Steelers players partnered with Convoy of Hope this evening for “Huddle for the Holidays” to help their community.




Teresa Varley tells you all about this wonderful evening right here.

From KDKA.com this afternoon:

A local group is trying to shift the focus from Black Friday shopping, to Black Friday giving. The third annual Amen to Action event was held Friday morning.

They worked together like an assembly line, packing up soup for people in need. Then, they packed up the boxes to take to the food bank. The organization will distribute the food.

This is Lisa Miller’s third year taking part in the event.

“It’s so uplifting. It’s so wonderful. Great experience. For family, it’s very touching and there’s so many encouraging people,” said Miller.

She came with her family from Michigan, just to help the needy. For others, it was their first time volunteering, like 11-year-old Gia Liberatore.

“To help out for the poor. We are big believers of God. We are very blessed that we can do this and the poor can have this,” said Liberatore.

Four thousand volunteers of all ages took part in Friday’s event, packing one million meals that will go to people in need in the greater Pittsburgh area.

Some of those volunteers included Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. He brought his kids along to teach them that giving back is what it’s all about.

“We want to bring the kids to let them know that there’s a bigger picture of what we’re doing. Obviously, there’s people from our church here. That’s kind of how we got involved with it. So we wanted to bring them out here to let them know there’s more that we can do, especially on the day after Thanksgiving,” said Roethlisberger.

You can read more & watch video from today’s event here.

If you’d like to learn more about Amen to Action, you can check out their website here.

Photo credit: KDKA

but this long-time Steelers fan already has Christmas on his mind, and in his house!

“It’s become an annual tradition for me to create a Steelers tree every holiday season. Each year, I include player ornaments that I create from my own photography. This year’s tree features Big Ben, Cam Heyward, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Coach Tomlin, Tyler Matakevich, Mason Rudolph and more.” — Scott Juba.

Now we haven’t asked in a few years, but we’re hoping this awesome little tree sparks your interest in sharing your Steelers Christmas decorations with us! Let’s bring back this fun holiday post — we can’t do it without you!

Just send your photo(s) via email to: bigben7website@gmail.com and we’ll post ’em here on Ben’s website and in his Christmas, Steelers Nation Style album during the Christmas Season! As you can see, we’re long overdue in updating that album. Hopefully you can help us out (remember to give us your name, and the names of anyone in the photos).


Scott, thanks for sharing with us once again!

Happy Birthday Benjamin, Jr!!

Benjamin, from going hunting with Dad…

to carving pumpkins with Mom…

to just looking out for and having fun with your brother and sister, you have had an amazing and eventful year!

You lost your first tooth…

you broke your first bone (and got your first cast)…

But through it all, we’ve had lots of fun! We love you Big Guy, and hope this year is even better (and safer) than last year. — Love, Dad, Mom, Bay, Bo.

“I want to be a part of it. Being hurt is still setting in for me. I’m still feeling like I’m going to come back [this season]. It hurts that I’m not.”

Baker Mayfield led the Browns past the Bills on Sunday. That gave him six wins as a starting quarterback at Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium. He is halfway toward becoming the winningest quarterback at the field, breaking the record of…

Tim Couch? No.

Johnny Manziel? Heck, no.

Brady Quinn? Bruce Gradkowski? Colt McCoy? No, no and no.

Ben Roethlisberger?

Bingo.

“It’s kind of crazy to think about,” Roethlisberger said, smiling.

Roethlisberger is 11-2-1 at FirstEnergy Stadium. That gives him more wins in Cleveland than any of the 30 quarterbacks the Browns have had since coming back into the NFL in 1999. Derek Anderson is second on the list with 10 wins.

More from Ben, during his One-on-One with Ron Cook on Sunday after the game:

“AFC North football is always fun. Cleveland. A short week. I’m jealous of the guys going over there.”

“I think Mason is doing great. He’s doing some really good things. It doesn’t matter what comes his way. He stays in the pocket when he needs to. He makes plays when he needs to. I think he’s playing awesome. I’m proud of him.”

You can read the rest of the interview here.