Excerpt taken from the 49ers.com/news website – November 30, 2023

“Operation Freedom Paws takes dogs and helps train them so they can be service animals and pairs them up with veterans, so veterans can have a dog that helps them go through their time after serving. It’s an awesome organization. I’ve got to meet a bunch of the dogs, got to meet a bunch of the veterans and it’s just really fun to be able to help them out because dogs and the military are groups that I like to work with. My parents do a lot of work with Operation Freedom Paws. My podcast the “Hidden Pearls Podcast” with my dad and my sister, we do a lot of work with them.

“They’re great people that run the whole thing. The fact that we can help them out a little bit, more opportunities for them to train more dogs and help out more vets just seems like a great idea overall. One of the biggest parts about My Cause My Cleats is it shows that players are people too. There’s things that affect us off the field. There’s great causes that every single player supports, there’s just so many things out there that need support and attention, so it’s awesome that the NFL highlights them.”

You can watch George Kittle take to the field in his Operation Freedom Paws cleats on Sunday, December 3rd at 1:25PT against the Philadelphia Eagles.

You can check out George Kittles 49ers bio HERE