Athens Food Bank Joe Burrow

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Athens food bank joe burrow. That kind gesture went viral and sent ripples nationally sparking an impromptu fundraiser that left the athens county food pantry with nearly 435 000 in donations by wednesday morning. But tells tmz sports he s already thinking of other ways to help. Let s answer joey s call to action by supporting a local nonprofit that serves food to. Joe burrow s heisman trophy speech brought attention to a food bank in his community.

The quote took on a new life as it inspired thousands of people to donate to athens county food bank providing food for those who would go hungry otherwise and raising nearly 500 000 in less than. Let s answer joey s call to action by supporting a local nonprofit that serves food to more than 5 000 households in athens county each year. Burrow s acceptance speech prompted fans to start a charity drive for a local ohio food bank via facebook. Those were joey burrow s words when he accepted the heisman trophy in new york city on december 14th.

According to the athens county food pantry website the pantry served 5 702 individuals in 2018 about a third of them children. According to the athens county food pantry s facebook page in a typical month the pantry serves more than 400 households and 1 000 people and provides food for around 9 000 meals a month at 50 cents a meal because it buys reduced price food from the southeast ohio food bank. Athens county native and heisman trophy winner joe burrow highlighted his hometown s food insecurity issues saturday night during his acceptance speech. Joe burrow says he s absolutely floored by the nearly 500 000 worth of donations to his hometown food bank.