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Simmons joined 25 kids from the Denver Broncos Boys & Girls Club and 20 local police officers during National Police Week to work together to assemble 13,000 meals to fight hunger in the community. He and his teammates visited a local fire station whose crew members had recently responded to a local school shooting. Simmons volunteered at the beginning of the month alongside officers from various jurisdictions to run inclusive PLAY 60 stations for Special Olympics Athletes. In May alone, he volunteered at four events that reached more than 100 first responders in the Metro Denver community. Throughout the year, Simmons visits local youth and high school football games and practices, speaks with players of all ages about his journey to the NFL and attends the teamвЂ™s PLAY 60 Special Olympics youth clinics.Д¬ivic Engagement: Simmons is also involved in the teamвЂ™s social justice outreach, attending multiple events focused on support for the first responder community. His efforts have allowed him to form relationships with Special Olympics Colorado, Denver Public Schools and Aurora Public Schools. Youth Football: Character, healthy masculinity and access to fair play for athletes with all abilities is woven through SimmonsвЂ™ interactions with youth and high school football athletes. He also partnered with UCHealth to provide a patient battling cancer pregame field passes and tickets to the 2019 Fight Like A Bronco home game. For the second consecutive year, Simmons hosted an arts and crafts station for pediatric oncology patients and their families receiving treatment at ChildrenвЂ™s Hospital Colorado.ДЄdditionally, Simmons leads room-to-room visits with patients battling various types of cancer at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital. Health & Wellness: Simmons annually supports the teamвЂ™s вЂњFight Like A BroncoвЂќ campaign, an all-inclusive initiative recognizing all those affected by cancer, by leading player hospital visits throughout the season. His efforts include packaging food orders for partner agencies in addition to attending events that support fundraising to provide meals to those in need, including the teamвЂ™s annual Taste of the Broncos event. Hunger Relief: Simmons is a regular volunteer at Food Bank of the Rockies, the largest private hunger-relief organization in Colorado that works to help families thrive by efficiently procuring and distributing food and essentials to the hungry. In addition to direct non-profit outreach and partnerships, Simmons has worked with nearly 50 different schools (elementary through high school) focusing on bullying prevention, health and wellness and empowering student-athletes. He personally met with each student-led team to congratulate and encourage them on the difference they are making in their schools and communities. Simmons distributed $10,000 in the form of school grants during the 2018-19 school year. He served as the lead judge during a Healthy Schools Competition in which he reviewed presentations by elementary and middle school student teams who proposed ideas and programs for improving their schools. In his second year as the BroncosвЂ™ Fuel Up to Play 60 Ambassador, SimmonsвЂ™ messaging focuses on youth physical activity and nutrition by encouraging students to be leaders in their own schools.

His youth outreach includes volunteering at Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver and Denver Rescue Mission while also giving formal presentations at student-leadership summits and local graduation ceremonies.

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Youth Development: Preparing youth to achieve their full potential through personal connections is a cornerstone of SimmonsвЂ™ service.

Throughout four seasons as a Bronco, Simmons has worked directly with dozens of community organizations, including but not limited to: Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, ChildrenвЂ™s Hospital Colorado, Denver Rescue Mission, Food Bank of the Rockies, Global Down Syndrome Association, Habitat for Humanity, Make-A-Wish Colorado, Mile High United Way, National Sports Center for the Disabled, Playworks Colorado, Special Olympics Colorado, UCHealth and USA Football.ДЄ two-time winner of the teamвЂ™s Community Ambassador Award (2017-18), Simmons has worked tirelessly to make a difference in five distinct focus areas: Youth Development, Hunger Relief, Health & Wellness, Youth Football and Civic Engagement. In 2019 alone, he has volunteered more than 3,500 minutes with 20 different local organizations. Selected by the Broncos in the third round (98th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft from Boston College, Simmons has supported many organizations in the Denver metro area.

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