Cornerback has created fund for city hit by lead-tainted waterCarr appeals for other athletes to donate to causeDallas Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr is encouraging athletes to help his hometown of Flint,Michigan, amid the city’s crisis with lead-tainted water.
The Community Foundation of Greater Flint says Carr is donating $100000 to create the Carr Cares Fund for Flint. Hes also donating $10000 to help with replacing pipes and plumbing. The water crisis has been linked to a wide variety of health problems after the city started drawing its water from a local river to gash costs. Many residents now bathe, or cook and drink with bottled water straining household budgets in a town that has already been hit tough economically.
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Source: theguardian.com