When LSU quarterback Joe Burrow won the Heisman Tropby this month, he used his acceptance speech to highlight the struggles of folks in his poor hometown of Athens, Ohio. He said many kids in Athens and Athens County go home to not much food on the table. A lot of people in Athens County watched the speech, and local resident Will Drabold created a fund-raising page for the Athens County Food Pantry.
"Let's answer Joey's call by supporting a local non-profit that serves food to more than 5,000 households in Athens County each year," he wrote. In only 48 hours, the pantry received more than $250,000 in donations from more than 7,300 people. "We're still trying to come to terms with the reality that this is not a dream," said pantry president Karen Bright.
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