Mark Cuban Feeds Hope in Alabama!

Get this: A simple email from Dr. Brandon Renfroe, a science teacher at Geraldine High School, morphed into a HUGE win for Alabama students struggling with food insecurity, all thanks to billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank legend Mark Cuban!

A $10,000 Surprise!

Just imagine Dr. Renfroe's shock when Cuban's CFO called with the news! Cuban is donating $10,000 to supercharge the student feeding program Renfroe and his crew cooked up in West Alabama. That's enough to keep the program running strong for a whole year!

Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope

Dr. Renfroe's dissertation dug deep into food insecurity in Alabama's Black Belt, and the results were eye-opening. To tackle this head-on, he teamed up with the West Alabama Food Bank and Heather Shambry to launch "Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope." This awesome initiative discretely hands out "secret meals" to students who need them most over the weekends. It started small in 2021, helping 24 students, but now it feeds a whopping 72 kids every year!

Expanding the Mission

In 2022, the program went statewide, reaching DeKalb County with the Bulldog Pantry at Geraldine High School. Backed by the Food Bank of North Alabama and local heroes, the pantry dishes out food to families every weekend.

Rural Hunger No More!

"These two counties are super different," Renfroe pointed out, "but they both struggle with rural hunger. Luckily, good folks are always ready to jump in and lend a hand!"

Thanks to Mark Cuban’s big heart, "Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope" will keep providing crucial support to kids in need for the next year. Talk about a game changer!