Last year Hurricane Harvey didn’t rip through Houston to torment the rest of Texas. Instead it sat over the city and rained and rained and rained, causing the majority of the city to flood, destroying homes, damaging school’s and changing lives.
With Houston laying in a sea size puddle, J.J. Watt used his platform to raise money to help the city with relief efforts. The goal started small and quickly compounded into the millions. When the money was finalized, Watt had raised $41.6 million.
That money has gone to repair homes, rebuild day cares and school programs, distribute meals and medicine, and provide health services to those affected.