A nonprofit organization in North Carolina that faced local backlash for raffling off a rifle to raise money for young athletes and cheerleaders was inundated with support nationwide following coverage on Fox News Digital.
"In a time when our world has felt so small, so godless, so dark and so lonely, our world grew brighter this past week," a mother with the East Henderson Youth Football and Cheerleading League (EHYFCL) in East Flat Rock, North Carolina, told Fox News Digital. "From coast to coast there has been an overwhelming wave of support for not only our league, but our community as well."
As Fox News Digital reported on Sept. 4, EHYFCL refused to cave following attacks from some locals for offering the winner of their fundraising raffle an FN 15 Patrol Carbine M-LOK 16", an ArmaLite 15-style rifle with a suggested retail price of $1,299.