‘”When I was a kid, my brother was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease,” Allen said. “And he was in the hospital for about a week and a half, two weeks. I wasn’t always there, and my family wasn’t always there because we had other stuff going on. These children are given the short end of the stick sometimes and the situations are gut-wrenching. Just knowing that me saying hello, me showing up and giving them a little Bills goodie bag or whatever the case may be. What that can do for them, and how it can lift their spirits up in their time of need. It’s something near and dear to my heart working with Oishei Children’s Hospital because of that feeling that I get to give the kids. It breaks my heart every time I go there because you see some things that you don’t wish upon anybody and these are just children that don’t deserve what they are going through. The fact that the littlest thing of me showing up, showing my support, telling them I’m praying for them, and that I care about them can make that much of a difference.”‘