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#MizzouMade Kyle Gibson Helps Raise Nearly $1 Million for Childhood Hunger in Coronavirus Relief

Former Mizzou Baseball great and current Texas Rangers right-handed pitcher, Kyle Gibson, has helped raise nearly $1 million in providing over four million meals to help prevent childhood hunger in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Gibson, alongside St. Louis Cardinals' Adam Wainwright, have led the charge with Major League Baseball's "Home Plate Project" which helps generate millions of meals across the country for children in need.

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Former Mizzou Baseball great and current Texas Rangers right-handed pitcher, Kyle Gibson, has helped raise nearly $1 million in providing over four million meals to help prevent childhood hunger in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Gibson, alongside St. Louis Cardinals' Adam Wainwright, have led the charge with Major League Baseball's "Home Plate Project" which helps generate millions of meals across the country for children in need.

Chris Halicke and Sports Illustrated have the complete story on Gibson and MLB's efforts with preventing childhood hunger, here.

"This started last year when Garth (Brooks) and Adam (Wainwright) made a connection some time at spring training," Gibson said. "That turned into Garth saying, 'Hey Adam, what if we do something in every big league city?' That turned into the Home Plate Project last year, where we had two guys from each team and we raised about $900,000 to feed kids."

"We knew it was going to be challenging," Gibson said. "But as we called around and as players started saying 'Yes' and started stepping up, it was pretty clear and evident that we had a lot of guys that really cared about filling this need and helping these kids out. We were able to get it done, so that's pretty awesome."

"My wife and I, we try to not look to put our own footprint," Gibson said. "We've been given a lot. We're in circumstances we never really thought we'd be in. We're just trying to do what is expected of us. We do a lot of it out of love and we've been loved in so many numerous ways. We feel like a part of our faith is making it important that we spread the love that we get and that we steward what we've been given...We try to do as much as we can. Some of it is going to be out in public, but a lot of it we try to do behind closed doors and just try to help people."

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