ATHENS, Ohio — A Cincinnati nonprofit has teamed up with the Joe Burrow Basis to assist ship meals in Burrow’s hometown of Athens, Ohio.
The Bengals quarterback’s basis, which focuses are serving to these experiencing meals insecurity amongst different issues, gifted La Soupe with a brand new van to ship meals weekly to the Athens Metropolis Faculty District all through the subsequent yr.
La Soupe was in a position to make its first supply Thursday.
La Soupe delivered 5,000 meals Thursday to verify Athens-area households had meals over the vacations whereas colleges are closed. Robin and Jimmy Burrow, Joe Burrow’s mother and father, helped ship the meals alongside a number of Athens Metropolis Faculty District workers.
Over the course of the subsequent yr, La Soupe will probably be delivering 60,000 servings in Athens whereas additionally funding 60,000 servings within the Higher Cincinnati neighborhood.
La Soupe will ship meals to Athens 4 occasions per thirty days, and the nonprofit may also use the van for different sources across the Tri-State.
La Soupe, which is at the moment positioned in Walnut Hills, started in 2014 by restaurateur and caterer Suzy DeYoung. DeYoung stated after 25 years within the restaurant enterprise she “felt a rising want to make a distinction in her neighborhood,” based on La Soupe’s web site.
The nonprofit distributes soups and meals to roughly 150 share companions that feed those that are meals insecure. Their meals are additionally obtainable to buy at their storefront in Walnut Hills.
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