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On Tuesday, Young welcomed several of his teammates to the St. Malachi Center in Cleveland to provide coats, hats and gloves to underprivileged children served through the Children’s Hunger Alliance. After talking with the Browns’ director of community outreach, Renee Harvey, Young donated the necessary funds for the winter gear.
“She brought up a few things and mentioned the Children’s Hunger Alliance and the Jewish Federation and what they were doing. I said, ‘I’d love to be a part of that. Let me find a way to help out,’” Young said.
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“It is always great to see how the guys support one another with their charitable events,” Harvey said. “When a player is passionate about giving back to the community and believes in doing what he can, other players respond to that. Usama has made an immediate impact on the city of Cleveland and providing the kids here with winter gear further demonstrates how much he has imbedded himself into the community. He should feel very proud for what he has done all season. To see the looks on these kids’ faces is absolutely amazing.”
Cribbs was happy to support Young and the Children’s Hunger Alliance.
“A lot of kids go without the necessities to be warm and comfortable,” Cribbs said. “Just giving back in general is a must. At our position -- and we’ve got a lot of young guys on the team out here -- I think it’s our duty to give back to the community that supports us each and every game.”
The Children’s Hunger Alliance is a statewide non-profit agency working to fight childhood hunger. To achieve this goal, the Hunger Alliance works with schools, youth-serving non-profit organizations, faith-based groups and childcare providers to increase participation in USDA Child Nutrition Programs.
“We were approached by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland a few months to ask us about partnering for a Winter Lunch Program,” said Debra Parmer, vice president of regional operations for the Children’s Hunger Alliance. “The question was, what the children do when school’s out because many of the children are reliant on school-based meal programs. They wanted to fill a need in our community in being able to provide lunch.”
She added, “It’s just remarkable that the Cleveland Browns organization immediately said, ‘Yes, we want to see if we can help.’ The fact that (Young) was so generous in providing the resources so that we could provide hats and coats and gloves for 100 children, the fact that he’s here to interact with the children is just remarkable. We are so excited about the Winter Lunch Program.”
