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Fordham Graduate Giving Back

When I called Howard Arden, for the holidays, in Georgia, recently, he told me he had retired from his job as Talent Acquisition Consultant for NOVO Health Services. He really didn’t want to hear my clever banter like, “Well, you know what they say about retirement? Good work if …”

No, he wanted to tell me about his new role, working part-time at the Atlanta Union Mission. “I didn’t want to just spend my time bowling and watching television,” said the former communications major, “I wanted to contribute and pay it back.”

Enter The Atlanta Union Mission

Hunger isn’t just a lack of food - it’s a barrier to health, stability, and hope. At Atlanta Mission, they serve thousands of meals every year to ensure "no one in our care goes hungry." 

Atlanta Union Mission opened in 1938, as a soup kitchen, during The Great Depression; Their new Shelter for Women and Children, Restoration House, opened in 2021. They are now serving Metro Atlanta’s large homeless population.

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T.I., the three-time Grammy Award winning rapper, was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. 

T.I. visited the shelter on December 17, 2024. “And gave words of hope to our young residents.” Arden added. “The NFL’s Atlanta Falcons served dinner to the guests at the Atlanta Union Mission. They really made the day for the ladies and their children.” 

Howard with Place Kicker Younghoe Koo. 

The 7 year NFL veteran who came to the U.S. from Seoul, South Korea at the age of 12, to follow his mother who was working as a nurse. He has appeared, at Atlanta Mission,  the last three years.

But they can’t do it without YOU. Can you Help Out?  

Donate today to provide meals, shelter, and hope for those in need. Together, we can make sure no one’s plate is empty. 

Atlanta Mission

156 Mills St NW, 

Atlanta, GA 30313

Phone: (404) 588-4015

Facebook: https://atlantamission.org/

-Kevin Bergin

Fordham Class of 1980 Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/groups/537184563628982

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#YounghoeKoo with the career high with 54 yards with the field goal! https://www.instagram.com/p/CYhrBdelWu5/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Atlanta Falcons' Younghoe Koo 'deeply saddened' by area shootings, addresses rise in hate crimes Atlanta Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo, who......Read the rest by clicking the link below! https://worldwidetweets.com/atlanta-falcons-younghoe-koo-deeply-saddened-by-area-shootings-addresses-rise-in-hate-crimes/?feed_id=29191&_unique_id=6052b9ea63582

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[weluvwrestling]

Is really his name?! 😂😂😂 #Imdone #Mannn #YoungHoeKoo #Bye #EnjoyLife

[berniearchiemac]

#lol #younghoekoo

[ronnychieng]

Let's go @YounghoeKoo !!!!!!!! https://t.co/pT5EAg3s14

Let's go @YounghoeKoo !!!!!!!! https://t.co/pT5EAg3s14

— Ronny Chieng (@ronnychieng) October 29, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/ronnychieng October 30, 2019 at 04:56AM

[junker-town]

Chargers waive Younghoe Koo, our favorite NFL kicker

Here’s hoping Koo gets a shot with another team soon.

The Chargers announced Thursday that the team has waived kicker Younghoe Koo. We’re very sorry about this turn of events, because he was our favorite NFL kicker.

It was impossible to not root for Koo. The Korean-born kicker never even saw a football until he moved to the United States at age 12. He was one of the best kickers in college football last year, converting 19 of 20 field goal attempts for Georgia Southern in 2016.

Plus, he can do this.

#TBT http://pic.twitter.com/lpsIsZ3XEK

— Younghoe Koo (@YounghoeKoo) December 1, 2016

Koo’s struggles with the Chargers weren’t all his fault, as our own Nate Scott pointed out in his weekly NFL kickers column, Gramatica Errors. The blocking by his teammates during attempts was poor at times, and for crying out loud, Chargers. You can’t expect Younghoe Koo to do everything out there.

Still, Koo only converted three of six field goal attempts. One was blocked, and two were just misses. And it is pretty difficult for a team to justify sticking with a kicker who’s only converting 50 percent of his field goal attempts.

The Chargers signed Nick Novak to take Koo’s place. Novak has made 82.8 percent of his field goal attempts over his career.

“We feel like Nick (Novak) was the best choice for our team,” head coach Anthony Lynn said. “Nick has been an accurate kicker for a long time."

Here’s hoping Koo gets another shot so we can get back to cheering him on again.

[badlands75]

Badlands75RT @FunnyAsianDude: How every Asian person feels right now #YounghoeKoo #mnf #ChargersBroncos @YounghoeKoo https://t.co/9fSuYsqVyh

How every Asian person feels right now #YounghoeKoo #mnf #ChargersBroncos @YounghoeKoo http://pic.twitter.com/9fSuYsqVyh

— Jimmy O. Yang (@FunnyAsianDude) September 12, 2017

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Badlands75 September 17, 2017 at 11:07PM via IFTTT

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Meet the Chargers' new kicker, Younghoe Koo (via @younghoekoo/Twitter) http://ift.tt/2wt0Psv

[buddyrabrahams]

Korean kicker Younghoe Koo wins Chargers’ kicking job

The Los Angeles Chargers will have a new kicker in the upcoming season.

The Chargers released Josh Lambo and will go with Younghoe Koo, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Chargers released K Josh Lambo, per source. Plan is to go w/ Younghoe Koo, who is from South Korea and didn't speak English until he was 12.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 2, 2017

Koo, 23, went undrafted out of Georgia Southern. He will be replacing Lambo, who converted exactly 26 of 32 kicks (81.3 percent) and missed four extra points each of the past two seasons.

