Less than 24 hours after playing Monday Night Football in Minnesota, two Bears players gave back to the Chicagoland community ahead of the holiday season.

Receiver DJ Moore and running back D'Andre Swift – childhood friends who grew up together in Philadelphia – hosted their own shopping events Tuesday evening to provide local children and their families gifts and household essentials.

Moore's inaugural "Shop with a Jock" event was conducted through his newly formed Moore2Life Foundation, which supports nonprofits that focus on the socioeconomic development of inner-city youth.

Moore, his wife, Raven, and their two children, held the event at a department store in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood to provide a paid shopping experience for 12 families from James Otis World Language Academy — a local elementary school.

"It's amazing to put on something like this where families can get whatever they need for the household this Christmas and just bring them joy," Moore said. "Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a lot of gifts under their tree, and we're here to make that happen."

Volunteers assisted the families in shopping around the store and picking out not only essential goods such as clothes and winter gear, but also toys and games for each of their children.

Having his family alongside was an important part of the event for Moore, and not the first time his children have accompanied him to community events. While he understands his kids are growing up differently than others, including himself, Moore wants to show them the value of using their resources to provide special moments for the community.

"We just want to bring joy and cheer all over the Chicago community, starting with the 12 families we have here today," Moore said. "I just want to show my kids the importance of being out here in the community and that being involved is better than always receiving. I'm glad this turned out really well."

The star receiver's day didn't start or stop with his own event. Earlier on Tuesday, Moore and his family traveled to Advocate Christ Hospital to visit 15-year-old patient Jayson Harris and his 19-year-old brother, Jaylen, at one of Jayson's doctor's appointments and surprise the brothers with gifts and necessities.

Moore then followed up his shopping event with another surprise. He and his family stopped by a bowling alley in the Streeterville neighborhood to spend time with 57 kids from Crushers Club — an Englewood-based nonprofit dedicated to providing at-risk boys and young men the tools required to restore their lives and improve their neighborhood. Crushers Club was the Bears' 2023 Community All-Pros winner and received a $104,000 donation from the organization.

Crushers Club's chief program officer Rashad Grant — who has been with the organization since 2017 — said it was "amazing to see the look on the boys' faces" when they arrived at the event and again when Moore appeared.

Grant, who grew up in Englewood, added that the presence of the Bears and players like Moore in the community provides inspiration for the young boys and men at Crushers.

"It gives them hope," Grant said. "They don't see the Bears unless it's on TV. To see the organization and the players actually interact with the community, the kids get to see that they're human. The kids see that they can chase their dreams, be in the same situation and hopefully one day, come back into the neighborhoods they grew up in and give back like they saw today."

Back up north near Halas Hall on Tuesday, Swift was hosting his own holiday shopping spree at a sporting goods store in Vernon Hills.

Swift welcomed six kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Lake County to the event and helped them pick out gifts for themselves including shoes, clothes and athletic supplies. Giving back to a community that is still fairly new to him was a must during the holiday season.

"As soon as I got the opportunity to play for the Bears, it was about just teaming up with anybody around the community that wanted to allow me to give back to kids," Swift said. "Kids that do well in school, are active in the community, I just wanted to do something good for them around the holidays."

While Tuesday's event was Swift's first holiday shopping spree in Chicagoland, he ensured it won't be his last. After spending a few hours and shopping with the six kids this week, Swift is eager to continue being involved in the community.

"It's very important," Swift added. "Wherever I'm at, whatever community I'm in, that's something I want to do each and every year. Especially around the holidays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, things like that. Just spreading the holiday cheer."