate Housewives” star pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud earlier this year. She confessed to paying an admissions consultant $15,000 to have a proctor correct her older daughter’s answers on the SAT. She considered the same for her younger daughter but decided against it.

“I think this is the right sentence here,” U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani told Huffman at the time of her sentencing. “You can move forward and rebuild your life after this. Without this sentence, I think the community around you would ask why you got away with this.”

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In addition to her work with A New Way of Life, Huffman has been spotted helping out at The Teen Project, a nonprofit organization that works with at-risk homeless teenagers involved in sex trafficking and those who suffer from addiction.

Leonardo DiCaprio responds to Brazilian president’s claims he funded Amazon fires

Leonardo DiCaprio has responded to the shocking accusations made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday.

Bolsonaro blamed the “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” actor of making donations to nonprofit organizations that, he claims, are behind some of the fires in the Amazon rainforest.

DiCaprio released a statement via Instagram on Saturday that reads: “At this time of crisis for the Amazon, I support the people of Brazil working to save their natural and cultural heritage. They are an amazing, moving and humbling example of the commitment and passion needed to save the environment.

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“The future of these irreplaceable ecosystems is at stake and I am proud to stand with the groups protecting them. While worthy of support, we did not fund the organizations targeted.

“I remain committed to supporting the Brazilian indigenous communities, local governments, scientists, educators and general public who are working tirelessly to secure the Amazon for the future of all Brazilians,” he concluded.

Bolsonaro told supporters Friday: “DiCaprio is a cool guy, isn’t he? Giving money to set the Amazon on fire.”

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DiCaprio’s environmental organization has pledged $5 million to help protect the Amazon after fires destroyed large parts of the rainforest in July and August.

Leonardo DiCaprio at the Los Angeles premiere of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” at the TCL Chinese Theatre, Monday, July 22, 2019.
(Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Bolsonaro’s comments follow a police raid at the headquarters of two nonprofit groups in the Amazonian state of Para.

Several volunteer firefighters, who deny wrongdoing, were arrested and later released. Local police say they are being investigated for allegedly igniting fires to obtain funding through nonprofits.

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Federal prosecutors say their investigation points to local land-grabbers as primary suspects.

The number of fires in Brazil this year is the highest on record since 2013 and is up by 85 percent from last year, according to several reports. The country’s space research center has already detected more than 80,000 fires this year.

Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, speaks during a ceremony to launch the new worker fund stimulus at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, July 24, 2019.
(REUTERS/Adriano Machado)

Bolsonaro has claimed in the past, without evidence, that the fires were started by nongovernmental organizations in retaliation for his administration’s funding cuts.

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However, many scientists and critics of Bolsonaro have said that his government’s policy of encouraging deforestation has boosted the land clearance that helps fires rage and given people a license to burn the land.

The Associated Press and Fox News’ Christopher Carbone, Tyler McCarthy contributed to this report.

Leonardo DiCaprio blamed by Brazil’s president for Amazon forest fires

President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro took a shot at Leonardo DiCaprio’s efforts to help the Amazon rainforest in the wake of the devastating summer fires, following some shocking allegations about how they started.

Bolsonaro is blaming the “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” actor of making donations to nonprofit organizations that, he claims, are behind some of the fires in the Amazon rainforest.

Bolsonaro told supporters Friday: “DiCaprio is a cool guy, isn’t he? Giving money to set the Amazon on fire.”

AMAZON FIRES: WHY IS THE RAINFOREST BURNING?

DiCaprio’s environmental organization has pledged $5 million to help protect the Amazon after fires destroyed large parts of the rainforest in July and August.

Bolsonaro’s comments follow a police raid at the headquarters of two nonprofit groups in the Amazonian state of Para.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro blamed Leonardo DiCaprio for the Amazon forest fires.
(REUTERS/Adriano Machado)

Several volunteer firefighters, who deny wrongdoing, were arrested and later released. Local police say they are being investigated for allegedly igniting fires to obtain funding through nonprofits.

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Federal prosecutors say their investigation points to local land-grabbers as primary suspects.

A fire burns in highway margins in the city of Porto Velho, Rondonia state, part of Brazil’s Amazon, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
(AP)

Bolsonaro has claimed in the past, without evidence, that the fires were started by nongovernmental organizations in retaliation for his administration’s funding cuts.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

However, many scientists and critics of Bolsonaro have said that his government’s policy of encouraging deforestation has boosted the land clearance that helps fires rage, and has given people a license to burn the land.

The Associated Press and Fox News’ Christopher Carbone contributed to this report.

Leonardo DiCaprio blamed by Brazil’s president for Amazon forest fires

Bolsonaro is blaming the “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” actor of making donations to nonprofit organizations that, he claims, are behind some of the fires in the Amazon rainforest.

Bolsonaro told supporters Friday: “DiCaprio is a cool guy, isn’t he? Giving money to set the Amazon on fire.”

AMAZON FIRES: WHY IS THE RAINFOREST BURNING?

DiCaprio’s environmental organization has pledged $5 million to help protect the Amazon after fires destroyed large parts of the rainforest in July and August.

Bolsonaro’s comments follow a police raid at the headquarters of two nonprofit groups in the Amazonian state of Para.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro blamed Leonardo DiCaprio for the Amazon forest fires.
(REUTERS/Adriano Machado)

Several volunteer firefighters, who deny wrongdoing, were arrested and later released. Local police say they are being investigated for allegedly igniting fires to obtain funding through nonprofits.

AMAZON FIRES ARE NOT EXACTLY BURNING ‘EARTH’S LUNGS,’ EXPERTS SAY

Federal prosecutors say their investigation points to local land-grabbers as primary suspects.

A fire burns in highway margins in the city of Porto Velho, Rondonia state, part of Brazil’s Amazon, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
(AP)

Bolsonaro has claimed in the past, without evidence, that the fires were started by nongovernmental organizations in retaliation for his administration’s funding cuts.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

The Associated Press and Fox News’ Christopher Carbone contributed to this report.