5-Year-Old Sends UAB His $1 Allowance in Hopes of Keeping Football Program Alive

The UAB football program was shut down earlier this month, which upset many people throughout the country. One five-year-old boy in Ohio was particularly upset and wanted to do whatever he could to try to help keep the program alive.

UAB shut down its football program due to budget problems. When five-year-old Bennett Williams heard about what happened, he wanted to send his allowance (one dollar) to try to help out.

A few days after Bennett's father, Brad, posted the picture of the letter and the dollar on Twitter, the Blazers responded by hooking up the young boy with some free swag.

Here's what Brad told AL.com's Kevin Scarbinsky his son received from the Blazers:

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Bennett got a care package with an official game ball, two shirts, a hat, bumper sticker, some tattoos, buttons, and a signed picture of the mascot, BLAZE. The best thing he got was a letter written to him from the contact in the athletic department. It thanked Bennett and said he made some people happy down there.

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Brad also said that he received a follow-up email that said his son would be receiving a note from UAB's interim athletic director and perhaps another "surprise."

Obviously Bennett understood that it was going to take more than his allowance to save the program. However, he wanted to do his part in donating to the cause.

Bennett's dollar won't be able to save the football program, but it does create a fantastic story.

[Twitter, h/t Fox Sports]