'Helping people is one of the things that I want to really do, I just want to be able to be a light in the world. This world is going through tough times,' RJ Barrett tells PEOPLE
Stepping up in a variety of ways, the 19-year-old rookie has donated $250,000 worth of aid in the fight against COVID-19 and is giving back as much as he can.You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.
"Helping people is one of the things that I want to really do, I just want to be able to be a light in the world. This world is going through tough times."Pelicans Star Zion Williamson Pledges to Pay the Salaries for Staffers of the Smoothie King Center Supporting New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his relief efforts, Barrett donated nearly 30,000 units of PPE and also teamed up with Puma to donate over 1,500 pairs of sneakers and slides to medical workers so that they could leave their contaminated shoes at work and have non-contaminated footwear to return home in.
"That meant a lot to me, that's my hometown," he states. "If you can help provide 200,000 meals, that could be an extra week that people could get helped out."
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