Joe Burrow Hunger Relief Fund Sees Surge In Donations
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The Joe Burrow Hunger Relief Fund helps support the Athens County Food Pantry, providing emergency assistance to residents of Athens County, Ohio.
In December 2019, Joe Burrow had just won the Heisman Trophy for the eventual national champion Louisiana State University Tigers. After thanking his teammates, he turned the attention to an unlikely source — those who live in poverty in his hometown of Athens, Ohio.
"Coming from southeast Ohio, it's a very impoverished area," Burrow said. "And the poverty rate is almost two times the national average. There's so many people there that don't have a lot and I'm up here for all those kids in Athens County, that go home to not a lot of food on the table, hungry after school. You guys can be up here too."
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