Writing for Sports Illustrated, Peter King has a great profile of NFL All-Pro defensive end, Aaron Kampman and the tornado that recently hit his hometown of Parkersburg, IA. Parkersburg is just a few miles from the town I lived in for the first 23 years of my life. Aaron is a friend due to the very strong relationship I have with this brother Andy. Everything you read about Aaron in this article is true and beyond. Peter King writes:
Read the whole piece. It's great.Kampman is a giver. He's been on a church mission to India, and he's scheduled to go on one to Africa this year. He's doing everything he can to spread the word about his town. (You can donate to the rebuilding effort, by the way, if you'd like, by sending a check to: Lincoln Savings Bank, Attn: Dave Ragsdale, 932 Parrott Street, Aplington, Iowa, 50604. Write "Parkersburg Relief Fund" on the check.)
"In the end, when a disaster happens to you, you're going to be motivated to help,'' he said. "We know a family there that's had a lot of financial hardship, and has a 9-month-old baby, and the wife just found a job. She just started. They had no insurance. None. They just bought a house, and now it's gone. They have nothing. I don't know that it will motivate people outside of the area, because I understand all the suffering that goes on in the world. Can I say the need is greater in Parkersburg and the suffering great there than with the cyclone in Burma or the earthquake in China? No, I can't. The reality is there's a lot of need in this world. There's a ton of good people can do. I just hope people do something.''
Spoken like a pro -- a pro with a conscience.
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