Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs, PGA golfer Jason Dufner and Alabama Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey were on hand Friday at the Lee County Boys and Girls Club to announce the Auburn Athletics department partnership with the End Child Hunger in Alabama and Auburn's Hunger Solution Institute.
"The goal is to move Alabama to the upper 25% of the states that have good food security for our children," said Ivey.
Dufner, an Auburn alumni and crowd favorite on the PGA tour, spoke of how the charitable foundation he founded with his wife Amanda is doing their part to help the cause.
"When we started our foundation a few years ago, we found child hunger in Lee county is a big problem," Dufner said.
Referring to his career as a professional golfer, Dufner said that was simple.
"It's easy for me to play golf," Dufner said, "but to give back to the community means a lot."
Wanda Lewis, president of the Lee County Boys & Girls Club, spoke of the difference the Dufners have made.
"Thanks to Jason and Amanda, we have now been able to provide food on the weekends," Lewis said.
Jay Jacobs told of why the student-athletes are jumping at the opportunity to help this cause.
"For quite some time, our student-athletes have done community work and they have said they wanted to do something that they can look back on," Jacos stated.
With Ivey and Jacobs speaking of the unacceptability of child hunger, they both are looking to a brighter day.
"One day, we look forward to looking at the scoreboard and seeing that we won this battle," Jacobs said.
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