Joe Burrow Hunger Relief Fund sees donations pour in after QB clinches Super Bowl berth
By Keith Farner
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Joe Burrow has sparked a flood of donations to his Hunger Relief Fund after the former LSU quarterback and Cincinnati Bengals star won the AFC Championship and clinched a berth in the Super Bowl.
More than 500 donations have been pouring in since Sunday for Joe Burrow’s Hunger Relief Fund and even more have been coming in since the Bengals have secured their title of AFC Champions, FOX 19 reported. As of Monday at 9:55 a.m., the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio received about another 110 donations alone, FAO President and CEO Cara Dingus Brook.
Burrow’s hunger relief fund has now reached a sufficient size to support a yearly endowment in the amount of $50,000 for the fight against hunger in Southeast Ohio.
People are donating increments of $9, representing Burrow’s jersey number, $31, representing the number of years since the Bengals last won a playoff game, and now $56 for the Super Bowl year.
Fans from other teams such as the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs are also contributing their money to the cause.
This brought back memories of a similar spike in donations following Burrow’s Heisman Trophy speech when he won the prestigious award at the end of the 2019 season. In that speech, the Athens, Ohio native expressed sympathy for those who go hungry in his hometown.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
