KALAMAZOO, Mich. - In just his second year in the National Football League, Greg Jennings has touched history not only by being on the receiving end of Brett Favre’s record-tying 420th passing touchdown, but also by hauling in his record-breaking 421st scoring strike. He also caught Favre’s 400th-career touchdown pass on a 75-yard catch and run during a game at Detroit in 2006. Now Jennings, and wife Nicole, are touching the lives of those less fortunate.

They’re teaming with legends of the Field Sports Gallery Premier for a web based charity auction to raise money for kids. The feature auction item is world renowned artist Andy Gorlaski’s newest work "421". As reported in yesterday’s The Freeman (Waukesha County’s Daily Newspaper), Jennings was in Hartland, Wis., on Tuesday at sports memorabilia store Legends of the Field to kick off a charity auction to benefit the Greg Jennings Foundation and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin. Jennings’ foundation provides underprivileged children and families with positive activities, programs and assistance in order to achieve personal and financial success, he said. The cause was important to him, he said, because it meant he could help a wide range of children facing all kinds of obstacles.

The Kalamazoo native, who holds seven Western Michigan receiving records and shares another, was recently named as a second alternate to the 2008 Pro Bowl. Four Packers were named to the NFC roster and seven more were named as either second or third alternates. One of those Packers to make the roster, veteran wide receiver Donald Driver, told Green Bay’s ABC affiliate (WBAY - Chl. 2) that the experience would be all the more sweeter if his counterpart was in Hawai’i with him.

"I was hoping Greg was the first alternate," Driver told a WBAY reporter in a story posted on www.wbay.com. "If he was, my issue was I was going to let him go in my place. I don’t know where he stands, and I’m talking to my wife about it, but I would love for him to be over there with me."

Jennings, ever the humble man that he is, told Jason Wilde of the Wisconsin State Journal that at this time in his career the goals of his team far outway any individual accolade he could possibly receive.

"I’m not one to really care about the accolades. Don’t get me wrong, it would be an honor. Trust me. And I’d probably be more appreciative than anybody. But that’s not what I play for. I’m not playing to get into the Hall of Fame, I’m not playing to get to the Pro Bowl. I’m playing so we can win ballgames, win playoff games, get to the Super Bowl and win the Super Bowl. That’s it. I know a lot of players say that, but I’ve got a lot of time left to make the Pro Bowl. And somewhere down the line, if I haven’t made it, then I’ll really want to make it. But right now, that’s not a primary goal of mine," Jennings told Wilde in a story from Dec. 18 and posted on the Wisconsin State Journal Web site.

In order for Jennings to earn a spot on this year’s Pro Bowl roster for the NFC, two of the four receivers selected (Donald Driver, Terrell Owens, Larry Fitzgerald, Tory Holt) would need to bow out. If that were to happen, Jennings would become only the second Bronco to play his way into a Pro Bowl and the first since John Offerdahl played in three (1987, 1988, 1990).

Jennings currently has 50 receptions for 878 yards and a team-best 12 touchdowns. He is one of only four receivers in "The League" to have 10 or more heading into the final two weeks of the season. You may have heard of them - Randy Moss (19), Terrell Owens (14), Braylon Edwards (13), T.J. Houshmandzadeh (11) and Plaxico Burress (10). Four others had nine scoring grabs heading into this week’s schedule.

He recently made history, along with teammate Ryan Grant.  Grant and Jennings are the first Packers teammates to score at least on touchdown in four consecutive games (at Detroit, at Dallas, against Oakland and at St. Louis), and he is 122 yards away from making history again. With two divisional games remaining, at Chicago on Dec. 23 and home against Detroit on Dec. 30, Jennings needs to amass 61 yards per game, 12.3 yards below his current per game average, to become the first Western Michigan product to have 1,000 receiving yards in a season.

There is no doubt that Greg Jennings’ star is rising in the NFL and everyone who is a fan of Western Michigan and of the Green Bay Packers hope that he continues his ascent. Take away all of his down-the-field TD receptions and "Lambeau Leaps" and what you are left with is what he has always been - a great person with a big heart and an infectious smile.

WHERE JENNINGS RANKS IN THE NFL IN 2007