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Allen Robinson Raises More Than $110,000 at Virtual Gala
Posted By:
Austin Alley
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
On Monday evening, Chicago Bears Wide Receiver Allen Robinson hosted his
annual ‘An Evening Within Reach’ fundraising event in benefit of his Within
Reach Foundation. For the first time ever, though, the event was held virtually
to ensure proper social distancing so all guests in attendance. More than two
hundred foundation supporters tuned in to participate in the livestream event
on Monday evening, which featured celebrity appearances from teammates Nick
Foles, Anthony Miller, Darnell Mooney, Riley Ridley, Javon Wims, Rodney Adams,
Reggie Davis as well as local celebrities Laurence Holmes, Justin Roman, David
Kaplan, Cortney Hall and Israel Idonije.
Robinson joined the event live from his home and spoke at length about
his foundation’s outreach, highlighting some of the adjustments to its mission
to accommodate the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditionally, the foundation has
impacted low-income students through installing reading rooms at local schools
and Boys & Girls Clubs. With these facilities still closed, Robinson will
be utilizing proceeds from the event to provide take-home educational kits that
will give these students age-appropriate books, fun science experiments and
other resources to keep learning fun and front-and-center.
Proceeds will also support the new addition to his mission – hunger
relief. With schools closed, students do not have regular access to the free and
reduced lunch program. Resultantly, Robinson began working with the Greater
Chicago Food Depository, providing over 18 tons of food since the pandemic
began. The Within Reach Foundation will use proceeds from this event to
continue distributing these meals will into the Fall and Spring of 2021.
In all, over $110,000 was raised through the virtual ‘An Evening Within
Reach’ on Monday night, including a $40,000 donation from Allen himself. These
funds will continue to improve the quality of life of the kids most impacted by
the COVID-19 pandemic in Chicago.
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