JJ Watt donates $100K to local restaurant feeding Kerr County community for free
Former NFL player J.J. Watt visits the set of the Amazon Prime TNF pregame show before the Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers game at Acrisure Stadium on Nov. 2, 2023, in Pittsburgh. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
KERRVILLE. Texas - Former Houston Texans star JJ Watt donated $100,000 along with his wife Kealia Watt to Grape Juice Kerrville.
Grape Juice Kerrville is providing meals for first responders and community members in need fed as they continue the recovery efforts in the area. After receiving requests to support their mission, they started a GoFundMe.
What they're saying:
Daric Easton, owner of the Grape Juice restaurant in Kerrville, is helping the community by making sandwiches.
"If I keep making sandwiches, people can still be fed. If responders are fed, then they can save lives. And that's really the mantra we've just been, just keep making sandwiches," Easton said.
They are taking ingredient donations at 623 Water Street in Kerrville.
Kerr County Flooding
At least 59 people were killed in Kerr County as rapidly rising river levels along the Guadalupe River swept away homes and vehicles on Friday.
Kerr County officials said Sunday that 38 adults and 21 children have been recovered.
LIVE UPDATES: Texas Flooding: At least 59 dead in Kerr Co. flooding as rescue efforts continue
At least 59 people are dead in Central Texas after catastrophic flash floods swept away cars and homes in Kerr County.
While they have not given an estimate on the number of people believed to be missing, 11 girls and 1 counselor are known to be missing from Camp Mystic, a girls' Christian camp located along the banks of the river in Hunt, Texas.
Rescue efforts have been around the clock since Friday, with officials saying more than 850 people have been rescued.
The Source: Information in this article was provided by gofundme.com. Additional information on the Central Texas flooding comes from previous FOX reporting.