The College Charity
Bowl Foundation (CCBF) was named in honor of a charity fundraiser
called "The Charity Bowl."
Sigma Nu Fraternity
at the University of Mississippi started the first "Charity
Bowl" in 1989 as a means to raise funds for Chucky
Mullins, an Ole Miss football player who was paralyzed while
making a tackle during the Ole Miss homecoming game.
Chucky Mullins, who
was orphaned at the age of twelve, was the spirit behind
that 189 ole Miss team. The Ole Miss Sigma Nu Fraternity
raised almost $100,000 for Chucky's benefit before his untimely
death from respiratory complications two years later. The
Sigma Nu Fraternity continued the charity game fundraiser
in honor of Chuky Mullins and has raised over $850,000 to
benefit individuals who have suffered paralyzing injuries
averaging over $50,000 per game for sixteen straight years.
In 2002, $85,000 was
raised to benefit the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.
Christopher Reeve came to Oxford, Mississippi to receive
the award and attend the charity game.
In 2003, $120,00 was
raised for Sigma Nu Alumnus David Preqitt, a University
of Mississippi graduate, who was employed by Ole Miss. David
was paralyzed in a car accident on April 30, 2002. David
Prewitt's injury provided the inspiration to begin charity
games at colleges across the country to benefit the advanced
research being dunded by the Christopher Reeve Paralysis
Foundation.
