Fatherhood Festival

05/18/2023

The 2023 event is taking place June 10-11 at the Hall of Fame Village and Pro Football Hall of Fame Visit the site to sign up for FREE admission to the Youth Combine, USFL game and Worship Service, Gospel Brunch and Pro Football Hall of Fame Tour!

Join Hall of Fame Members and Professional Football Players for Sports Drills & Life Skills in the Center for Performance Dome!

05/10/2023

Fatherhood Festival 2023 features a Saturday Youth Combine, USFL game & DadZone and a Sunday Worship Experience, Gospel Brunch & HOF tour.
Fatherhood Festival 2023 Details:

Saturday, June 10

9:30-11:30am - Youth Combine and DadZone at Hall of Fame Village Center for Performance

Limited to first 500 registrants ages 5-18 (free)
Participants will be split into groups by age and parents are welcome to participate with younger kids.
Activities will include broad movements, speed, agility, strength and character development lessons
Hall of Fame Members and NFL Alumni speakers
The Sam's Club DadZone will be open in Center for Performance featuring interactive fun and epic experiences for the whole family. Includes Dr. Pepper arcade, racing simulators, Gel Blaster target game, Tyson football skill inflatables, Jimmy Dean strength challenge and prize giveaways.
12:00pm - USFL Game in Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium

Youth Combine attendees and family members will receive free admission to the USFL game.
Fan appreciation event honoring fathers, veterans and first responders
3:00pm-5:00pm - DadZone open in Center for Performance

Sunday, June 11

12:00pm - Community Worship Experience at Hall of Fame Village Play Action Plaza

Features a special fatherhood message from pastors and Hall of Fame Members
Surprise guest worship concert
1:15pm - Gospel Brunch at Hall of Fame NASH room

Free for the first 200 registrants
Speaker program on fatherhood and football featuring Hall of Fame Members
Brunch provided by Hall of Fame
2:30pm - Hall of Fame Tour

Tour of Pro Football Hall of Fame - included with Gospel Brunch registration

05/10/2023

Fatherhood Festival 2023 features a Saturday Youth Combine, USFL game & DadZone and a Sunday Worship Experience, Gospel Brunch & HOF tour.

05/10/2023

Fatherhood Festival 2023 features a Saturday Youth Combine, USFL game & DadZone and a Sunday Worship Experience, Gospel Brunch & HOF tour.
Fatherhood Festival 2023 Details:

Saturday, June 10

9:30-11:30am - Youth Combine and DadZone at Hall of Fame Village Center for Performance

Limited to first 500 registrants ages 5-18 (free)
Participants will be split into groups by age and parents are welcome to participate with younger kids.
Activities will include broad movements, speed, agility, strength and character development lessons
Hall of Fame Members and NFL Alumni speakers
The Sam's Club DadZone will be open in Center for Performance featuring interactive fun and epic experiences for the whole family. Includes Dr. Pepper arcade, racing simulators, Gel Blaster target game, Tyson football skill inflatables, Jimmy Dean strength challenge and prize giveaways.
12:00pm - USFL Game in Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium

Youth Combine attendees and family members will receive free admission to the USFL game.
Fan appreciation event honoring fathers, veterans and first responders
3:00pm-5:00pm - DadZone open in Center for Performance

Sunday, June 11

12:00pm - Community Worship Experience at Hall of Fame Village Play Action Plaza

Features a special fatherhood message from pastors and Hall of Fame Members
Surprise guest worship concert
1:15pm - Gospel Brunch at Hall of Fame NASH room

Free for the first 200 registrants
Speaker program on fatherhood and football featuring Hall of Fame Members
Brunch provided by Hall of Fame
2:30pm - Hall of Fame Tour

Tour of Pro Football Hall of Fame - included with Gospel Brunch registration
Link in bio!

01/29/2023

Every person has a fatherhood story.

I have the unique opportunity to hear the fatherhood story of so many people. It’s a common connection point and deeply personal conversation that gets to the heart of a person.

Unfortunately, so many stories are filled with the hurt of an absentee father or a deep father wound. This is what I’m working to change through Daddy Saturday

There are also stories of Hall of Fame Dads whose fatherhood story is legacy building. Last year at the Fatherhood Festival we worked with Christian McCaffrey to honor his dad Ed McCaffrey with a Hall of Fame Dad Award. If you look beyond the field there are an abundance of incredible fatherhood stories in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and in this year’s NFL playoffs.

After meeting the McCaffery family, it’s no surprise to see Christian having success on the field with the San Francisco 49ers, establishing himself as a leader on a new team, handling change well, and centering his life and relationships on the word of his Heavenly Father.

This is the kind of legacy that’s possible when you’re a present father. Notice I said present and not perfect. Show up for your kids consistently, be intentional and engaged and watch them reach their God given potential that will be more than you can ask or imagine.

Consider your own fatherhood story and if you’re a dad, how do you want to write your story?

07/13/2022

The first annual is a catalyst for the future of fatherhood.

The underdog nonprofit and a band of volunteers rented a stadium , recruited Members and Alumni and players like , booked top country music act and went ALL IN on pulling off an event that would be a catalyst for fatherhood and serve the local community beyond the event.

Post Game Stats:
3,000+ attendees
20,000 livestream attendees
5,000,000+ Million impressions
10 Salvations
5 Baptisms
Countless memories between fathers and their children that will last a lifetime.

Thankful for everyone who made this event possible and the best is yet to come! Just wait until you see what we have planned next!

06/26/2022

Fatherhood Festival Memory #4
The Attention Center

Last Sunday after the I had the honor of speaking at the Canton, OH Attention Center. I love the fact they call it the “Attention” Center rather than the “Detention” Center.

That was the core message Anthony Munoz, Michael Munoz, Chris Draft, Kwad Smith and I were able to share with these 10 young men.

The outside world tells them they are felons, fatherless, and fearful of their future. We were able to learn their names, speak life into these young men and tell them their stories are just being written. While this chapter may not be what they want it to be they have the power to write the rest of their story. We explained the fact that all of us have a calling on our lives, a unique purpose and how to discover your calling.

All of us have the same opportunity. No matter what you’ve done in the past or where you are today, we all have the same opportunity to write the next chapter in our story!

At the end of our time together we shared the Good News of the Gospel and four young men made decisions to receive Jesus!

The Fatherhood Festival wasn’t designed to be a singular event it’s a movement calling dads to be engaged in their homes, reaching out to the kids in the community who don’t have dads and ending fatherlessness. We’re all called to
Psalm 68:5 (Father to the Fatherless)

We’re starting in Canton, let us know where you’re joining the movement.

06/25/2022

Fatherhood Festival Memory #3

Watching my friend David Tyree interact with the kids and share his testimony during Overtime about how to make the ultimate catch in life.

David is famous for making the “helmet catch” from Eli Manning in Super Bowl XLII as the NY Giants defeated Tom Brady and the New England Patriots

More importantly David is famous at home as a loving husband and father to 7 kids!

He may not be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but he’s in God’s Hall of Fame and is sharing his powerful story to help others make the same decision. Daddy Saturday Noggin Boss

06/19/2022

Happy Father's Day! We've had an AMAZING weekend at the Fatherhood Festival!

Here's another clip from Justin's interview on WKYC - with some tips for dads.

06/18/2022

Join the livestream of and NOW! at FatherhoodFestival.com

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06/18/2022

Chopping it up with Super Bowl champion of the here at Hearing his speech on how being a father changed and accepting The Lord as his savior was truly inspiring!

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