The Mission Behind the Name: Nicole Ward on Turning Legacy Into Lifesaving Impact | Impact Play

❤️ *One name. One legacy. A mission that is saving lives.* On this episode of *Impact Play with Dr. J**, I sit down with **Nicole Ward of the Make Them Know Your Name Foundation (MTKYN)* to discuss family, purpose, heart health awareness, and turning personal loss into a movement that creates lasting impact. The Make Them Know Your Name Foundation was established by NFL cornerback Denzel Ward and his family in honor of his father, **Paul G. Ward Jr.**, who passed away from sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 46. “Make Them Know Your Name” was more than a saying — it was a reminder of purpose, character, and representing the name you carry. Nicole shares the heart behind the foundation, the importance of CPR education, AED accessibility, and how MTKYN is helping prepare communities to respond when every second matters. This conversation is about more than sports. It’s about: ✨ Turning legacy into action ✨ Honoring the people who shaped us ✨ Building stronger and safer communities ✨ Increasing CPR and AED awareness ✨ Creating impact that can save lives Through AED donations, CPR training, education, and advocacy, the Make Them Know Your Name Foundation continues the mission of helping others while honoring the legacy of Paul G. Ward Jr. Because the greatest plays don’t always happen on the field — sometimes they happen in moments where we help save each other. Welcome to *Impact Play.* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ Learn more about the Make Them Know Your Name Foundation: https://www.mtkyn.org/ and @mtkyn_ on IG ❤️ Request an AED, support the mission, or learn about upcoming programs: https://www.mtkyn.org/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 *Connect + Watch More Impact Play* Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/impa... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/53v2PDhkxuLi YouTube: @ImpactPlayDrJ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎤 Follow Impact Play with Dr. J Instagram: @impactplaydrj 💼 Connect with Dr. Franceska Jones Instagram: @franceskajones All Links: https://linktr.ee/DrJImpact ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Subscribe for conversations highlighting the leaders, stories, and purpose shaping our communities. #ImpactPlay #MakeThemKnowYourName #HeartHealth #CPRAwareness #CommunityImpact