Robert Johnson vividly remembers getting $75 to spend on whatever he wanted for Christmas during a particularly tough year in his childhood.
âWhat I remember most is going home and seeing the sense of relief on momâs face,â he said. âThat even though she couldnât get a lot, we got something.â
In 2011, Johnson started a community fund through the UCC Foundation to make sure other children would get that same opportunity.
âI wanted to try to recreate some of the things that I benefited from in my past to hope that it had similar effect that it had on me, my mom and my brother,â he said.