Editing Donald Driver (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Donald Driver Statue.jpg|thumb|Driver and family pose in front of the statue dedicated in his honor.]]
Driver is married to Betina Driver. They have three children: Cristian, Christina, and Charity.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Driver Family|url=http://www.donalddriver80.com/family|access-date=August 28, 2014|archive-date=January 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103155655/http://www.donalddriver80.com/family|url-status=dead}}</ref> His son Cristian is a wide receiver for [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cristian Driver|url=https://gophersports.com/sports/football/roster/cristian-driver/22024|access-date=January 16, 2024}}</ref> Driver is a [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Driver restructures deal, ready to prove himself again|url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers31-gk5jrrd-155841325.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Driver retires in Green Bay Packers colors|url=http://www.packers.com/media-center/videos/Donald-Driver-retires-in-Green-Bay-Packers-colors/3b0ec6c5-7e44-47b7-ae13-c6edcb5418e3|access-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724011107/http://www.packers.com/media-center/videos/Donald-Driver-retires-in-Green-Bay-Packers-colors/3b0ec6c5-7e44-47b7-ae13-c6edcb5418e3|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since 2004, Driver has co-hosted the statewide Packer analysis [[television series]] ''Inside the Huddle with Donald Driver'' with [[WLUK-TV]]'s sports director Drew Smith.  Every Thursday Donald talks football with John Mercure on Wisconsin's Afternoon News with John Mercure on AM 620 [[WTMJ (AM)|WTMJ]]. He previously served as host to the annual Offense vs. Defense softball game featuring members of the Green Bay Packers.

As a well-known athlete in the state of Wisconsin, Driver has been featured in marketing campaigns for companies such as [[McDonald's]], [[AirTran Airways]], [[Kwik Trip]], [[Goodwill Industries|Goodwill]], [[Jani-King]] and [[Time Warner Cable]].

Throughout his career, Driver has been very active off the field, making over 300 charitable appearances since his rookie season in 1999. In the spring of 2001, Donald and his wife Betina created the "Donald Driver Foundation", which offers assistance to ill children with unmanageable hospital bills, provides housing for the homeless, and donates to a variety of local charities. In December 2003, the foundation put two previously homeless families in new, fully furnished homes.

Donald has also donated much of his time and efforts to such institutions as Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and [[Goodwill Industries]]. In 2001, Driver was awarded the "Community Service Award" by the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his outstanding community involvement. In 2005, he was awarded the Ed Block Courage award by his Green Bay teammates. Most recently, Driver was named the 2013 AMVETS Humanitarian of the Year.<ref name="Packers.com">{{cite web | title = Donald Driver to receive humanitarian award | publisher = Packers.com | url = http://blog.packers.com/2013/03/07/donald-driver-to-receive-humanitarian-award/ | access-date = March 7, 2013 | archive-date = March 8, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130308145904/http://blog.packers.com/2013/03/07/donald-driver-to-receive-humanitarian-award/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Driver is also the author of three children's books, ''Quickie Handles a Loss'', ''Quickie Makes the Team'', and ''Quickie Goes to the Big Game''. The books are based on Driver's bedtime storytelling to his three children, and are sold statewide in Wisconsin through bookstores, participating Goodwill locations, the Packer Pro Shop and on his website.  He has stated that "Quickie" is a nickname his mother gave him because, when she would chase him around the house, she could never catch him. In the Fall of 2013, Driver released his official memoir, ''[[Driven (memoir)|Driven]]'', which included many personal stories about both his childhood and career with the Packers that he had never shared before and it made the New York Best Seller list.<ref>{{cite web
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 }}</ref> Two weeks after the book's release, it made the New York Times Bestsellers list.<ref name="NYTimes.com">{{cite news | title = Best Sellers | work = [[The New York Times]] | url = https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-11-10/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html | access-date = November 10, 2013 }}</ref> In the Summer of 2017, Driver released a health and fitness book, ''The 3D Body Revolution: The Ultimate Workout + Nutrition Blueprint to Get Healthy and Lean'', which featured 25 recipes and 36 exercises illustrated with clear step-by-step photos.  Following its release, ''The 3D Body Revolution'' was featured as a #1 new release in Amazon's exercise injuries and rehabilitation category.

On February 28, 2012, it was announced that Driver would join the cast of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' for [[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 14)|season 14]], paired with professional dance partner [[Peta Murgatroyd]]. Driver's high energy and athleticism were repeatedly praised by the judges, though Driver was also notorious for not getting a perfect score, until their freestyle, from the judges. Driver and Murgatroyd made it all the way to the finale, and despite competitions from fellow finalists [[William Levy (actor)|William Levy]]'s high fanbase and [[Katherine Jenkins]]' consistently high scores, Driver and Murgatroyd were declared winners on the season finale on May 22, 2012.

On June 15, 2013, Driver received a street in his name and a statue dedicated in his honor. [[Receiver Statue|The statue]] is located on the corner of Dousman Street and Donald Driver Way (formerly Pearl Street) in downtown [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]].<ref>Spofford, Mike [http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-1/Donald-Driver-thanks-fans-for-street-and-statue/ae883210-51c7-48d5-802c-316849813217 "Donald Driver thanks fans for street and statue"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220154545/http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-1/Donald-Driver-thanks-fans-for-street-and-statue/ae883210-51c7-48d5-802c-316849813217 |date=December 20, 2016 }}</ref>

In March 2014, Donald Driver created the Donald Driver Driven To Achieve Awards. Since then, the Driven to Achieve Awards have honored 18 outstanding recipients and have given away over $1 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Black-ish' star Anthony Anderson, Gavin DeGraw highlight Driven to Achieve Awards: Slideshow|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2017/03/27/blackish-star-anthony-anderson-gavin-degraw.html|url-status=live|access-date=May 18, 2021|website=www.bizjournals.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330012902/http://www.bizjournals.com:80/milwaukee/news/2017/03/27/blackish-star-anthony-anderson-gavin-degraw.html? |archive-date=March 30, 2017 }}</ref>

Driver currently splits his time between his home state of [[Texas]] and [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], purchasing a $3 million Milwaukee loft in 2022 from fellow Wisconsin athlete [[Jabari Parker]].<ref name="loft">{{cite news |last1=Hendrickson |first1=Samantha |title=Former Packers star Donald Driver purchases $3 million Brewer's Hill loft from former Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2022/03/10/former-packers-star-donald-driver-buys-loft-ex-buck-jabari-parker/9442848002/ |access-date=March 14, 2022 |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=March 10, 2022}}</ref> He operates a nonprofit called the Donald Driver Foundation in both Wisconsin and Texas and serves as the current cultural ambassador for Milwaukee's [[Marcus Center|Marcus Center for the Performing Arts]], in addition to business ventures.<ref name="loft" />