Sam Hubbard's dealt food insecurity a crushing blow.
Amidst an unprecedented global crisis, Hubbard stepped up to help his home town, and he delivered well beyond his expectations.
With a sudden surge in unemployment, the Cincinnati Freestore Foodbank gave out the same amount of food last month that it would typically provide in six months. Hubbard set out to help meet the surge in demand, announcing a plan to raise money for the food bank, and personally match the first $9,400 in donations.
Just a few weeks later, that campaign has raised $86,610 for the food bank, which will provide more than 250,000 meals to those in need.
A HUGE thank you to @Sam_Hubbard_ & all who donated to his campaign for raising $86,610 to feed our neighbors here in the tristate! Thank you to @TriHealth @Bengals @Carlos_Dunlap @rhoback and @queencitypeople for joining the match! This will help provide over 250,000 meals! pic.twitter.com/dYZYaswsw3
— Freestore Foodbank (@FreestoreFB) May 4, 2020
“Just growing up in Cincinnati, Freestore Foodbank’s been around forever doing great work in the city,” Hubbard told Eleven Warriors. “And with everybody losing their jobs and not being able to go to work and get paychecks, I couldn’t find a better organization to put meals straight on people’s plates. So decided to launch a donation campaign with them where people matched my first $9,400, and it took off really fast.”
The campaign took off due to the generosity of not only Hubbard, but others in the community as well. The Cincinnati Bengals, his Bengals teammate Carlos Dunlap, TriHealth and an anonymous donor from Moeller High School are each matching $9,400 worth of donations, along with Hubbard.
Collectively, they've made sure nobody in the area has to go hungry during this time, and it was all sparked by hometown Hubbard's desire to help.
