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Remember, TMZ Sports talked to Burrow back in December (quickly after he accepted his Heisman) and he informed us he was already preparing on methods to use his platform to assist.
That resulted in # 9 announcing the “Joe Burrow Hunger Relief Fund” on Thursday … which will keep food on the tables in his home town of The Plains for many years to come.
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Joe Burrow said he was gon na do it … and now hes doing it in a BIG way.
The Cincinnati Bengals QB– whose Heisman acceptance speech triggered more than $650k to his hometowns food pantry– is taking things to the next level … by starting a structure to combat cravings and hardship in southeast Ohio.
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” When I mentioned my home town in my Heisman speech, it wasnt really planned. I was just speaking from the heart,” the 23-year-old QB said in the announcement.
The fund was kick-started with $350k of the cash raised from the Heisman speech and a matched donation from the Foundation For Appalachian Ohio … bringing the total to a $700k investment in the future.
” This initiative was enabled through the kindness of individuals from all over the country, and will have a significant effect on the food insecurity issues that lots of families face in Southeast Ohio.”
” I ma work as hard as I can to make you men proud of me. Make the entire state of Ohio proud.”
DECEMBER 2019