Koo only moved to the United States before sixth grade. He was 26 of 29 on field goals during his college career.

He gained some attention for this cool trick shot video:

#TBT http://pic.twitter.com/lpsIsZ3XEK

— Younghoe Koo (@YounghoeKoo) December 1, 2016

Koo has said in an interview that when he arrived to the US, he didn’t even know what football was.

from Larry Brown Sports http://ift.tt/2wwIUQ3

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#thecoolestnameever #younghoekoo #bestnameinsports

[ronnychieng]

RT @its_willyu: A Korean player on my hometown team. What a time to be alive. Never could have imagined something like this growing up. Good luck @YounghoeKoo!!! #GoPats https://t.co/Dd8BnVLjF3

A Korean player on my hometown team. What a time to be alive. Never could have imagined something like this growing up. Good luck @YounghoeKoo!!! #GoPats https://t.co/Dd8BnVLjF3

— William Yu (@its_willyu) October 5, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/ronnychieng October 05, 2019 at 02:58PM

[junker-town]

7 things to know about Younghoe Koo, the Chargers’ Korean-born kicker

There’s a new NFL special teamer to get to know and love.

Like probably a lot of people, I discovered Chargers kicker Younghoe Koo late in my fantasy football draft a couple weeks ago as the last round ticked away and I finally looked at available kickers. I had never heard of him, which is rare at a position that experiences little turnover for most teams. Many more people will be introduced to him Monday night when the Chargers visit the Broncos and Koo makes his regular season debut.

Koo is worth getting to know. Foremost is the fact that he’s just the fourth Korean-born player to play in the NFL, following in the footsteps of current Patriots defensive tackle Kyle Love, Steelers great Hines Wards, and former Cardinals kicker John Lee.

Second is that Koo is really, really good. Here’s him doing something you may have seen:

#TBT http://pic.twitter.com/lpsIsZ3XEK

— Younghoe Koo (@YounghoeKoo) December 1, 2016

That video went viral while Koo was at Georgia Southern, but he’s much more than his one early brush with internet stardom. He was one of the best kickers in college football last season, when he made 19 of 20 field goal attempts (missing only a 54-yarder) to be named a finalist for the Lou Groza Award as the best kicker in college football.

Koo was also named a third-team All-American, making him Georgia Southern’s first All-American since it became an FBS program in 2013. Now he’s the Chargers’ starting kicker after being signed as an undrafted free agent and beating out incumbent Josh Lambo.

His first name is pronounced like “Young-Way”

Hope that helps.

Koo moved to the United States when he was 12, and football helped him acclimate

Koo didn’t even know what a football looked like until 2006, but he was an excellent soccer play growing up in Seoul. When he moved with his mother to Ridgewood, New Jersey, he spoke almost no English and had no idea where to begin to make friends. He was invited to join in playing two-hand touch during seventh grade recess, and liked the game so much he signed up for tackle. He made his first friends that way:

“Definitely it was lonely, but I didn’t know at first how to change it. You don’t know who to call, how to say, ‘can we go hang out,’ how to approach that here. ... One day, with about five of my teammates, I got up the courage to say I’m bored all the time. I guess I was fed up enough, looking for something to do. After that they were laughing, they understood what I was saying. I just had to say some words. Then they called me to hang out.”

Georgia Southern was one of just two schools to offer Koo

Statesboro probably isn’t the first place that a first-generation immigrant living in New Jersey would think to go to college. But only GSU and James Madison University in Virginia offered Koo despite his impressive high school resume — he was named team MVP his senior year, and led the defense with six interceptions as a cornerback.

In a video for GSU, Koo explained that though Georgia Southern offered late, it felt like home when he visited the school with his parents.

If it sounds like Koo picked up a Southern twang, that’s not a coincidence

New Jersey may have been Koo’s first home away from South Korea, but he prides himself on his ability to adapt to any situation — an important trait to have as both an immigrant and a kicker. He had no problem getting used to Georgia.

“My girlfriend tells me she doesn’t know what I am, doesn’t know what accent I have,” Koo said, laughing. “I’m accustomed to just adapting to everything that’s been thrown my way. Being in a different culture entirely made me pick up everything along the way. I don’t really notice it, but when I went to New Jersey and I’m saying ‘yes ma’am’ and ‘no ma’am,’ I know it’s been a fun journey.”

Koo was part of the GSU team that upset Florida ... except he almost blew it

Georgia Southern’s upset win over Florida in 2013 — in GSU’s last season as an FCS team — is one of the most memorable upsets in college football history. Among the many treasures it gave us was that one time two Florida players blocked each other on the same play.

Koo played in that game as a true freshman, but the outing was almost a disaster. He shanked two extra point attempts during a game in which Florida lost by six. The Gators has the ball at the GSU 17-yard line during the final seconds of the game, but the Eagles’ defense turned them over on downs to preserve a historic win and save Koo from embarrassment.

After that game, Koo would go on to make 26 of his next 29 field goal attempts.

Now he’s playing in a city with the largest Korean community in the United States

An estimated 200,000 Korean immigrants live in the Los Angeles area. If he does go on to become an NFL star, there may be no better place for him to be. He got there by way of South Korea, New Jersey, and Georgia.

He doesn’t have Instagram tho

I don't have instagram tho http://pic.twitter.com/cwfVIyNkjP

— Younghoe Koo (@YounghoeKoo) September 4, 2017

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#YounghoeKoo with the three points! https://www.instagram.com/p/CYPXHWUlZyE/?utm_medium=tumblr