The New England Patriots announced to students at Lafayette School in Everett, Mass. on Feb. 1 that their school has been selected as the Patriots Foundation's 2023 Adopt-A-School. To kickoff the program, Patriots linebacker Terez Hall, Patriots Cheerleaders, Pat Patriot and Patriots in-game announcer Mike Riley held a school assembly to promote the importance of education and answer questions from students. On their first visit, the Patriots Foundation donated boxes of school supplies to teachers to be used in their classrooms. As part of the Adopt-A-School program, Lafayette School will receive several grants and in-kind donations to expand access to education opportunities and improve learning experiences for students.

On January 8, the New England Patriots Foundation teamed up with RCX Sports to host the first-ever Girls High School Flag Football Kickoff Jamboree at the Socios.com Field House. This free program taught non-contact football skills and techniques to more than 50 high school aged girls. These trailblazers are leading the efforts to expand women's flag football across the U.S. at the youth, high school and collegiate levels. Photos by Dani Callahan and Caitlin White.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft surprised three lucky fans with tickets to Super Bowl LVII in Arizona after inviting them to Gillette Stadium on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023.

The Kraft family and the New England Patriots Foundation hosted its 29th annual Children's Holiday Party on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022 at Gillette Stadium. Over 200 children in need from The Salvation Army and community centers throughout New England enjoyed a night of food, presented and holiday-themed games, including the always popular wrap-a-pat. Patriots players who took part in the festivities included Matthew Slater, Jahlani Tavai, Brenden Schooler, and Nick Folk.

Parker Henry, Mackenzie Andrews, Sophie Scott, Pat Patriot, cheerleaders and others visited the Women's Lunch Place in Boston on Thursday, December 8th. In addition to serving food, volunteers made jewelry gift sets and decorated holiday bags.

Several Patriots players, including Devin McCourty, Lawrence Guy, Deatrich Wise Jr., David Andrews and others, took part in a holiday shopping spree at Bass Pro Shops at Patriot Place for 50 children from local homeless shelter programs on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Each child, paired with their own personal shopper, received a $400 gift card, compliments of the Patriots Foundation, Devin McCourty, Dellbrook | JKS and Bass Pro Shops. Several Patriots alumni and cheerleaders also participated in the annual holiday tradition.

Defensive lineman Lawrence Guy, the Patriots' Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee, hosted a holiday party for families from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.

For the seventh straight year, New England Patriots players, coaches and staff are participating in the NFL's 'My Cause My Cleats' campaign. The annual initiative gives teams the opportunity to wear unique, customized football cleats that are specifically designed to help promote and provide awareness to causes that are important to them. The Patriots wore their custom cleats during Thursday Night's game against the Buffalo Bills. Select player cleats will be auctioned off on the Patriots eBay account. 100% of the funds raised will go to the cause/nonprofit that the players has represented.

Matthew Judon provided turkeys to 40 local families in Foxboro on Tuesday, November 22. 2022. Families were from the YMCA and in addition to the turkeys, each family received the staples for the dinners from the YMCA food distribution program.

The New England Patriots Foundation teamed up with Goodwill to spread some good will in Boston on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, distributing 200 Thanksgiving-themed baskets to individuals from Goodwill's job training and youth programs for a traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner. It was the 29th straight year the Patriots have provided Thanksgiving meals. Robert Kraft also gave a $10,000 check to Goodwill industries.

On November 13th, the New England Patriots Foundation hosted a wheelchair football clinic alongside Adaptive Sports New England, Move United and the NFL/Bob Woodruff Foundation. Clinic participants including, youth, adults and US military veterans learned the fundamentals of wheelchair football and developed new skills.

The New England Patriots Foundation and PepsiCo hosted 30 military moms-to-be and provided gifts on Wednesday, Nov. 16, for a group baby shower. The moms were the spouses or partners of active duty or deployed members of local military bases, or in some cases, are active duty military members themselves.