The NFL salutes the The Julia Burke Foundation for its dedication and support of the NFL.

The Julia Burke Foundation supports annual high school awards established nationally at the Tournament of Champions at the University of Kentucky and at the College Preparatory School in Oakland, California, and an annual college award to be given at American Debate Association national championship. A national high school annual debate award has been established, and was presented for the first time at the national Tournament of Champions, held at the University of Kentucky on May 6-8, 2000.

The purpose of this award is to recognize a high school policy debater who achieves competitive excellence in high school policy debate on the national circuit, and who demonstrates goodness of heart despite the pressures of competition at the highest level. The award includes a perpetual and an individual trophy, a $1,000 college scholarship, and a $1,000 contribution to the charity designated by the recipient.

The Julia Burke Foundation became a partner of the National Forensic League, co-sponsoring the 2004 Policy Debate Event at the Salt Lake City, Utah National Speech Tournament.

The NFL would like to thank The Julia Burke Foundation for its support!

Visit The Julia Burke Foundation website at www.juliaburkefoundation.com